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Jul 23, 2018 | 12:12 PM

AmmoVet

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From: Margaritaville Daytona

Driver side oil cap

In a recent post Fyreant posted a picture of an Lt1 with valve covers off showing a oil cap on the drivers side valve cover. My car is a 2016 Z51 and I often wondered why it had an filler cap here when my friends don’t ; one a 2014 Z51 the other a GS 2017. See Picts. Can anyone explain this anomaly?
Is it safe to add some oil here during an oil change?

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Jul 23, 2018 | 01:42 PM

RonC7

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Oil cap on the left valve cover is for wet sump engine. Oil cap on the dry sump is for Z-51, GS, Z06, Z51.

Jul 23, 2018 | 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RonC7

Oil cap on the left valve cover is for wet sump engine. Oil cap on the dry sump is for Z-51, GS, Z06, Z51.

Thanks Ron, I know that but if you look you will see this is a Z51 and I'm pointing out that on the picture above the oil filler on the white car was under the valve cover cover as indicated by Fyreant while on mine it is exposed. Can you or anyone else explain that?

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