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11-21-08, 09:50 AM
|  | Drive It. Break It. Build it Better Cadillac(s): Platinum 2004 CTS-V  | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
I've never had a problem with AC Delco's. I will say I don't even use Fram's on my Jeep!
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11-21-08, 10:19 AM
|  | Mods on hold till diff gets fixed. Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 60 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
Okay, finally got off my butt, went out into the (very cold) garage, and retrieved the owner's manual from the glovebox.
Page 5-107 says: Engine Oil with Filter is 6.0 quarts. 
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11-21-08, 10:37 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): '05 Stealth V | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Age: 29 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by rand49er  Yeah, but it's a Tough Guard Fram filter. I go to AutoZone, and that's all that they have.
Is there some esoteric, super-secret oil filter I'm suppose to be using that I've never heard about? | haha esoteric is a great word. |
11-21-08, 10:41 AM
| | Drive It. Break It. Build it Better Cadillac(s): Platinum 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by rand49er Okay, finally got off my butt, went out into the (very cold) garage, and retrieved the owner's manual from the glovebox.
Page 5-107 says: Engine Oil with Filter is 6.0 quarts. | I'm running an extra half quart over...and I'm ok with that  |
11-21-08, 10:47 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2006 V6 RWD SRX | 2005 Red CTS-V | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Liberty Hill, Texas (Austin) | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by rand49er Okay, finally got off my butt, went out into the (very cold) garage, and retrieved the owner's manual from the glovebox.
Page 5-107 says: Engine Oil with Filter is 6.0 quarts. | In a former life, I worked at an auto repair shop and one of the guys use to take the empty quarts of oil and turn then upside down to drain the residual oil left in the bottle out. He would get a full quart after so many "empty" bottles.
Maybe it is 6 quarts with a factory filter, and the extra 1/4-1/2 quart people are adding is due to the oil which sticks to the inside of the bottles and to the funnel?
Thomas. |
11-21-08, 11:06 AM
| | Mods on hold till diff gets fixed. Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 60 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by Stoopalini In a former life, I worked at an auto repair shop and one of the guys use to take the empty quarts of oil and turn then upside down to drain the residual oil left in the bottle out. He would get a full quart after so many "empty" bottles.
Maybe it is 6 quarts with a factory filter, and the extra 1/4-1/2 quart people are adding is due to the oil which sticks to the inside of the bottles and to the funnel?
Thomas. | I warm my oil up, if it's been in the cold garage, by placing it indoors for a few hours. Then, when I pour it into the motor, I let it sit upsidedown in the funnel for a minute or so.
I agree with what you're saying about the oil's tendency to adhere (<-- how 'bout that one, p0ng0rs?) to the inside walls of the container. But, I can't imagine I'm wasting more than a tablespoon or two at most.
I am, however, going to scout out some AC Delco oil filters from now on. The internet is so influential, isn't it?  |
11-21-08, 11:30 AM
| | Drive It. Break It. Build it Better Cadillac(s): Platinum 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
^^Randy, you know everything on the internet is real  ^^ |
11-21-08, 11:36 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): '05 Stealth V | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Age: 29 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by rand49er I warm my oil up, if it's been in the cold garage, by placing it indoors for a few hours. Then, when I pour it into the motor, I let it sit upsidedown in the funnel for a minute or so.
I agree with what you're saying about the oil's tendency to adhere (<-- how 'bout that one, p0ng0rs?) to the inside walls of the container. But, I can't imagine I'm wasting more than a tablespoon or two at most.
I am, however, going to scout out some AC Delco oil filters from now on. The internet is so influential, isn't it? | No way.. I hear adhere all the time, a word that means understood by few and IS understood by few is great tho. lol. That's not a word you hear a lot. |
11-21-08, 11:47 AM
| | Drive It. Break It. Build it Better Cadillac(s): Platinum 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
There are myriads of people who have a plethora of vocabulary at their disposal
BAM! |
11-21-08, 11:52 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): '05 Stealth V | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Age: 29 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by lollygagger8 There are myriads of people who have a plethora of vocabulary at their disposal
BAM! | There's a plethora of the cornicopia of the afformentioned verbiage. w00t  |
11-21-08, 07:04 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The City | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by thebigjimsho AC Delco and Mobil 1 both have good results. I've seen good and bad for K&N but I need to find those studies. Fram has been repeatedly shown to be among the worst filters ever... | Any reports or documentation with regard to issues with K&N oil filters would be great.
Fram has never been one of my choices. |
11-21-08, 07:31 PM
| | Mods on hold till diff gets fixed. Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 60 | | | Re: Which is it? 6 qts or 6-1/2 qts?
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Originally Posted by SFBayV ... Fram has never been one of my choices. | Geez, guys, give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice into it why don't you?!! |
11-21-08, 09:07 PM
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I wouldn't even piss on a Fram filter.
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11-21-08, 09:13 PM
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11-21-08, 09:16 PM
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