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Walter Parelli
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" It's me again with the C
" It's me again with the Chris Craft Lincoln 431. This seems like a dumb question, but here goes.
The 1965 manual calls for 8 to 9 quarts of oil in the standard inboard mounting. I changed the oil and filter and drained about a gallon and a half (the oil was milky when drained, so I am not sure how much was water and how much was oil). I put in 5 quarts (in the ballpark of what was drained), and I get a full reading on the dipstick. Engine seems to run just fine, still with a full dipstick reading (no water in the oil at all now - I think it was just blow-by from the city water hook up when the boat was run on land).
Obviously, I do not want to overfill the crankcase, but this is perplexing. Am I missing something - is the manual wrong, or am I heading for a catastrophic engine failure? As far as I can tell, the dipstick seems to be seated normally, so I assume that is not the issue.
Any thoughts? Thanks! "
" It's me again with the Chris Craft Lincoln 431. This seems like a dumb question, but here goes.
The 1965 manual calls for 8 to 9 quarts of oil in the standard inboard mounting. I changed the oil and filter and drained about a gallon and a half (the oil was milky when drained, so I am not sure how much was water and how much was oil). I put in 5 quarts (in the ballpark of what was drained), and I get a full reading on the dipstick. Engine seems to run just fine, still with a full dipstick reading (no water in the oil at all now - I think it was just blow-by from the city water hook up when the boat was run on land).
Obviously, I do not want to overfill the crankcase, but this is perplexing. Am I missing something - is the manual wrong, or am I heading for a catastrophic engine failure? As far as I can tell, the dipstick seems to be seated normally, so I assume that is not the issue.
Any thoughts? Thanks! "