After a close examination of the '98 Chrysler shop manuals for my R/T , I
found that the mark on the stick is the "Really Really Full" mark .
So there ya have it .
At 02:13 PM 6/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Well... it seems that the responses from the DML are mixed.
>
>Some folks put 5qts in and leave the level sitting half way between
>"full" and "add".
>
>Other folks put in the 5qts and then add enough (.3 to .5 qts) to bring
>the level up to or near the "full" mark.
>
>Does anyone see any real downside to filling to the full mark (other
>than the extra hassle of adding 1/2qt)? I can't believe that filling the
>crankcase to the "full" mark would add enough excess oil to cause
>foaming and seal leakage problems. That would make it an "overfull"
>mark, right? ;)
>
>Having an extra 1/2 qt oil capacity seems like a good thing to me -
>extra dirt suspension capacity, extra cooling capcity, etc. Ya, I know,
>it's only an extra 1/2 qt.
>
>I realize that this is not a big deal (I'm certainly not losing sleep
>over it...). I just wondered if anyone else who'd been changing their
>own oil for years found this to be a little odd, and what conclusions
>had been drawn.
>
>
>jeff
>98 rc v8 3.55sg flares fipk
>
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