a different oil change procedure...?

[avexnsx]

here

found this to be quite interesting...

[CA05LXDriver]

Conspiracy to create more starter motor/battery claims???

If you pre-fill your oil filter, you are doing enough. There is virtually no load on an engine at idle, and residual oil in the system will lubricate the engine sufficiently at startup, regardless of oil low oil pressure.

[BenjiBoy650]

18. Top up the oil to the upper hole on the dipstick but do not overfill. The highest notch on the dipstick is the fully hot/overfill mark. The oil level shouldn’t be any higher than the second hole even when hot.


^^ is that true? If so, I'm in trouble...

[RTexasF]

My oil light goes off in 2 seconds after I change oil. I don't think all the extra crapolla is worth the time & trouble.

[Inspector1]

That dude must work for the Government and change his oil while he is at work(when he's not on line) .
Oh well it sounds like good advice for subby owners... heck why not tear down and rebuild after every drive since it's such a race car

I1

[04blkpearlcoupe]

all that is a waste of time. unless you let your engine sit without oil for hours on end, there will still be a layer of oil on the surface of everything in the engine. In fact, when a car is parked all the oil is in the pan!

[VTECaddict]

Originally Posted by BenjiBoy650

18. Top up the oil to the upper hole on the dipstick but do not overfill. The highest notch on the dipstick is the fully hot/overfill mark. The oil level shouldn’t be any higher than the second hole even when hot.


^^ is that true? If so, I'm in trouble...

yeah, the top hole is the "max" and the bottom hole is "min". it should be somewhere in between. how far do you fill it up?!

[BenjiBoy650]

Originally Posted by VTECaddict

yeah, the top hole is the "max" and the bottom hole is "min". it should be somewhere in between. how far do you fill it up?!

I fill it up to the top when it's off and cold. My VTEC engages quicker/more often like that ...no, seriously...

[Inspector1]

Originally Posted by 04blkpearlcoupe

In fact, when a car is parked all the oil is in the pan!

Except what remains in the filter!!

I1

[SSMV6]

Don't worry about overfilling if it's still below the "max" mark when it's cold.. Engine oil doesn't expand that much when warm.. I like having more oil than less.. Your car always burn a little bit of oil anyway. It's ATF that expands by like 20% or something when warm.. .. That's why there's two sets of max-min marks on most ATF dipsticks... One for the cold reading and one for the hot.

[F6Hawk]

Originally Posted by SSMV6

Don't worry about overfilling if it's still below the "max" mark when it's cold.. Engine oil doesn't expand that much when warm..

The problem with over-filling engine oil is not expansion, but the forming of bubbles, or foam. When this happens, the cooling capabilities of the oil are reduced, the engine will get hotter, and the oil can be "burnt" quicker. The lube qualities will still be the same (unless you run it like this for a long time), but who wants their engine to run hotter because of foaming oil?

[SSMV6]

F6Hawk, you misunderstood my post.. What I meant was you could still use the marks on the dipstick to determine if you have enough oil in the crankcase in all engine oil temperatures. I'm not trying to say that it's ok to add another quart of oil to "top it off" after you've reached the max level on the dipstick.

I stuck in the ATF dipstick example to show that that engine oil doesn't expand as much as ATF when it's heated so the volume difference when it's cold versus hot is negligable. Hope that clears things up.

[benjamming]

I lost all interest in the post when I read "DO NOT USE 0W or 5W as it is too thin". They don't know much about oil.

[BenjiBoy650]

Originally Posted by benjamming

I lost all interest in the post when I read "DO NOT USE 0W or 5W as it is too thin". They don't know much about oil.

Uhm...maybe it is too thin for their Subies?

[Rather Ride]

Beyond ANAL about his oil pressure. I'm shocked that he didn't squirt oil down the spark plug holes to lube the rings during the crank time required to bet oil pressure!