My 97 holds 14 qt with the filter, but my friends is a 96 and take 16 with the filter ? looks like the same pan only diff is his is and 5 sp and mine is a auto. any insite??
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97 F-250HD Super Cab 4X4 E4OD, 3.55 gears, swamps 238'/80s & SWAMPS Chip,Beans D-66 Turbo, Adrenaline HPOP & Reservoir Filter, BTS,TSM Disk Rear Brakes,DIY Electric Fuel system,DIY Air Filter,Auto Meter Dash Mounted Gauges: Trans Temp, Boost, EGT, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure.Water Temp,Fuel Pressure Gauges,3 Inch Intake plenums, 4 inch MBRP, Intercooled, CCV mod.
294,000 Miles and still going Strong.
I've never been able to get my 97 to read full after an oil change until I put 16 quarts in. At my last oil change I drained the High pressure oil reservoir and it took an extra 2 quarts to fill.
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97 Ford F250 4x4 Extra Cab Longbed Power Stroke (no mods) Front tow hitch, rebuilt E4OD at 162,000
Truck is up to 193,000 and counting as of 11-14-09
Mine takes 15. I don't even bother looking at the dipstick.
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1997 F350CC, 4x4, PSD Tipper pro kleenex open filter. Roggen 6" lift kit with 26" ratflex 12" offset tires. Downpipe cut and welded to adapt 3" into a 12" outlet. 12" muffler cut and adapted to 2", then a special turbo manifold from a volkswagon modified to flank out to 3" to the tail pipe. Interior from a Corvair modified by cutting 6" off the padding. Snize and snide 32gallon aux tank mounted in rear seat, rear seat relocated to bed. Bed shortened to 4ft.
My 1997's book says 14qts. But I remember reading that Ford recomended upping that to 15qts. I've been putting 15 qts in since the truck was barely a year old. When you're talking 3.5 to 3.75 gal.s a quart one way or the other aint gonna matter much anyway. Plus if your on this site in the first place you probably upkeep your truck better than most and change your oil regularly.
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1997 F-250 Supercab 4X4 XL Manual everything (I ordered it that way), DPP downpipe to 4" pipe exiting front of rear wheel. Tymar intake. Turbo life saver. Activator electric brake controller. Firestone rear suspension air bags, Bilstein shocks, Stancor 586-902 GPR, Edge evolution programmer, Class V receiver on rear, class III up front, Valair heavy duty stock clutch and single mass flywheel. 130,000 miles as of 2/11.
what will you gain by adding a extra quart? seems 14 quarts are adequate. many trucks are running 14qts. without lube problems....M/O extra cost and waste of resource.
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97 f250 4x4 ext cab tymar filter e4od 410 ts chip dp and 4" exhaust system
cratos your signature states 263k and still going strong...so i would guess 14qts hasn't been detrimental to your motor. nor mine with 140k and running 14qts.
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97 f250 4x4 ext cab tymar filter e4od 410 ts chip dp and 4" exhaust system
Yep she runs like a top I was just wondering why some where 14-16 qts my friend was changing his oil and I saw him dump 4 gallons in . ( his is 96 with a 5 speed) so I asked him why the extra 2 qts ,and he said his was always 16 qts.mine (97 with auto) takes 14qts.
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97 F-250HD Super Cab 4X4 E4OD, 3.55 gears, swamps 238'/80s & SWAMPS Chip,Beans D-66 Turbo, Adrenaline HPOP & Reservoir Filter, BTS,TSM Disk Rear Brakes,DIY Electric Fuel system,DIY Air Filter,Auto Meter Dash Mounted Gauges: Trans Temp, Boost, EGT, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure.Water Temp,Fuel Pressure Gauges,3 Inch Intake plenums, 4 inch MBRP, Intercooled, CCV mod.
294,000 Miles and still going Strong.
Mine takes 14 one time and 15 the next. The 94-97 psd's hide oil simple as that. I'll check it one day and it's a quart low and the next it's on full. I now just put in 14 and call it good.
Yep she runs like a top I was just wondering why some where 14-16 qts my friend was changing his oil and I saw him dump 4 gallons in . ( his is 96 with a 5 speed) so I asked him why the extra 2 qts ,and he said his was always 16 qts.mine (97 with auto) takes 14qts.
I'ld like to look at the dip stick after he dumped in the 16 quarts.
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