7 Quarts of oil??.....

[JP_Stang]

Hey guys,

I was on the SN95 Forums, and I came across a thread where a guy was asking what oil he should use in his 96 Cobra. The thing that stuck out to me was some of the guys responding where telling him to use 7 quarts of oil even tho the dip stick shows completely full at 6 quarts?? :dw:

Is this something us 4V guys should be doing? If so, why? What are the pro's and con's to this? I was always told that is better to be a little low on oil than to be over full. This is all new news to me.

 

[Chris.94GT]

Mine shows low at 6 qts and full at 7qts. Same with every other 4.6 cobra I have done.

 

[nckissfan]

I usually put 6.5 qts to full in mine. Too much oil is bad, I know that, but it seems some cars are different.

 

[GotJuice96]

Mine is 7qts because 6 is too low and will indicated low oil.

 

[AZSN95SNAKE]

I saw the same thread and have read on here many guys using 7 qts something about oils wings/oil pan.

My manual says 6 qts. I fill with 6 qts. and it reads full on the dot.

 

[Cobra_Kid]

Same here....full at 6 qts. Just don't see the point in overfilling...If I had a 7qt pan then I would put in 7qts...not 8. Makes sense to me.

 

[Mystic-SVT]

Mine reads low at 6 quarts and full at 6.5 so I pour in 10 quarts just to be safe...I keed. I do 6.5 quarts

 

[Bad03gt]

6qts for mine

 

[scottg]

I do 6qts and it reads full.

 

[cobra4v]

7 qts on my 98 Cobra. 6 qts would be on the low side on the dipstick

 

[White96svt]

I've had two different 4v cobra motors and both of them were low at 6qts. 6 would barely put oil on the stick in one motor and the other it wouldn't reach it at all. One took 7 qts and the other was about 7 1/4, using less would trigger the oil light.

 

[bornatiger]

Whats a dipstick?:??:
J/k close to 7 is full for me.

 

[slowwwwkid]

my 4v takes 7 qts 6 wouldnt even show up on the stick.

 

[gq916]

used to do 6...it would show low oil in the car after a few hundred miles..now i use 7 and the light never comes on

 

[98 Saleen Cobra]

Most people do 7 quarts because at high RPM the oil stays up in the heads longer possibly running the risk of not enough oil for the bottom end..

 

[97cobra1]

I've ran 7 quarts for at least the passed two years. Never had an issue. I seem to remember coming across a post on another forum regarding this and from what i remember, the oil pan will hold 7 quarts or a bit over and like said above, it will help prevent starvation at prolonged higher rpms.

 

[PSUCOBRA96]

I believe the crank also does not sit in the oil pan so overfilling isn't really an issue, of course that is within reason and reason seems to be 7 quarts

 

[escogt]

6.5 QTs here

 

[Cookieman00x]

I run 7 because of the supercharger...

 

[DVJ38]

Yes put 7 quarts in. End of discussion. If you think otherwise you have not done a search and seen the conclusive evidence that 7 quarts will not damage anything at all, not even 8 will be high enough to be whipped by the crank or anything. 7 quarts or you're a fool.

The thread I'm talking about might be in the new edge section fwiw, but do a search.