Grand Prix GTP

My brother has a 01 CL Type S and we need to know how much oil it takes? When he bought the car it didn't come with a drivers manual and we called an Acura dealership and spoke to people from the service center and they also did not know. Weird Thanks

mrsteve

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4.6 quarts I believe

Grand Prix GTP

Thanks man

elliot

I'm an idiot.. I just bought a gallon of Mobil-1 Syn 5W-30 at KMart but only then realized that it takes almost five quarts.. Guess I need the big one-gallon jug and a single quart..

VeeralS05

4.5 is just perfect...thats what I use...Valvoline Synthetic

russianDude

I put all 5qt in my car, not a big deal 4.6 or 5.
I heard you are ok up to 1qt over reuired amount.

Brady6226

.25 quarts over= ok

1 quart over= bad very bad



it is worse on your motor to have too much oil than not having enough.

russianDude

1 quart maybe yes.
but 0.4qt over 4.6qt is also OK, I can assure you. Engines desiged to operate with more oil that manual says. they provide a safety net of +/- 0.5qt.
Engineers design engines to be tolerant to a slight variations in the oil level.
Thats why an oil stick has min/max marks... and even max is not a true max.

russianDude

my oil is onlu 1/8" over the max, i've done this many times on my older cars, they never had any engine problems.
you are too paranoid about being 100% precise.

rush_ad

this is going to sound stupid but i really cant locate the oil change rain plug

can someone please post a picture or describe the location, thanks.

m733l

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^ it's at the rear of the oil pan

tot the OP it is 4.6qt and how does Acura not know

rush_ad

the manual shows a bolt facing font of the car. the bold at the rear of the pan in facing the ground. i am a bit confused.

would be of too much trouble to ask for a picture?

fenixxishot

Look I'm really not trying to be mean although this may come off as just that but if you cant find the oil drain plug you should consider having someone else change your oil