5.5 litres.
get the extra 1 litre and then you have enough to top up in future if you need it
get the extra 1 litre and then you have enough to top up in future if you need it
Full oil change.. st24 capacity?
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5 litres is short. 5.5 litres should get it to maximum... TBH many owners - and this included me - run with a drop more to try and prevent the big-end bearings running dry on hard cornering...
Whether it helps or not, I can't say. But it didn't do any harm to mine...
--Rich
Whether it helps or not, I can't say. But it didn't do any harm to mine...
--Rich
+1 !!!!!!
Well said Rich :L
I did the same in the hope that it would help protect the big ends
It didn't do me any harm :L
Well said Rich :L
I did the same in the hope that it would help protect the big ends
It didn't do me any harm :L
Think its to do with where the oil pick up pipe is located.
Its more to the side of the sump than smack bang in the middle so when going around a corner (can't remember which way) there is less oil that comes in contact with the pipe.
Thats from what I understood anyway
Damo :L
Its more to the side of the sump than smack bang in the middle so when going around a corner (can't remember which way) there is less oil that comes in contact with the pipe.
Thats from what I understood anyway
Damo :L
^It may well be. If something gets repeated often enough, by enough people, it's taken as being true by the masses. What we have here is:-
It's happened to a noticeable number of engines, over the years.
It's also been reported - possibly more-so - as an issue relating to use on long, sweeping ramps.
Ford revised the sump later in the engines life, with the addition of further baffles.
Does that point to the problem lying with issues related to cornering? Quite possibly. Could it also point to something else entirely? Quite possibly. Nobody comes on here and says "Hey! I've not changed my oil for 40k, did some burn-outs in McD's carpark and now my engine is knocking. What's up?", nor that they've been running on cheapo 20w/50 oil for the last 3 months before it starts knocking.
As to why it would hit the big-ends, but not the mains - I'm guessing because there's a degree of lateral movement from the conrod to the crank, but that'd be a guess...?
We didn't build them... we just live with them...
--Rich
It's happened to a noticeable number of engines, over the years.
It's also been reported - possibly more-so - as an issue relating to use on long, sweeping ramps.
Ford revised the sump later in the engines life, with the addition of further baffles.
Does that point to the problem lying with issues related to cornering? Quite possibly. Could it also point to something else entirely? Quite possibly. Nobody comes on here and says "Hey! I've not changed my oil for 40k, did some burn-outs in McD's carpark and now my engine is knocking. What's up?", nor that they've been running on cheapo 20w/50 oil for the last 3 months before it starts knocking.
As to why it would hit the big-ends, but not the mains - I'm guessing because there's a degree of lateral movement from the conrod to the crank, but that'd be a guess...?
We didn't build them... we just live with them...
--Rich
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