# Oil

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059 "2008-11-14T02:08:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hemi567](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@hemi567](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hemi567)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059/1 "2008-11-14T02:08:37Z")

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how much oil dose my 1987 c10 chevy pickup take it has a fuel injected 350 in it.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059/2 "2008-11-14T02:49:15Z")

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Probably the neighborhood of 5 quarts. Just add 3 and start checking the dipstick and add quarts until you’re full.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059/3 "2008-11-14T03:05:54Z")

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Pour 4 quarts into the engine, start it, let it run for 30 seconds, shut it off and wait for things to settle down. Check the dipstick. Add oil if necessary.

If you have an owner’s manual it will tell you how much oil the engine should have.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059/4 "2008-11-14T04:40:20Z")

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My '95 Suburban took 4 1/2 quarts with a filter. If yours has the larger filter, it might be 5 with a filter. Like McP said, put in 4, run, shut off, and check.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/22059/5 "2008-11-14T18:51:32Z")

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5 quarts was common in '87. And oil could only be bought in 1 qt cans.

Now 4 quarts is common. And we can buy oil in 5 quart jugs.

Go figure.