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When I do an oil and filter change on my 03 Z, it takes 7 quarts to fill it.
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Is your can an automatic or stick shift car? If it's a stick, don't worry about it. Downshifting, during normal driving, temporarily creates a small amount of vacuum in the combustion chamber, which, in turn, draws a tiny bit of oil past the piston rings and into the chamber, where it's burned off. Depending on how much you drive, again, if it's a "stick", that quart will "disappear" over time....
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Lake Simcoe..... Back in Black baby!!!
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Is your can an automatic or stick shift car? If it's a stick, don't worry about it. Downshifting, during normal driving, temporarily creates a small amount of vacuum in the combustion chamber, which, in turn, draws a tiny bit of oil past the piston rings and into the chamber, where it's burned off. Depending on how much you drive, again, if it's a "stick", that quart will "disappear" over time....
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I have been tracking my car for ten years. I always run it 1/2 quart above full at the track, as measured a minute or less after shutdown . In addition my car takes at least 6 3/4 quarts to measure full using the same measuring criteria.
If you are going to worry, do as suggested in post #3-
If you are going to worry, do as suggested in post #3-
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I have been tracking my car for ten years. I always run it 1/2 quart above full at the track, as measured a minute or less after shutdown . In addition my car takes at least 6 3/4 quarts to measure full using the same measuring criteria.
If you are going to worry, do as suggested in post #3-
If you are going to worry, do as suggested in post #3-
