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Originally Posted by YamahaR6
Just did an oil change. Replaced the filter and drained the oil over night. Filled the oil and used 6 quarts of oil and it just hit the "high" mark. Anyone here did used that much oil? And no, I do not have an oil cooler.
Thanks in advance.
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According to the service manual, on a stock car with no oil-related mods, in US Quarts it's supposed to be 5.125 on a regular oil+filter change, and 6 for a completely dry engine (overhaul). If you drained overnight, you might be expected to get a bit beyond the normal 5.125, but I highly doubt you drained it far enough to qualify as "dry" if you still had the oil pan on. The oil pan tends to trap a fair amount of oil, unless perhaps you got the car at just the right angle to empty it (which is not tilted back on front ramps).
Are you sure you checked the level properly? The car needs to be sitting completely level, the engine needs to run a minute or so, and then shut off and wait ~5-10 mins before checking. If you were checking with the front of the car still on ramps, with the engine running, or too quickly after shutoff, it would be easy to overfill and end up dumping in 6 qts before you got to "high" (and the ideal is a bit below the high mark actually, somewhere in the vicinity of ~2/3 up the L->H range).