HELP with oil pan and oil level!
 

Just trying to finish some small stuff up now on my 502. This is the stock oilpan that was on my 502 but I didn't have a dip stick for it. So I installed a dipstick from KE Performance and it went it with no problems.
Now my issue is I think this is a 8qt pan and I poored 8qts down the liffter valley before installing the intake and the dipstick will not read anything. I put 1 more qt of oil which is a total of 9qts and the oil just started to show up on the very bottom of the dip stick. Could this be a 10qt pan?

Here is pics for you guys to better understand what I have going on....

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...r6/Boat099.jpg


This is the dipstick zip tied to the outside of the tube right where it would be if slide down the tube..
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...r6/Boat100.jpg


Now the dip stick is only about 3in from the bottom of the pan. I would figure with 9qts in there it should read something!
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...r6/Boat101.jpg

Fixx
 

8 qts and thats it! :)

I had a similar problem. I added the requisite amount of oil to the motor, waited a long time for it all to settle in the sump, then I put the dip stick down, when it didn't read anything, I started to shave off the dipstick sleeve from the top about 1 mm at a time, rechecking after every removal, to see where the level was. When I got the dipstick inside down far enough to read 'Full' I stopped and permanently sealed the tube in place. I haven't had any issues related to it since.
Plenty of other issues, but at least I could read oil level!
Not saying this is the right way, in fact, I wouldn't have a clue but it's what I did.
Anyone have any other thoughts??

have 3 engines all with that pan..8qts, and I am having dipstick issues as well..

Thanks guys for the reply!
I'll do just what Ghostrider did with shaving the tube down untill I get oil on the dipstick. Great idea and simple fix!
Good luck to everyone else with the same problem.
Erik :coolcowboy: