2 oil drain plugs?

ACSPONY · May 13, 2007

I had no idea the 5.0s had two oil drain plugs. I only removed the rear plug when I did my oil today, seemed to all come out... Is this a problem? I didn't even see the other plug, although I wasn't really looking for it.

hemi_fan · May 13, 2007

The front will hold like 1/2 quart or maybe a bit more, so you changed like 80% of your oil. I wouldnt call that a 'problem' as long as you didnt overfill it, just remember to drain it next time.

mustangjoe87 · May 13, 2007

Just using the rear is fine, if you have the car jacked up to get under it most of the oil will be in the rear sump anyways.

ACSPONY · May 13, 2007

Thanks for the replies. The front was jacked up and I added 4.5 qts, I'll go ahead and make it 5 and make sure to drain both next time.

Shakerhood · May 14, 2007

Even after pulling both Drain Plugs on mine it will read over the Full Line on the Dip Stick with 5 Quarts, go figure.

mob · May 14, 2007

HISSIN50 · May 14, 2007

Some of the dipsticks were mismarked at the factory.

ACSPONY, I'd do a shorter interval on this oil (if it wasn't something expensive) personally.

Good luck.

ACSPONY · May 14, 2007

HISSIN50 said:
Some of the dipsticks were mismarked at the factory.

ACSPONY, I'd do a shorter interval on this oil (if it wasn't something expensive) personally.

Good luck.

I'll be driving the car this summer mostly on the weekends and probably won't put too many miles on before I go back to school so I'll change it before I go back.

FrankenStang · May 14, 2007

Dipstick. hahaaaa

wht93gtEd · May 14, 2007

HISSIN50 said:
Some of the dipsticks were mismarked at the factory.

ACSPONY, I'd do a shorter interval on this oil (if it wasn't something expensive) personally.

Good luck.

yeah, it's fairly well-known (well, I guess not) that the factory dipsticks are not even close on our cars.

best way to tell is to mark it yourself after an oil change.

iwashmycar · May 14, 2007

do most read higher or lower than the hatch?

ACSPONY · May 14, 2007

Mine reads above the full mark but the manual says to add 5qts so I did...

grey5.0beast · May 14, 2007

mine reads above too. Kinda scared me the first time I noticed it...

TRWXXA · May 14, 2007

Changed my oil recently. Drained both ends of the pan, and filled with 5 qts. The oil comes up to the 2nd "L" in the word "FULL".

iwashmycar · May 14, 2007

i really believe ive been running a quart low for a long long time then....i just changed it and put all 5 in...its a bit high. i thought there was just more oil in the pan somewhere before....because i use ramps. surely didnt really want to overfill

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