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If anyone is concerned about what effect the cooler and lines have on oil level, it is an easy exercise to just remove the cooler sandwich adapter and run the engine with just a filter. Then KenB's 5qt procedure will be about as close as your gonna get without using more complicated measurements and calculations. Once the correct(desired) level is established, you just reconnect the cooler and adjust oil level to your new full mark. Why make an easy process more complicated? The 5qt rule had worked well for many of us without any apparent negative effects.
Les Burt
Montreal
'75 Eleganza 26'
The EWIP (Eternal Work In Progress)
> On Feb 9, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Matt Colie wrote:
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> Ken Henderson wrote on Mon, 09 February 2015 07:22
>> Adrian,
>>
>> The photo you should look at is http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/455-oil-pan-capacity/p10800.html
>> which more accurately shows the relationship of the various parts (disregard the un-trimmed dipstick tube).
>>
>> There, you'll see that the two rods just right of the dipstick tube are near the bottom of their strokes and that they're at least 4" below the
>> pan flange. In other works, they swing to within less than 3/8" from the 3 q. oil pool. If there's 4 q. in the deep end of the pan, the rods will
>> definitely be submerged.
>>
>> I apologize to everyone for having not anticipated all these factors when I originally made and posted the photos -- I could have made them more
>> clearly and less ambiguously display the parameters of interest.
>>
>> Ken H.
>> Americus, GA
>> '76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
>> Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, etc., etc.
>> www.gmcwipersetc.com
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> Wow Ken,
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> That sure is a definitive set of pictures.
> One of the things those tell me is that there has got to be at least 2 quarts of oil "in process" when the engine is running.
> That is a lot. But I sure can't complain. It doesn't actually cost anything to run that way.
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> Matt
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