extra oil in engine?


#1

I have seen a few posts about people adding extra oil to compensate for possible oil pressure loss in turns and I was wondering how much extra do you guys put in and what is too much? I don’t have a crank scraper or accusump or anything like that but if I can add 1/2 quart extra as insurance I’ll do it. I’ve just heard in the past that too much oil causes problems also. Opinions, personal preferences, conjecture all welcome. Thanks.


#2

Consensus is a 1/2qt to a quart high. Since you don’t have a crank scraper, I’d do the quart high.

Too much oil can cause frothing if a connecting rod or the crank slaps into the oil. But a quart high is not enough to cause that.


#3

From what I have read, most seem to run 1/2 quart high, I just had an issue were I was about 3/4 -1 quart high and I was burning oil like crazy, LOTs OF SMOKE out of the tail pipe. I set it back to Normal Full level and no oil burning.