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#1 ·
Just wonderin the average amount of quarts you guys use when you change out your oil and filters.... A couple days ago I changed my oil with 5w-30 Castrol Syntec and put a new honda OEM oil filter and it seemed as if i had to add about 5.4 quarts of oil to get the level up to the top hole on my oil dipstick... We should be using only about 5 quarts to get this level up... But this time i used a little more... Maybe my 5qt. container jipped me?? I dunno... Anyone else have to add more than 5qt's just to get the oil level up to par!? Just seemed like this oil change i had to add an excessive amount of oil just to get that damn level up....
 
#53 · (Edited)
This is from the helms

"5.80 (6.1US qt)for engine overhaul
4.74 (5.0US qt) for engine including filter"

the honda filter holds ALOT less oil than the amsoil or mobile 1 filters, so 5.8 is about right with a much bigger filter, and filling it to alittle over halfway between the dots

I also put the whole front end of jackstands and let it drip for about an hour while I eat lunch or something too
 
#58 ·
This is from the helms

"5.80 (6.1US qt)for engine overhaul
4.74 (5.0US qt) for engine including filter"

the honda filter holds ALOT less oil than the amsoil or mobile 1 filters, so 5.8 is about right with a much bigger filter, and filling it to alittle over halfway between the dots

I also put the whole front end of jackstands and let it drip for about an hour while I eat lunch or something too
:rotfl:

I think it'd be more beneficial if you drain what you can for 10-15 minutes on jacks, then pour in maybe 1/4 quart of new oil, then let that drain for 5 or so minutes. But I'm not saying I don't agree with your method - I'm all about taking food/beer breaks! :thumbsup:
 
#69 ·
I used 6, it was too much.

Oh well, it's not it will hurt my engine, right?
alittle bit too much isn't going to hurt anything
 
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