how many quarts of oil does my 87 t2 hold? thanks a lot, and sry for asking a easy question but the search function wont work worth a **** for me.

 

"total(dry engine)- liters(US qt, Imp qt) - 5.8(6.1, 5.1)"

 

When ever you are in doubt, put in about 3 quarts, then check the dip stick, and add 1/2 quart at a time until it reaches the full mark. Also, the quanities for all the systems can be found in the following books:

Owners manual

Haynes manual

Factory service manual.

 

just fill it up til it over flows, its rotary it will burn the xtra oil in no time.

 

i end up putting in about 4.5 quarts , says 6 in the manual, but the oil cooler must not drain and retains however much oil
zac

 

I usually put about 4 quarts in mine (NA) if it's cold, 4.5-5 if I warm the oil up first.

-=Russ=-

 

what about in a t2.....i;ve been puttin like 3 every week

 

DaYuM!1 i dont think thats normal.

 

The vert takes 4.5 quarts when I change the oil- I think zbrown is right about the oil cooler + lines

 

4.5 for me as well

 

You need to find out where all that oil is going and fix it, fast. The only way you should be using that much oil is if you are driving 3k a week, at a minumum.

 

um...this is bad....

 

that it is, ever look in the engine bay and find some oily substance all over the place??????????????

 

I use 5 quarts. The oil cooler keeps about a quart in it.

 

If you are just changing your oil as regular using the drain plug on the oil pan... you will probably only need to use 4-4.5quarts of oil...

I hope you were joking... for the love your seals...

 

i jsut put in 5 quarts, i run my car alot during the week, should i stop putting in 5 quarts and actually put in only 4.5 or not to worry about it?

 

for the dude with the t2 that is putting 3 quarts a week it. is your car smoking??,, alot ??,, i know i lost about 2 quarts in a few days when i turbo oil seals went. if i were you i would check for smoke( in my case a blind man could tell it was) (not to mention i got pulled over for it and i covered the town in smoke , heheh) turbns out i had blown the seals .. other than that thats the only oil leak i had

BTw i generally put in about 4.75 quarts and the cooler holds about 1.5 -2 quarts

 

4-4.5 for me also. 88 n/a

 

4.5 here also.

Im wondering, would it be beneficial to drain the oil cooler as well when draining the oil pan? This way, it gets most all the dirtly oil out?

 

good point!, so if you have blown oil seals, can you still run the car hard? im guessing you would just need to fill up oil sooner then usual.

 

I know my car lists the oil weight and quantities on a sticker on the bottom of the hood .

 

i do a regular drain and always use 5 quarts and it hits it right on the spot when i check the dipstick. this could also be due to those "easy grab" 5 quart oil jugs being rip off's tho....

 

5 quarts is what we did when we use to do oil changes in the shop, that will top her of..

 

i put one bottle of rp every other week am i wasting 2 much oil?

 

The easiest way to check how much you truly need is to drain, take off filter, start the engine momentarily, then do that until it wont start anymore, then fill her up. A guy at our shop put 16 gallons in our drill rig, that only holds 4 gallons, when he realized he hadn't put the drain plug back in. So see, It could take a lot more than anyone realizes. Remember the SPILL factor.

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