Engine and Transmission Tech

I've been driving my V8 for about 3 years - bought the short block new from RPI Engr (UK), and the dip stick and oil sump came from a BOP 215. So my question is - what is the correct oil capacity?

Do you have a remote filter? How big? Do you have an oil cooler?

The original Buick and Olds manuals list capacity at 5 quarts assuming you change filters, and 4 quarts assuming you don't. Those cars didn't have oil coolers. I have a somewhat smaller-than-stock filter on my Buick 215, but it's not remotely mounted (and I don't have an oil cooler). I usually put in about 4.5 quarts. After pouring the fourth quart, I go by the Buick dipstick.

For the production MGB GT V8 model, MG listed the capacity at 4.54 litres and that converts to 4.80 U.S. quarts - which doesn't seem like enough since that model had both an oil filter and a remote filter (but I don't know how big MG's oil pan was).

The Range Rover oil pans (at least 4.0 and 4.6...) seem REALLY deep, so I'd disregard Range Rover numbers.

Providing you have the matching dipstick and sump the reading on the dipstick should be accurate, somewhere in the region of 5 litres should fill it.

Kevin.

I do have a remote filter - I don't have an oil cooler. Pan and Dipstick did come from same BOP 215 engine - I'll pay attention to that. Looks like it should be close to 5 quarts. Thanks for the help!