Hi

The crack staff at the garage put 7 quarts in my 4.2. It reads 3/16s over the MAX mark. Do I need to drain one quart?

Thank you

Harry

 

Yes, should not be overfilled.

 

Hi

I agree...I just drained 1 Quart. Now the oil level is midway between the hash marks.

The garage lady said "well maybe the tech filled the oil filter then topped the engine off".

Looks like I'm back to changing the oil myself.

Thank you

Harry

 

Wow, that is crazy

And yes, that is one of the reasons I have always changed the oil myself in all of my vehicles. Good job on checking the oil level yourself and finding that out.

 

that is exactly why i change my own oil.

 

6 quarts is all these truck need. Especially a 4.2L, I would imagine 5 quarts would be plenty for a V6.

 

5qts wont even wet the bottom of the dipstick. mines takes 6-1/4 qts of oil

 

But the garage should have made it right. They should have drained the oil for you. The dealership did that to mine once. It's an easy mistake. The 5.4L V8 takes 7 quarts. The tech was probably just used to putting 7 quarts into all the F-150's.

 

Hmm... 6 quarts man... don't run the engine with more...

 

6 quarts only, - don't ruin your engine. Don't run it at max either. 6 quarts is below max 1/8 -1/4" roughly. To much and you'll blow a few gaskets among other things.

 

Right on...

Not to mention it will be one smelly v6 F150.

 

mine holds 6 1/2 the guy at pepboys tried to put 8 in it one time, i guess i was lucky i watch them and caught him before he filled it

 

No it doesn't lol, unless ford made you one special (I doubt it). Or you installed an aftermarket oil pan , use a larger oil filter.

 

yes it does. ford made different types of dipsticks, you have to check via the FPN on your dipstick. like i said, mine holds 6-1/4, 6-1/2 would be a hash under my filled mark. Ford also recently changed the size of the FL-400S oil filter.

 

You'll have to show me via Ford specs. Every 4.2L per spec uses 6 quarts even with all factory recommended filters. 2 valve V8's are the same way, remote filters or not.