oldchevelle541
Well-Known Member
Greetings,
I am sure this has been an age old question relative to how many quarts of oil does a stock 440 takes. I have read many postings before I changed my oil in my new classic for the first time so I purchased 5 quarts of oil plus a K&N HP3001 filter. At the end of my work I started the car and let it sit for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes the dipstick was right at the ADD mark so I reluctantly installed 1 more quart of oil. Dipstick now reads FULL.
The problem I am having is that most manuals and past forums say it should be 5 quarts with filter. It looks like the stock dipstick and a factory Mopar oil pan. It is a 440 E Series block from 1969 that came out of a C class Polara or another large car. But who knows what dipstick and oil pan was s really used to rebuild the engine. With these non-numbers matching classics its anyone's guess what you really got.
any comments appreciated.
ps: how would I tell if I have one quart too many in engine even though dipstick reads FULL ?
I am sure this has been an age old question relative to how many quarts of oil does a stock 440 takes. I have read many postings before I changed my oil in my new classic for the first time so I purchased 5 quarts of oil plus a K&N HP3001 filter. At the end of my work I started the car and let it sit for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes the dipstick was right at the ADD mark so I reluctantly installed 1 more quart of oil. Dipstick now reads FULL.
The problem I am having is that most manuals and past forums say it should be 5 quarts with filter. It looks like the stock dipstick and a factory Mopar oil pan. It is a 440 E Series block from 1969 that came out of a C class Polara or another large car. But who knows what dipstick and oil pan was s really used to rebuild the engine. With these non-numbers matching classics its anyone's guess what you really got.
any comments appreciated.
ps: how would I tell if I have one quart too many in engine even though dipstick reads FULL ?