6 qt. Oil Capacity

[93MTXSHO]

I have a bone stock (as far as I know) 93 MTX w/ 195K miles, and ever since I got it, it takes 6 quarts of oil to bring it up to the full line. At 5, after starting it and letting it sit, it still reads exactly 1 quart low. I use a standard oil filter, and I know the engine is CLEAN. I had the valve covers off, and the inside only had a yellow tone that would wipe off easily. I can't figure it out. Maybe someone out here can help me.

 

[olympic]

I think I read somewhere that the capacity stated in the owners manual is not correct. So if it takes 6 quarts to fill it up, then that's the correct capacity.

 

[SolidState]

I know mine takes nearly 6L...

 

[91 SHOplus]

I remember reading another poster here saying that he had an arguement about the oil level in his SHO at a jiffy **** type place. They seemed to think that the yamaha 3.0 and the SLO 3.0 were the same.

Guess they never drove one!

 

[luigisho]

Don't forget those jiffy boob places usually advertise "up to 5qts of oil" for their standard oil changes.

 

[jthomas68]

Mine takes EXACTLY 5 quarts,every time.Fwiw,Doug Lewis at FPS fill them 1/4" above the fill line.

<small>[ September 19, 2002, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: jthomas68 ]</small>

 

[SHOZ123]

Are you using the larger oil filter?

 

[MeShoHorny]

If you are using the larger F1 Motorcraft oil filter you will indeed need 6qts.

 

[MilTownSHO]

jthomas68:
Mine takes EXACTLY 5 quarts,every time.Fwiw,Doug Lewis at FPS fill them 1/4" above the fill line.

Why does he fill it 1/4 over? Mines a little over and I was gonna drain some but **** if hes does it, it cant be bad

 

[scott c]

just to add my 2cents, my 92mtx with standard filter also takes six and I also was confused about this

 

[pete c]

6 qts puts me just past the full mark with the FL-1A filter. I believe the larger filter adds a bit more than a half qt to the capacity. So, with the itty bitty 400 filter a little more than 5 qts should do it.