All,
Think I will try your idea of adding water to
oil pan...check for leaks and also take a look at where 6-7-8-9-10 quarts sits in the pan...it is a new pan anyway.
At
oil changes always checked the
oil level after adding 7qts...8qts...9 to the pan...THEN starting the engine and checking to see how much I need to add after the filter and any passage way drain back has taken place. Never hurts to do it again...
The old pan was the original Cobra type AVIAD with the trap door assembly mounted symmetrically front/rear side/to side. This pan is the newer version of the Cobra AVIAD pan. The new pan's trap door assembly is mounted on the diagonal. Canton offers a similar pan.
Got pickup as high as it will go without elongating bolts holes and it is now at 3/8ths plus...a little...will try clay again before I button it up...but this seems pretty good...(it does take the gasket into account).
Thanks, Pete