Thread: Oil level below the block ??

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Of course he could take a dipstick and put it into a known stock motor/pan with a fresh fill of oil and mark it( or note where the oil level came to) and then put that dipstick into his pan and not the differance--adjust from there

When the oil runs out the header, it's full

Roger,

You have it right. Engine core had no dipstick. Oil pan is from ebay, cast aluminum with ribs and fits well. Bought more than a year ago (4 year project) and I do not remeber if it said it was stock size. Due to engine location in a Fiero I had to purchase a Lokar flexible tube and extend it to be reachable. I did not think about marking the dipstick until I had already extended the tube.

Thanks to all the suggestions I have figured it out. Pan is a stock 5 qt so I will fill and mark.

Thanks to all.