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oil change

03-22-2008, 03:05 PM

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madmanmanick

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oil change

I just changed the oil in my truck and had a problem come up that I am concerned with. when I drained the oil only 4 qts of oil came out of the engine. I let it sit for an hr with the drain plug out and that is all that came out. after that I added the 11 qts that the engine calls for. now I have oil 2-3 inches over the safe on the dipstick and haev oil flowing out the exhaust when I start it. does anybody have any suggestions on where 7 qts of oil would have gotten stuck in my engine and besides draining it all again is there anything I might be able to do.

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2001 CTD Edge Comp(HOT Version), Banks High-Ram, K&N cold air intake, Mag-Hytec Double Deep Transmission Pan and Rear Diff Cover.

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