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Oil Quantity 2015 Merc EFI
swist	#1  Posted on 09/03/15 - 2:37 PM
Member Posts: 38 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/04/13	Getting my stuff together for end-of-season maintenance (sad isn't it - but this is Maine) and I read that my new engine uses 5.5 QUARTS for the oil change. Is this a misprint? I might believe 5.5 Pints. If it's really quarts, where does it go?
Phil T	#2  Posted on 09/03/15 - 4:09 PM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7043 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	It's quarts. At best I was about 1/2 qt short of "capacity" on refilling. Still 90's here but I am boat-less.
swist	#3  Posted on 09/08/15 - 12:16 PM
Member Posts: 38 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/04/13	Now that I look at the location of the oil drain plug (way down just above the lower unit), quarts makes sense - there must be a very large sump in there.