Moroso 7QT SB pan
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Moroso 7QT SB pan
My engine builder told me to use 7 quarts TOTAL including filter on my engine. The bill says he used a Moroso 7QT pan. And also the dipstick shows a quart low ... and the pan is built different (wider) so that the thing can hold more oil, yet not be any lower than the oem oil pan.
So for those of you having the same pan, how much oil do you put in the small block? I know it sounds like a dumb Q but what the heck. :yesnod:
I **do** know though, that oil pressure is great at 5500! :lol:
So for those of you having the same pan, how much oil do you put in the small block? I know it sounds like a dumb Q but what the heck. :yesnod:
I **do** know though, that oil pressure is great at 5500! :lol:
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Re: Moroso 7QT SB pan (SanDiegoPaul)
I've used one of those pans for quite a few years (20 plus) and put in 7 qts with a short oil filter, as far as the dipstick goes you can't really tell by the stock marks because it's a different pan and it is a little deeper than stock and will show a different reading. One way of making the dipstick read correctly is to do this on your next oil change, dump oil change filter then fill up with 6qts of oil then start engine and run to make sure filter is full, then stop wait for oil to drain back into pan pull dipstick and see where the 6 qt. level is mark it on the backside of the factory marks, scoring it with a file works best, clean the dipstick reinsert, add quart #7 pull dipstick check level and mark accordingly.
Ken :cheers:
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Re: Moroso 7 Quart SB pan (ken markusa)
add quart #7 pull dipstick check level and mark accordingly.
Thanks. The prob is though, that with seven quarts in the engine, the oil is only up to half-way to the 1 qt. low mark. In other words it barely shows on the stick. When we put the engine in, we could only get the dipstick in to within 1/8 inch of where it should be. So I'm figgerin' :cool: that if the dipstick tube WAS in all the way, it would be showing at the 1 qt. low mark. Hmmm maybe use a mini-tubing cutter, and chop off an inch of the new dipstick tube?
I do like your idea of starting with six, and marking the stick. Problem is that with six quarts in the motor, nothing would show on the stick. :smash:
Thanks. The prob is though, that with seven quarts in the engine, the oil is only up to half-way to the 1 qt. low mark. In other words it barely shows on the stick. When we put the engine in, we could only get the dipstick in to within 1/8 inch of where it should be. So I'm figgerin' :cool: that if the dipstick tube WAS in all the way, it would be showing at the 1 qt. low mark. Hmmm maybe use a mini-tubing cutter, and chop off an inch of the new dipstick tube?
I do like your idea of starting with six, and marking the stick. Problem is that with six quarts in the motor, nothing would show on the stick. :smash:
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Re: Moroso 7 Quart SB pan (SanDiegoPaul)
San DiegoPaul,
I had this problem too.....
There a plate inside the oil pan that keeps the oil from splashing up around the crank...Oil baffle plate....That "can't get the stick to go all the way down feel" is caused by the stick poking into the baffle plate....if you pull the pan you'll see the scratch marks where the stick hits, then bends side ways, to go all the way in....I removed my oil pan and made an openning in the scratch mark area where the stick can go straight in without bending.....worked perfect after that....You're reading low because the stick is bending side ways to the plate and not going down into the oil......You'll be able to see the scratch marks when the pan comes off.....Don't do what I did....fill to the full mark....the crank pounding into the extra oil will rupture your oil pan over time..... :seeya Cappy
I had this problem too.....
There a plate inside the oil pan that keeps the oil from splashing up around the crank...Oil baffle plate....That "can't get the stick to go all the way down feel" is caused by the stick poking into the baffle plate....if you pull the pan you'll see the scratch marks where the stick hits, then bends side ways, to go all the way in....I removed my oil pan and made an openning in the scratch mark area where the stick can go straight in without bending.....worked perfect after that....You're reading low because the stick is bending side ways to the plate and not going down into the oil......You'll be able to see the scratch marks when the pan comes off.....Don't do what I did....fill to the full mark....the crank pounding into the extra oil will rupture your oil pan over time..... :seeya Cappy
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Re: Moroso 7 Quart SB pan (8T1-7T9 BIONIC VETTE)
You'll be able to see the scratch marks when the pan comes off.....
Well, it's fresh and newly installed so HOPEfully :cheers: :cool: it will be a long while before that pan comes off! As for it not going in all the way?? What I was talking about was the tube. It is a chrome tube and a newly painted block. When we put her in the car, we forced the tube as far in as POSSIBLE without removing it, cleaning paint outta the hole, and removing chrome from the tube. It went down 3/4 inch or so, but that last 1/4inch it won't do. And it's in there TIGHT so I know I don't have to be concerned with it coming out.
The dipstick does indeed go all the way into the tube. But with a 7 quart fill and running the car before checking it, the oil level is only halfway up to the one-quart-low mark.
Well, it's fresh and newly installed so HOPEfully :cheers: :cool: it will be a long while before that pan comes off! As for it not going in all the way?? What I was talking about was the tube. It is a chrome tube and a newly painted block. When we put her in the car, we forced the tube as far in as POSSIBLE without removing it, cleaning paint outta the hole, and removing chrome from the tube. It went down 3/4 inch or so, but that last 1/4inch it won't do. And it's in there TIGHT so I know I don't have to be concerned with it coming out.
The dipstick does indeed go all the way into the tube. But with a 7 quart fill and running the car before checking it, the oil level is only halfway up to the one-quart-low mark.
