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Aug 17, 2008 | 11:51 PM

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theneelster

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Originally Posted by BostonBoy

so this cobalt uses 6 & a ½ quarts of Mobil 1 oil?
Is this the same on the 08/09 tc/ss cobalt? 6 quarts?
If YES wholly **** does this little thing take a lot of oil, does the non-SS's take that much oil?
My beretta only uses 4 quarts & fill the oil filter. 5/30 Mobil oil

My RL takes 6.5+ quarts to fill...I'd suggest adding more if you are confident there are no leaks.

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Originally Posted by alleycat58

Nope it's the right one. LOL must be yet another freakish 05 thing.

As far as drinking oil, mine doesn't go through oil at all between oil changes. It'll still read exactly the same when I change it as it did when I filled it.

I don't "lose" oil either. Just to fill er up means 7 quarts bought at least 6 and half a bottle used.

I haven't checked my manual, do they really say to just use 6 quarts?

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Aug 18, 2008 | 12:00 AM

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lsjion

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actually it's 6 3/4. I've looked it up on alldata before to prove people wrong. They saod " there is no way a ******* 4 banger takes that much" I once had my oil changed at a dealership and I gave them 7 qt.s and they gace me one back. i was like uh check that again, And it Was low.

Aug 18, 2008 | 12:05 AM

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Coblt ss super

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umm my car must not like oil, i put 5 quarts and it fills her up. hmmm

Aug 18, 2008 | 12:06 AM

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Tazmanian_Dvl

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Originally Posted by lsjion

Same thing happened to me...

Aug 18, 2008 | 08:10 AM

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455rocket

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Originally Posted by BostonBoy

I've got a 7.5L Oldsmobile that only takes 5 quarts!

Aug 18, 2008 | 09:44 AM

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alleycat58

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Originally Posted by Coblt ss super

umm my car must not like oil, i put 5 quarts and it fills her up. hmmm

It can happen. My Cavalier ALWAYS took less than what they recommended. If you filled it like you were supposed to, it'd be WAY past full. When I lived at my old apartment, I had no place to do oil changes, so I was stuck with a quick lube place. Even if I told them otherwise, it would ALWAYS come back overfilled.

Aug 18, 2008 | 10:53 AM

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css9450

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Originally Posted by alleycat58

When I lived at my old apartment, I had no place to do oil changes...

That's why every Walmart near an apartment complex always has various random people changing oil in the parking lot.

Aug 18, 2008 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by css9450

That's why every Walmart near an apartment complex always has various random people changing oil in the parking lot.

Yeeeeeeeeeah, except the Wal-Mart near my old place was a) quite a drive and b) closer to public housing projects than legit apartment buildings. It was a scary place to be in the daytime. The cav wasn't anything more than point-a-to-point-b transportation so I was OK with quick lube. I wouldn't dare go that route with a car like my SS.