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vince porto (Vince)
New member
Username: Vince
Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 7:59 pm: | |
Agree with Ben - 12 qts. Put in 9 to fill the dry sump full, run the engine for a minute or two (to fill the engine sump), stop, add the last three into the dry sump that were pumped into the engine sump while the engine ran.
Rgds,
Vince |
Ben Lobenstein 90 TR (Benjet)
Intermediate Member
Username: Benjet
Post Number: 1071
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 6:31 pm: | |
Mine took only 12qts - SWEPCO Dino (non synth) 15-40, overfilling is BAD.
-Ben |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: 91tr
Post Number: 1576
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 10:32 am: | |
I've taken to flipping the TR oil filter D-ring over -- flat side to engine, round side to bottom of groove -- for the last year or 2 with good results (something one of the UK posters recommended here IIRC).
Be gentle with the oil sump drain plug -- I've had to retap mine and I think others have too. The threaded portion of the plug is rather short and the cast housing that it screws into isn't made of the strongest Aluminum on the planet.
There's not a flange on the oil sump drain plug so probably best to stay with the 16 x 22 x 1.5 or 16 x 22 x 2 Cu washer size. On the oil pan drain plug (with flange), any of the 16 x 22 or 16 x 24 or 16 x 26 or 5/8" x 1" sizes for the Cu washer in a reasonable thickness (1.5~3 mm) is probably OKish.
I wouldn't stress out about trying to refill to the absolute max -- for US street driving you could probably be 3 qts low in a TR and it wouldn't matter much -- JMO. |
Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bws88tr
Post Number: 1820
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 9:32 am: | |
LUIGI
14 QUARTS AND I USE AGIP SINT 2000, BUT MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC WILL DO...
GOOD LUCK,
BRUCE |
Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain)
Member
Username: Ricrain
Post Number: 513
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 9:09 am: | |
I always buy 16qts for my TR and end up with one left over. |
Luigi Nicoletti (2mmuch)
New member
Username: 2mmuch
Post Number: 33
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 8:00 am: | |
I am just about ready to do my first oil change on my TR myself. Does anyone know how much oil I will need and what type they recommed, is there anything I should watch out for or is it just straight forward. |