out of all the forums i searched for, this had the most members.

isnt 6 quarts of oil right for my g/f car? a quart per cylinder rule.

but i checked the dipstick many times and it was past the max line

 

depend on whether its a auto or stick. But according to bryan's page http://members.csinet.net/tisch/maxima/
its 4.7 liter manuel and 7.4 liter for auto.

 

Motor oil? 4 quarts. Transmission does not matter.

 

<---- hampton roads taking over

 

motor oil! so 4 quarts??
i thought it was 6?

 

like Mr Gone said, 4qts of motor oil

 

ok thanks.
so what about a quart per cylinder?

 

Are you slow or something? Check her owner's manual if you need any more verification.

 

okay im slow. then tell me why some 4cyl car needs 4qts and others 5qts, and 6cyl cars need 6 and other 6cyl cars need 7? please give me the answer. lets see how slow you are to respond.

oh no owners manual. thats why i posted!

 

thanks for all responded minus mizeree x.
i found my answer here, thanks guys!

 

there are many other factors besides the number of cylinders that dictate how much oil an engine needs
I've never heard that "rule" before
You can always use the dipstick to check the oil level when filling it up.

 

It's pretty simple really. Each manufacturer designs its own engine lubrication system with a capacity in mind. I have never heard of that rule before, and I have never come across a 6 cylinder that needed 7 qts of oil. My dad's V8 Cadillac only takes ~5.5 qts. I only asked if you were slow because you didn't want to believe what everyone told you about the maxima's oil capacity.

 

BMW uses large amounts of oil
Porsche also requires large amounts of oil.

Why? Do some research and find out.

Don't have a owner's manual? Get one off of ebay or here in the classifieds section.
Don't have a service manual? Ditto on the above.

It's pretty clear you could benefit from both

 

Go find a Cummins Ram and ask them how much oil they use

I too was thrown off by the quart a cylinder rule. My Mustang only uses 5qts, and I think the Durango only uses 5 aswell.


Jeffy, do they use more + a deep sump to prevent oil starvation in the corners?

 

thanks mr gone, i wasnt the only one.
yeah both my e46 3 series both take 7qts.
i dont have the manual, otherwise i would have not posted

 

i believe it was 4qts after the seond response, i was just asking again not to make sure, but to scratch out the qt per cylnder rule.

 

Let's look at the real problem here, the dang dipstick doesn't tell jack and isn't worth the metal it's made out of. Unless your oil hasn't been changed in a long time it can be pretty hard to see where the line is on the dipstick. Sure if you stare at it long enough you can figure it out. The point is for something so mission critical you would think the auto manufactures would have come up with a better system. Heck, maybe even a oil resivor like the coolant resivor, it doesn't have to be as big of course.

Enough of my ranting now, guess I'll go check the oil in my car and see if I actually put any back in the last time I changed it...

 

Hampton baby!

 

Well as Mizeree_X posted above (and others for that matter) , I've never heard of that rule before and was just curious as to who taught you that. Anyway, as stated above, car manufactures design their motors and then decide the safe amount of oil it would need to operate at. The "oil rule" doesn't of course apply here, but the LS1 is one of the very few engines out there making 1HP per cubic inch. Wouldn't it be awesome if that applied to the Maxima? oh well.

 

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBr...3d801f45fe.jsp

Click on "Fig 7: Capacities" and you'll find all the info you need.

VG = 4.12 quarts
VE = 4 quarts

 

Yeah, that would be sweet! 182 hp from a 3 liter, or 213 from the 3.5!!!!!!!

 

How about the motors putting 100+ HP per liter?
that would make the 3.0 having 300hp
Even better.
The technology is there, just needs to be applied.

 

BMW S50, S52, M50 and M52 engine (inline 6 motors for the E36 chasis) takes 7 quarts of oil because the length of the motor is much longer compared to a v6 engine. You need more oil to cover the area of the length of their oil pan compared to ones on V6 motors.

I never heard of the one quart per cylinder rule, first time ever. Maybe it might work on some cars like a DSM or a honda 4 cylinder that takes 4 quarts of oil.

 

I thought it was more then that.....

 

I think bmw runs more oil so they can run long change intervals. Porsche runs high oil caps because it's intergral to the engine cooling(air cooled versions)

I don't think the Supra TT/NA engines have to run alot of oil and they are inline 6. Same with the IS300

 

methinks I might try and make a windage tray

 

Small Block chevy V-8 only takes 5 qts stock

Thr oil pan design not length dictates the amount of oil needed

 

Moroso, Milodon deep sumps?

 

Me thinks it will be difficult to join metal together with superglue as you don't own a welder.

Me thinks two of you should stop discussing old 60's tech on a maxima board.

 

Dont need a welder for it though, it would just be a abit of sheet metal slotted and bolted to the girdle then bent to clear the crank/rods/bolts.

It's not just 60's, alot of modern cars have them, VE's and VG's do not though. Granted there are the baffles in the oil pan, meh, I'm just thinking thats all.

 

a windage tray?

 

It's just a tray that bolts to the end of the main caps; keeps oil from splashing back up and such.

 

Windage trays are for engines that spin higher RPMs and still very much used in racing applications.

 

Yes, we are.

 

why hello there Mr. Bump.

 

Why do you people insist on bringing up old threads? Don't you guys have anything else better to do..........like time with the gf.......hehehhe.

 

so the n00bs can read what is on the first page due to the lack of being able to look any farther.

don't need a gf, already have a wife. so i have all the time in the world now.

 

It's not engine size that matters it's the size of the oil pan. Jeeps require 6 quarts, my maxima only needs 3.5 quarts. Some of the oil stays in the engine when changing it.