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Dont forget part number 9956 41 400 & we use Motul 5w30 5.5L dont worry the extra will be needed..
You let it drain for 4 hours? holy hell that's thorough.
As for the fill capacity...dunno what to tell ya. My car was only slightly warm when I did my oil change, it was on ramps, and I let it drain for 30 minutes or so. I filled it with 5.25 quarts and pulled it off the ramps, then let it sit for 10 minutes. It was down near the low mark. I added 1/2 quart. It was at 3/4 full or so. I went ahead and just finished pouring in the last quart (6 total) and it hit the full mark. I checked a few hours later and it was slightly above the full mark, but not by any amount I'd be concerned with.
My car was over the full mark from the factory as well. FWIW, it sure looked like a good 6 quarts drained out. My drain pan was nearly overflowing.
The manufacturer lists the oil capacity of the engine, not the "this is how much oil you put back in your engine after you think you've drained it all."I well understand that all oil cannot be drained out of an engine, but the manufacturer should take this into consideration then when posting a oil capacity / oil fill spec.
A lot of that mentality comes from the "old days". Oil didn't always have detergents in it. Instead of all the contaminants/particles being carried to the oil filter (when cars even had them), it would actually build up on the internal engine workings. Oil also had to be changed about every 1000 miles. Kendall (I think) came out with a higher mileage oil that nearly doubled the amount of miles required before an oil change, then oil just started getting better and better. Eventually detergents were added to oil and all of that yucky stuff actually started getting carried to the filter where it belonged. Then it was recommended that the filters be changed at every oil change.This was kind of ridiculous because the filter and filter housing never held a full quart. Plus, why is anyone going to change the oil without changing the filter...? Though, I HAVE heard stories from the distant past of people who actually changed only the oil and not the filter, changed the filter every other time etc... just to save $3.00 a year I guess... pretty nutty.