1940 engine oil capacity question??

[41ford1]

Ok. Now my head is starting to hurt. I have a set of Ford manuals on CD put out by Detriot Iron. I find in the Engine and Tune Up, Section K, page 37 the capacity is 4 IMPERIAL quarts. 4 imperial qts equals 5 US qts. The only V8 that these manuals state having a 4 US qt capacity is the 60. The stick in my pickup shows full with 4 US quarts. I do have a filter so I run 5 US quarts.

Chuck

 

[Cecil/WV]

That sounds like 4 in the pan to me.

 

[CarlG]

5 US Quarts = 4.73 Liters
5 US Quarts = 4.16 Imperial Quarts

 

[swoopNZ]

5 qts according to the 1939 Deluxe 85HP Owners' glovebox manual.
Same engine as the '40.

 

[Kube]

I wonder the same thing. Its kind of funny the things published in those old books We will never figure out the mistakes that was made in black and white.
I sure am not interested in an argument or debate over oil pan capacity I am simply stating the facts 4 Quarts in a 1940 pan.

Travis

Yep Travis, you are stating the facts regardless of the facts nor any sense of being correct. Good for you!

 

[petehoovie]

I wonder if Travis (aka tb40) is still with us?....His comment on this topic was posted 6 years ago....