That depends on what you mean by "split". There are multi-level race pans out there that ridges or plates along the outside of the pan that keep the oil from riding up during hard cornering. Or maybe they're just talking about the double hump pan common to Fox bodies?
well my friend changed the oil in his car and it was running fine for weeks then the other day when he was beating on it the #3 cylinder became dead. First I notice that there was water coming out of the exaust and that the spark was ok. When I looked at the sparkplug it looked like it had fuel on it but I din't check to see if it was fuel or not so i'm thinking it was overfilled with oil but don't understand how it lasted for a little more then a month
sounds like he blew a head gasket. do a compression test, check oil for coolent, check coolent for oil. is it puffing white smoke out the pipes when it is running?
why did he put 2 extra quarts of oil in? i don't think the the extra oil cause the problem. it just would have been thrown around in the pan by the crank. maybe the head gasket was old and it was its time to go? you never said what year engine or miles. i'm sure someone else can explain better than I. crap happens sometimes.
should only take 5 qts of oil. thats what i run even in my canton pan like in the pic above. well, hope you guys can get it figured out, and remember 5 qts. later.
lol no he put 5 in but i'm saying if the pan is split and you only drained 1/2 the oil
but were gonna start working on it tomorrow, thanks for your help