Originally posted by Zilla:
Where do you guys get the idea that the cars have a low oil capacity??? 5.8 quarts is a lot of oil for a 6 cylinder engine! I've had V-8's that only took 4 qts., and had no oil starvation problems. As for the SVT's oil cooler, I think that's why the SVT's oil capacity is listed as 5.8 qt. vs 5.5 for the regular Duratec. And even if this wasn't the case, the cooler oil would be well worth the trade-off of .3 qt less in the sump....
Just my $.02...
I don't think it's a low oil capacity, just ineffecient. With 5.8 quarts, and oil starvation issues still lurking out there, right handed corner or not, it's the only short coming I can think of as to why I turned a bearing. As I stated earlier, the crank gets most of it's oil from the drain back holes, not the high pressure feed passages in the heads... That means oil has to be accumulating somewhere to run the return low... I'm starting to think he's onto something here... Perhaps a visit to the BAT catalog to look at oil sumps is in order... hummmmmmmmm
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Brad Noon
'99 SE MTX, finally supercharged!!!!
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