C15 oil capacity

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  1. silver dollar

    silver dollar Medium Load Member

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    Thanks for the instructions. On my way to get the oil.
     
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  3. silver dollar

    silver dollar Medium Load Member

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    Thanks for the reply. I just wanted to be sure.
     
  4. nhalkic

    nhalkic Bobtail Member

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    I have C15 6nz engine in my truck and oil capacity it's little under 11 gallons or 41 liter. I have 1.3 mil. miles and all engine parts it's original except water pump and non stop I put 10 galons of oil and 1 gallon of lucas oil additive, and my average mpg it's 6.6 mile. Sommer it's 6.9 winter it's 6.3 and I driving from VT over NY and PA with 40000 lbs average and midwest and back about 30000 lbs. Every 15 k miles had oil change. This it's how I driving this truck, with cruise control set 63 to 64 mile/hours, when give to driver tuck and hi drive above 65 mile/hours mpg drop to average 6.1 mpg under the same load or so, and if you drive 63 to 64 miles/hours I don't need to look oil on dipstick until another change his level it's close to minimum about 1 gal. of oil he loose for 15ooo miles, if you drive above 65 miles/hours you need to add about 7000 miles 1 galon of oil.
     
  5. 3794life

    3794life Bobtail Member

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    44 qrts or 11 gallons
     
  6. kvandenbos

    kvandenbos Bobtail Member

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    10 Gal with filter change
     
  7. JohnP3

    JohnP3 Road Train Member

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    If you have access to a program the oil pan capacity is on the last line in the engine parameters section, you have to watch Cat put a lot of different dipsticks in there engines. some as high as 53 liters, from memory the pan level is 32 quarts is the full mark.
    I tried looking it up in the manual but as usual Cat likes to keep secrets
     
  8. Hurst

    Hurst Registered Member

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    04 BXS ACERT C15 in mine takes 11 gallons to fill.

    Hurst
     
  9. AKA_Rooster

    AKA_Rooster Light Load Member

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    11 here too (10 oil, 1 Lucas ) c-15 acert mxs
     
  10. JohnP3

    JohnP3 Road Train Member

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    You could always call Cat with your serial and arangement number, and get the correct answer over filling the oil level costs you a lot of resistance as the oil is splashed around were it is not suppose to be, that costs you a lot of extra fuel burn.
    At a Cat course I went to on the "E"'s it stated that on the first oil change you were to do a full valve set and look at the page with the paramaters and set the oil pan level. Like I said I have seen them with the wrong dip sticks, all the way up to 53 liters to fill on a change and it was only suppose to take 36 quarts complete fill with the filter.
     
    W903B Thanks this.
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