Thread: SBF oil level
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Old 03-19-2018, 04:27 PM
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If you have the pan off it's easy to measure how much oil it will hold.

Take a container, say a one qt oil bottle and fill it with water. Pour into the oil pan. Make sure oil pan is level. Keep add water till you get to the point marked in the picture.

Clean the water out of the pan and install the pan on the motor.
Next pour in the amount of oil needed.
Don't crank the motor.
Check your dipstick to see where the oil level is.
Remark stick to that point.
Crank the motor and let it run a few minutes then shut it down.
Wait ten or 15 minutes for all the oil to return to the oil pan.
Check the dipstick.
Add oil to your new mark. This is the amount of oil need for the filter, oil lines for the remote, if you have one, and or the oil cooler.

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