[Tigers] Tiger oil capacity w/non-stock filter

[Dave Barakat]

Ron…..I have the stock filter set up (which fills and stays full whether the engine is running or not, I think, based on its inverted position)) and with 4 quarts my dip stick shows almost full. My assumption is that when the engine stops oil sits in the filter and doesn’t drain down to the crankcase. If I added a quart I am sure the dip stick would show way over full. I am puzzled.



> On Oct 4, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:
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> Dave
>     I think most of us have this problem and I don't recall where the oil line was with the original oil filter and hoses.   I never experimented with how much oil the original filter and lines held to see if that was part of the problem.
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> I have a right angle oil filter adaptor on my 260 now.
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> I marked my dipstick with 4 qt mark after running to fill the filter and then letting it settle then a 5 qt mark for the right angle filter.
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> Ron Fraser
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Barakat [mailto:dave.barakat at icloud.com] 
>> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 5:52 PM
>> To: rfraser at bluefrog.com
>> Cc: Andy Walker; tigers at Autox.Team.Net
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger oil capacity w/non-stock filter
>> 
>> I have a little different problem. My 260 almost fills to the “full line” on the dipstick with a little more than 4 quarts including the filter. Can’t figure out why it can’t take the full five quarts?
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