How many quarts of oil...

[rick_walter]

...does the GT take?

I'm changing my own oil for the first time now that I just bought a house (yay!!).

4 or 5?

Thanks.

[kocheroni]

I think 4.5

[DLMyth]

Mine took 5 even.

[silver2001gts]

It depends on how much you drain out of the filter and oil pan. My GT-S always takes 4 to 5 quarts.

Add 4 quarts, and make sure that the oil is not draining out the plug you forgot to put back in. Start the car and let it idle for 30 seconds. Turn off the engine and park on level ground, then check the oil level and add oil as needed.

[REdOX]

Check your manual!
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Now wasn't that easier than posting a question on this slow site? (No offense Larry, but it is slow http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/smile.gif

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[inline4]

no dude.... the GT engine takes 3.9 quarts.

[CarpeNoxRacing]

3.9 For The GT And The GTS Takes 4.7

[inline4]

hey CarpeNoxRacing... did you notice this thread is about a yr old? LOL... I jus thought that I would tell this guy the truth.. since someone told him 4.5

[LEAVECIVICSINTHEDUST]

Just check your dipstick, dipstick

[gefiltefish]

the manual gives you the exact amount you should put in your car.

[silver2001gts]

Originally posted by gefiltefish
the manual gives you the exact amount you should put in your car.

No, the manual give you the exact oil capacity of your engine. Only your dipstick can tell you the exact amount that you should put into your engine at any given time. You should add oil up to the FULL line, but no higher.

I say this because of a recent call on Car Talk (an entertaining NPR radio show). A caller said his wife told him the borrowed mini-van was out of oil. So he added 4 quarts, without even checking the dipstick. This was not so good for the engine.

[Camry2000]

Think of the dipstick as the bible.

[LaW]

Gods Chariot runs on Faith, what's oil?