How many quarts in an "8 quart" pan?
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Route666
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So you put the new pan on and filled with oil? After the oil circulates and fills the new oil filter that you should put on every time you drain the oil - you will be able to fill the thing with 8 quarts.
2nd Mustang
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I also have an 8 quart oil pan, and it requires 9 quarts of oil with a new filter and an engine run to test for leaks. It maybe mislabeled, like those 10 quart oil drain containers that barely hold 5 quarts of used oil.
Hmmm....I've had this pan on for years and always ran 6-6.5 quarts, i just never bothered to say anything because my buddies Nova does the same thing. When I run 7 quarts my 1/4 mile times are about two tenths slower. Would this be because it is overfull or because it is I am running it low? I have dozens of 1/4 mile runs on it and over 15,000 miles. Wouldn't something already have gone wrong if it was going to go wrong? I guess I'll email Summit or Milodon 
one2gamble
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Contact Milodon and ask if you are suppose to be able to use the same dipstick readings. My Canton T pan is designed to use the same reading marks, but my friends large capacity T pan instructed him to fill it and then make new marks on the dipstick (which wound up being lower on the dipstck than the original marks).
I called Milodon and he said that I should put in 7 and mark the new low and then put in 8 to mark the new full and then add more for a filter. I told him that I've been running 6 and he said that it's fine, it's just able to handle 8 but it will rev up slower with 8 quarts. He suggested getting a windage tray and then run the full 8 quarts.
Route666
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Ya, it don;t make sense to me. I mean the dipstick goes into the timing cover and measures to the top of the oil in the pan. You do NOT want the crank hitting the oil and that about where the "full" mark should be (where the crank just misses the top of the oil in the pan). I know there are many variables here and when the engine is running the pan is not full and all that, but it seems to me that a high volume oil pan should not raise the level of oil up higher, it should allow you to hold more WITHOUT raising the level.
2nd Mustang
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I just noticed too, that when my motor gets a little over a quart low, the lifters start clacking a little. When I top off to the full mark, the engine quiets down a lot and runs smoother, or is it just my imagination. I have a windage tray in the pan and a high volume oil pump too.
Route666
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Edbert said:
Most definitely agreed!
It's all about advertising I suppose.
NEW! 20-qt oil pan that allows increased ground clearance in a lowered car with a lowered engine.
note: you must fill engine to 1/4 inch below oil fill cap to acheive 20 qts.
lol
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