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Old 11-14-2010, 06:10 PM   #5
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Re: Why are oil manufacturers selling only 5 liter bottles of oil?

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Originally Posted by Scrapper View Post
i think at walmart they sale 4 quarts and 5 in gallon jugs my moms van sais 4/5 but i end up using a gallon. you may want to take valvcovers off and make sure port holes are open you cand do this by a good piece of wire threw them. but like i say about my moms car. but to me the 5 quart gallon arn't realy a gallon.

I have found the 1 gallon containers do not have 1 gallon. always less....................

I was taught you always go by the dip stick for the final amount to fill the crankcase..never rely on these containers to be correct.

on level ground after a few hrs this should give the accurate reading...
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