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NC Rover
10-21-2010, 11:17 AM
Trying to see how many quarts of oil the 2.5 holds vs. the 2.25....any difference?
NickDawson
10-22-2010, 12:33 PM
According to the wsm for the 2.5 it's 6L / 11pints
I put in 4 & 1/2 quarts and was on the high side of the dip stick
Jim-ME
10-23-2010, 05:21 AM
Nick,
My 2.5 NAD holds between 6 and 6.5 quarts with a filter change. Did you change your filter when yo only had to put in 4.5 qts?
Jim
NickDawson
10-23-2010, 11:12 AM
Nick,
My 2.5 NAD holds between 6 and 6.5 quarts with a filter change. Did you change your filter when yo only had to put in 4.5 qts?
Jim

Ben racking my brain on this one and just figured it out. The oil I used didn't come in a gallon - it was one of those gallon + 1 qt containers then I added another quart (maybe two, I dont really remember). I know the dip stick was (and surprisingly still is) on the high side of full.
Jim-ME
10-23-2010, 01:09 PM
Sounds like you figured it out. About 6 qts is good.
Jim
Andrew IIA
10-25-2010, 08:23 AM
I don't have any info on the 2.5, but for my 2.25 I've always used 7 1/2 quarts for a oil change.

My shop manual says 13 pints plus 1.8 pints for the filter = 14.8 pints = 7.4 quarts.
NickDawson
10-25-2010, 08:25 AM
I do have electronic (scanned PDFs) of the 2.5 WSM - someone here was nice enough to share them. I'm all to glad to do the same if anyone needs it.
daveb
10-25-2010, 03:09 PM
nick are you sure your engine is a 2.5? You still haven't given us the engine #