Changed my oil today and got literally, no exaggeration, almost 8 qts of oil out of the car. 100% sure that no coolant came out when I pulled the plug and the oil is not milky or discolored, just black like it always is.

Think maybe its something with the fuel? An injector stuck open and seeping down past the rings? Just throwing ideas out there.

 

Can't be fuel or you would smell it with that much in the oil. Did you change the oil last? Maybe it got over filled last time.

 

holy **** 8 quarts. well i put almost 7 so its not THAT much more i guess.

 

idk how to add oil to my car

i'll put in like 6ish, start the car on a level surface for a minute, stop it, check the dipstick and add until its at the fill mark... then later ill check and its low? so i'll add moar and then all a sudden it reads like a quart high. idfk anymore lol

 

i always put 7quarts in my engine to get it just slightly higher then mid line on my dipstick

 

Do you guys not read your manuals? Idk about the LSJ, but the LNF is supposed to be only 5 quarts. The dipstick just shows that your not too low or too high, you should never fill trying to hit "the middle of the dipstick". When you check your dipstick your supposed to do it after the engine hasn't been run for a while so that all the oil drips out of the valve train, down the cylinder walls, etc.

 

^^lsj's like 6.5 quarts or something

 

LSJ iz thursty

Manual says 6 quarts.
Forum says 6.5+.

 

i've put 5qts in my car after a change and it show up at 1qt high lol.

 

Wow, that sucks. But why? Is your oil pan that much deeper? Our oil is actually fed into the turbo and back so I'd think we'd have to have more oil to fill the lines and the turbo. I just find that interesting.

 

Just ask the kid at Jiffy Lube, he'll know how much to put in.

 

my bad i said THINK its 6.5 could b 6 tho.

 

Gonna have to ask somebody more knowledgeable.

As to why the manual says 6 vs. most of the forum saying 6.5, IDK either.

 

6 quarts as per Latka

 

my car takes 6.8 quarts i usually always put 7 in her. I dont care what any manual says the lsjs take more oil than any other balt including the tc

 

i only put more than 6 cuz im turbo, since some of the oil will be circulating through the turbo, i wanna get atleast 6 quarts in the oil pan at all times. before turbo, i did only 6.

 

then yours was low on the dipstick

 

It's because of Oil Cooler, when you start the car and most of the Oil goes to Oil Cooler. It sit there when the car is running, it cool the Oil. When you shut your car off then Oil will go down to Oil Pan, that's why you put more Oil in it. I usually put 7 quart of Oil in my car.

 

hmmm maybe... putting 7 quarts now.

quick question, would that mean your oil can last a little longer?

 

usually about 7 here. I drive the car up on ramps so the engine is tilted backwards. I drain it when the engine is hot (as you should always), and let it drain for a good 45 minutes while I go have a beer or something.

 

I use to put 7 but then I heard somewhere or read from someone or a tech book that overfilling can lead to blown seals. I only use 6 now.

 

i've put 5 in since i've had the car and its always in the middle of the crosshatch so i figured it was good. i didnt get an owners manual with my car so i just went with what every other ecotec i ever changed oil on took.

i didnt know it was supposed to take over 6. so i guess its not much off but it shouldnt be off at all right? i honestly thought i ended up with 3 quarts of oil more than what i was supposed to have lol

 

So u think u have extra or u do have extra??

 

I THOUGHT I had 3 quarts extra but according to everyone on here I only had like 1 or 1.5 extra. But it still shouldn't be 8 quarts, right?

 

am i missing something here? why do half the people on this site think that the factory recommended amount isn't enough. do you really think the GM engineers with their research adn developement didn't design the engine to have teh amount of oil needed? lol

serious question ^^^^