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How much Oil ? RV8
Paul (Notts) - 15/1/06 at 11:05 AM

Just about to drain the oil out of a rover 3.5 V8 engine...

How much oil should I expect to come out

I have a 5L container ready , but will I need something larger.

Johnmor - 15/1/06 at 11:45 AM

Depends how much it has burnt, but look for 6.5L

froggy - 15/1/06 at 01:04 PM

"depends how much its burnt" meeeoooww!
rv8s dont burn oil they turn it into treacle and store it in the rocker covers

paul, if your on the old dizzy driven oil pump i used a non synthetic 15/40 to help with the pressure at low revs

Johnmor - 15/1/06 at 02:01 PM

Sorry, Paul

Great engine really, Just jealous.




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02GF74 - 15/1/06 at 06:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Johnmor
Depends how much it has burnt, but look for 6.5L


hmmm how do you reckon that?

the haynes P6 book says:
4.5 l without filter change
5.1 l with filter change

I have to agree with the book on this one; I use a castrol gtx 5 l container with side cut out that hasn't overflowed. (The 5.1 includes oil iin the filter itself.)

blueshift - 15/1/06 at 06:43 PM

Haynes manual for the SD1 V8 says:

oil capacity
drain and refill, sump only - 8.5 pints (4.8L) approx
drain and refill, including filter - 9.7 pints (5.5L) approx

so you should be ok with a 5L container.. just.

Johnmor - 15/1/06 at 06:51 PM

Boy, i supose it depends on what the engine cameout of.

Haynes Discovery manual

3.5 V8 5.7litre
3.9 V8 6.7litre

I was playing safe with the colection container size

Paul (Notts) - 16/1/06 at 06:44 PM

Cheers..

having already lost 1/2L of oil on my arms and the floor yesterday when I was finging out how tight the sump plug was, ( using an impact wrench that removed the plug in one second flat ) I will go with the 5L container..

Paul..

Johnmor - 16/1/06 at 10:49 PM

I hate to say it, but that sort of activity sounds all too familiar.