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Lokar ED-5026 and six quart pan - 383

wasco

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I have a six quart oil pan on a 383 with headers and high volume oil pump. I’m changing the oil and only 3.5 quarts came out, including most of what was in the filter. I filled the new filter part way before installing (1/3 quart), then put five quarts of oil into the engine. I ran it a few minutes and checked the dipstick - it indicates about 1/8” over “full”? Shouldn’t it need another quart? The Lokar is correctly installed into the block. Oil filter is Napa Gold 1515.
 
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Ignore the stick reading. Put the 6 quarts in it and mark where the level is.
 
Don Frelier said:
Ignore the stick reading. Put the 6 quarts in it and mark where the level is.
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But the dipstick goes into the block - shouldn’t it read correctly regardless the capacity of the pan?
 
wasco said:
But the dipstick goes into the block - shouldn’t it read correctly regardless the capacity of the pan?
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You would think so.
Bottom line is you want 6 quarts in there so when you fill it and run it once wherever it shows up on the stick on a level surface is the desired fill level.
 
wasco said:
I have a six quart oil pan on a 383 with headers and high volume oil pump. I’m changing the oil and only 3.5 quarts came out, including most of what was in the filter. I filled the new filter part way before installing (1/3 quart), then put five quarts of oil into the engine. I ran it a few minutes and checked the dipstick - it indicates about 1/8” over “full”? Shouldn’t it need another quart? The Lokar is correctly installed into the block. Oil filter is Napa Gold 1515.
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What pan is it?
 
I’ll have to go back through my receipts - I think I got it at Jegs or Summit, just a bare metal six quart pan for big block Chrysler.
 
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