OK Joe and 97TourSE, I'll tell you how solve it once and for all! Since neither one of you have very much mechanical knowledge,and I'm not trying to be an ******* to you at all, your coments and statements prove this out. I am not trying to flame you! Now with that said why dont you boys preform this experiment and satisfy yourselfs, and share what you learn on the board with the rest of us. The experiment is this. Have a friend start your engine hold the RPM to 5000 then take off the oil fill cap in the valve cover and see what you find. If your uncomfortable doing this at that RPM just let the engine idle and remove the cap then have your friend ease the RPM higher gradually so you can see what goes on in there. If you realy beleive that there is 51/2 qts. of oil up there when you do this experiment you will soon see that that is a load of ****. Again I dont mean to offend you guy's, and before you get all pissed do the experiment and prove me wrong. smile smile