How Many Litres?

[HYBRID VL]

ust wondering how many litres in oil these engines hold is it the same as RB30.

i wanna do an oil change to last me abit till i get the cash for the 100,000km service which i been quoted $1500.

[tridentt150v]

what engine? RB20 approx. 3.9, RB25 approx. 4.1 give or take. I'll check out the real figures and get back to you, but the 'real' figures never mean much. My 25 is supposed to take 4.1 with an oil filter, but your usually flat getting 3.7 or 8 in it. If it was a totally dry engine [after a rebuild maybe] then you might get the spec figure in.

[tridentt150v]

Just checked, RB20DET 4.2 and RB25DET 4.3 with filter, minus 0.4 for no filter change ie 3.8/3.9 litres

[bbgun]

u can pretty much put a whole 5lt bottle in rb engine n it will b jus a little over..thats if u have change oilfiltre aswell...4.2lt dosnt sound like enuf?

[tridentt150v]

I just did mine yesterday and only used approx. 3.8, and it is a 5 litre container and I replaced the filter as well, so I don't know were your oil is going

[MANWHORE]

With my dipstick on the full line (not over onto the word) with oil filter, I put about 4 L in my 25

[bbgun]

is that checking before or after u start it?..otherwise some1 must of shortened my dipstick!

Edited November 15, 2008 by bbgun

[tridentt150v]

After i started mine and let it settle, the oil was about half way on the dipstick, I could maybe put another 100-200cc in and get to 3.9 or 4 litres, but thats it.

You need to borrow someone elses dipstick, but usually if you overfill, it will burn heaps of blue smoke, just blow it out in clouds. I'd have a look at your oil container, you might have purchased a 4 litre one instead of a 5 litre?

[bbgun]

na i was only joking...its the right dipstick..well i put 5 lt in n it was 5lt bottle n i recon it is about 200mls over which make it about 4.8 but that is rb20..i have always done this on a vl..then vl rb20 &r32 no blue smoke no problem..but 2 answer the original question jus put oil in til its up2 the full mark

[phatlavish]

was the front of ya car flat to the ground when filling up.. ie not on stands or ramps? I can only ever get about 4L in before the dipstick reads HI/full

[Kujotk]

when are you meant to measure the oil levels? when the engine is warm or as cold as possible????

[tridentt150v]

Doesn't really matter, but leave it for 5 minutes after driving it to let the oil drain back into the sump first. Some of it gets splashed around in the engine, it needs to settle.

[Kujotk]

ok thanks, because i lost a shit load of oil because my sandwich plate was leaking pretty bad and it took me a week to see it (no oil temp or oil pressure changes), i was told that the oil level was still over full level but i dunno if the guy who tightnd it all up knew what he was on about seing that its still leaking....

atleast its only 1 or 2 drops in 24hrs,,,, before it was dripping at 1 drop every 3 seconds when the car was warm and idleing lol