Hey guys I just changed the oil in my car and it took 5 litres to bring it to the full mark!!!
So does 5 litres sound about right...I looked on a online manual but I could not find it!!!

Thanks scooter!!!

 

It should take 5 quarts and thats with a full oil filter.... I dont know the conversion to liters.

 

just looked up the conversion and its 5 litres= 5.283 quarts...that sounds about right!!

thanks for your help!!

 

Hey Scooter,
The 350 and 455 will take 5 quarts. A litre is .947 qt. So if you put 5 litres, you'll be fine. 5 litres = 4.7 quarts. The best way to check is your dipstick after an oil change. Olds recommended to just keep the oil between the 'full' and 'add' marks.

Here is the 71 CSM section that has capacities listed on page 0-15. Just use the US quarts column, not the 'Imperial' one. Back in the old days Imperial was the Canadian measure and as you can see it's not the same as today's litres. http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe..._Section_0.pdf

 

Allan you got that backwards. 5 quarts = 4.7 litres.

 

Olds motors do NOT take litres of oil (or use metric fasteners)!

They take quarts, which may or may not be in bottles that were mislabeled for the foreign market .

- Eric

 

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Touche' Funny thing though is the cars exported worldwide coped just fine using those Litres of oil that were produced abroad and labelled correctly in the country of manufacture.

 

Yes, but ONLY if the mechanic taped over the "NET CONTENTS" part of the label before the car could see it .

- Eric