How much oil at oil change

[57Airhead]

Hope this doesn’t go straight to the ‘stupid questions’ thread …

Trying to get my head around how much oil to add at oil change. Deep sump, external oil cooler, a couple feet of hose to the oil cooler and back, external filter …

To get in the ballpark, is it a question of just adding standard case volume (what, 2.5 quarts) plus the volume of the sump plus the volume of the oil cooler and hoses?

Or am I overthinking it — just fill till the dipstick says “enough”?

[d___dles]

Ideally you do your oil at a place where if you go with the dipstick says enough method and you do overfill it, you can just leak out a bit at a time into the drain pan till the dipstick is happy.
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1967 Riveria Camper

[d___dles]

But to answer your question, mine takes a little under 2 quarts with STP.
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1967 Riveria Camper

[Glenn]

Do you have a 1.5qt sump?

Then put in 4 quarts (2.5 + 1.5), also refill the filter before installing.

Start the engine and let run for a few seconds.

Do you have a thermostat between the filter and the cooler? If so you need to wait for the thermostat to open.

Turn off, let cool and check the dipstick.

Top up if needed.
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