2.7 oil capacity

Hi all,

How much oil have you been putting in your 2.7L engine?

The car manual says 5.8L but I've been putting 5 L 0w20.

 

6 qts

 

6 as well

 

Until it reaches the top mark on the dipstick.
Not trying to be rude either. Count them as you pour it in?

 

5.5 quarts for me

 

5.5 quarts

 

I don't know, my mechanic does it!

 

5.5 for the last 140k miles

 

i put in 6 quarts with a filter and it was 1 CM over the full line on the dipstick

 

Funny that Toyota hasn’t addressed the discrepancy between the manual and dipstick in 18 years. My manual calls for 6.1 qts, but I usually pour 5.5 qts. Haven’t had an oil issue in 12 hrs and 170k miles of ownership.

 

5.25 quarts with new filter

 

On mine, 5qts puts it on the upper full mark every time. And that's after running engine a couple minutes, then letting it sit 10-15 minutes before double checking. Never gone more than 5 because it shows full. It is still on full come next change at 6000-6500 miles.

 

dipstiks are notorious for being INaccurite

i would also wager the 2.7 has never been blown out direct result of missing

a few tenths of oil

most engines are designed to use oil with a definitive capacity in reserve

 

My manual say 6.0 (2012). I used that for the first oil change and it was overfull. I now use 5.5 quarts.

 

One 5-quart jug gets me right in the middle of the two dots. Good to go.
EDIT: Changed oil & filter yesterday, confirmed 5 quarts to middle of range, 5.5 quarts to the full mark