88 rubber eater

Well first the good. I finally got my 88 5.0 put on the road Friday, just in time for my chica's prom which was Saturday. It was so freaking awesome. Honestly I haven't had a better day in a long time. I got to drive my stang there, then showed off my sweet dancing skills, then I drove her home and didn't really have any problems. Sunday I decided to change the oil though, because it was black when I got it from the guy and I hadn't driven it at all except for up and down the road a little. When I drained it I thought I took out about 5 quarts of oil so I poured about 4 and a half quarts of new oil in to start. Then when I dumped the waste oil into a jug I realized it was only 4 quarts. So then when I checked the oil it read way far up the dipstick and I couldn't really get an accurate reading. So I drained out about half a quart. But the dipstick was still reading way high! Im so scared of blowing up my engine or running it dry, I don't want to hurt it because its only been on the road for 4 days and I dont have the money to replace an engine right now lol. How do you guys check you oil accurately? I think extra oil is shooting up the dipstick tube and throwing off my readings. Thanks a ton for the help guys, I really appreciate it

Crazyfast50stang

5.0 engines have two oil plugs. One in front of the one you drained. You need to drain that one too.

ooticamitica

Well is it showing any signs of too much oil besides that? (smoke) wipe it down or run it to get it hot than it should drip down and let it cool and try it again. If none of that works just drain it and put 4 new quarts in or measure how much you put in it.

88 rubber eater

Do they really! Ill be a son-of-a-bi@!$. I saw the one in the front and I was going to draing that first then I saw the one in the back and thought that was what I had to drain. Ok so how much oil should they engine hold when full? What should I do about it now, change the oil again? When I drained that extra half a quart out of the bottom I wondered why it came out blacker than all hell, there must have been old oil sitting in the front of the pan too. Oh and no, it isn't really showing any signs of too much oil, no smoke really. Oh and I also forgot to ask, are 5.0s supposed to kind of shake the car a little when they idle? I guess its kind of a lumpy idle and they guy i bought it from didn't say anything about putting in a new cam put in (he would have b/c thats a good selling point), so i think its still stock.

Jaggezz

I think mine takes 5 or 5 1/2 quarts.

88 rubber eater

Yeah I looked at my engine after I drained it and though, wow your a puss, a 4 cylinder holds 4 quarts lol.

ckyguy68

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Bad Karma

Dude, who's the girl in your Avatar??? She's kinda hot.

Sorry for the hijack...

-Ivan

88 rubber eater

lol, thats ok she is. but do you guys have any insight on what is causing my car to shake a little? Also should I change the oil again? thanks again

ttoppedaerocoupe

have you done anything to the car besides oil? a good ol tune up will help your shaking problem a lot.

Plugs
wires
distributor cap
dis rotor
air oil fuel filter
oil
check timing

you should start there and see what your shaking problem is after that. Not to mention that an old spark plug can tell you a lot about how an engine is running.
thats just my .02

alex