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Old 03-16-2006, 09:41 PM
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Gonna change the oil on my 96 mustang soon how many quarts should i use, ive done some searching on the site and ive seen 5, 5.5, and 6 how many is it?
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Old 03-16-2006, 09:45 PM
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Put in 5, then check it after you run it, then add more until it shows full. [&:]
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Old 03-16-2006, 09:53 PM
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Put in 5, then check it after you run it, then add more until it shows full. [&:]
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Old 03-16-2006, 09:58 PM
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Put 6, then check after...
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Old 03-16-2006, 10:14 PM
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spec is 6. How much you need to put in depends on ho wlong you let it drain. On my own car I let it go until it's like dripping drop by drop out...


my 97 takes 6


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Old 03-16-2006, 10:20 PM
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Quantity of oil will also change depending if you are replacing the oil filter or not. and you should always replace the filter
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Old 03-16-2006, 10:23 PM
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+1 always do the filter. If you don't, you are leaving a huge glob of old oil in there.

I run wix brand filters
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Old 03-16-2006, 11:09 PM
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Wix oil filter and royal purple oil!! Mine takes 6.5 qts!!! f'ing pig
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Old 03-16-2006, 11:38 PM
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i'd go full synthetic but it's got super lotsa miles so she's getting valvoline max life on next change
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Old 03-16-2006, 11:41 PM
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i'd go full synthetic but it's got super lotsa miles so she's getting valvoline max life on next change
Thats a good choice. I use it in my jeep which has 125k on it and it doesn`t leak or burn any between oil changes.
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