How much oil does a 5.0 hold? is it 5 or 6 quarts? I lost the manual that came with my car already, and i need to know cause im going out to pick up a bunch of stuff
5 quarts with the filter
thanks
37 quarts with the filter.You have to buy synthetic,and it does get expensive.Oh,I remembered you have a 5.0 as well,so I made a mistake,it's 39 quarts.Once the oil starts to pour out of the filler neck on the valve cover,it's full.
Im not stupid lol.
5 quarts royal purple 10w-40, and 2 cans of high heat paint ran me 41 bucks. Not bad!
What kind of filter did you get?
Don't tell us you're going to paint your oil.
Overkill use the cheaper stuff for now till you get it on the road.
save the money for the stuff you really need.There will be plenty.
i bought a motorcraft filter, and the paint is for the valve covers once i get them off to replace the gaskets. And yes im not changing the oil till i change the gaskets.
Might be a little overkill but im a little pyscho when it comes to going overboard so o well
39 quarts...is that before or after forgetting to reinstall the drainplug?
ive seen some screw ups, how about a woman filled her car to the filler cap, and somehow the car didn't hydrolock, shes DROVE it to work, and it PUMPED oil out. I swear the shiznit people do...
37 quarts, made me think i was at work
A friend of my sister's did that with an old Chevy Celebrity (2.5 Iron Duke). Her engine did not survive. It didn't hydro-lock (after all, she didn't fill the combustion chambers) but it did bend and break stuff.
I also once saw a Ford Ranger 2.9V6 literally blow the valve covers off. I was doing work experience at a Ford dealership and this truck came in on the hook. The fuel pressure regulator was stuck wide open (when the mechanic put a pressure gauge on it, it pegged the gauge at 160 PSI!) and it was running so rich a bunch of gas got into the oil pan. This caused the cylinders to be washed down, which allowed even more gas into the oil pan. The "oil" was almost all gasoline, and fumes were blowing out the oil dipstick and breather. While the mechanic had it running checking the fuel pressure a bit of combustion must have gotten into the crankcase and it ignited the fumes within. A deafening BOOM, a huge fireball, and a big mess. For some reason it did not keep burning though - after the bang everything was silent (or at least it seemed to be - the silence may have been due to us all being deafened by the explosion). The valve covers were still physically attached to the engine, but not by much, and they were all swollen and bent to hell.
LMAO!
and your story was funny as hell too, Carm. wouldn't have been if somebody got hurt, but just picturing the motor exploding made me laugh.
LOL! @ "hydro"locking motor with oil!
37 quarts is with the drain plug.Nothing like a well oiled machine.
It ran out of oxygen. I'm sure when it grenaded it stopped running and sucking air in.
Hey Carm, I need some pics of this. That was an amazing story but I need to see those valve covers.
Fila: This was 14 years ago, before the days of camera phones, or even cheap digital cameras, for that matter. I didn't bring my old 35mm to work as a general rule. I would've loved to have had pics myself. Alas, the only evidence I have of the incident is the memory of myself and the others that were in the shop that day. I do have some evidence of another incident in that shop, namely a scar on the back of my head in the shape of the wheel lip of a Ford ambulance. I won't get too deep into details, except to say that cold salty water dripping on a hot drop light bulb that's right next to your face while you're looking at the brakes WILL cause the bulb to explode, and it WILL startle you enough to make you jump. And those wheel lips can be sharp...
Paul: You're probably right about the explosion using the oxygen - I've heard of them using explosions to put out oil well fires. As a testament to the toughness of the 2.9 V6, though - the mechanic replaced the valve covers and FPR, did an oil change, pressure washed the engine compartment and sent the customer on his way. The engine started right up, had good compression, and didn't make any noises :hick:
Had almost the same thing happen in a 429 Torino I bought. The guy told me there was “something wrong with the engine” and that’s all he knew. A buddy and I were trying to get it started and it seemed to not be getting spark.. We cranked the engine trying different things for quite some time. Finally we got spark and BOOM fired into the crank case mushrooming the valve covers just as you said. This one blew the heads off all the 7/16 lower valve cover bolts and the covers flipped up and wrapped themselves around the 4bbl carb. (Top bolts stretched but held) The dip stick flew out of the dip stick tube binging poor Dave (who was leaning over the engine at the time) in the forehead cutting him open for about 5 stitches. Before it flew all the way accost the street and landed in the neighbors yard.
At this point we figured this is a bit more than a timing/spark problem and tore the engine down. We found the top of one piston completely gone. Figured that must be where the fuel was getting sucked into the crankcase and when we finally got spark it ignited it.
also no pic's, was about 20 years ago.
Suppose I could go get a picture of Daves scar.
jesus christ! that guy is lucky it didn't kill him! thats nuts.
Positive Crankcase Ventilation FTW!!!!111!!!eleven!!!
you can hydro lock a motor with oil