4830 Oil Volume

Jim SC · Mar 12, 2013

I have a 4830 Ford diesel (same engine as the 5610 and others with 256 cu. inch engines) and the manual I have says it takes 13 quarts of engine oil. I bought the tractor new in 1993 and have always run 8 quarts in it as the dipstick shows full at 8. (8&1/2 with filter) My son raised an interesting question: Is the book wrong or do I have the wrong dipstick? It's been a super workhorse for us and is approaching 2000 hours, using about one quart per 300 hours.
Which is right, book or dipstick?

RodinNS · Mar 12, 2013

The book is wrong... unless later ones actually had a Genesis engine. That I could see taking 12. Regardless, that is simply from a larger/deeper pan.
I'd go with 8 on this one.

Rod

Jim SC · Mar 13, 2013

Thanks, Rod. My son had kept awake several nights worrying about that. (I've done some really stupid things in my life....)

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