tylermckee
Senior Member
Anyone know the oil capacity for a 580L backhoe? changing the oil on all our equipment that thats the only one i dont know how much it takes.
edit: engine oil
edit: engine oil
I know how to figure it out once i drain it, i just want to know so i can run to our oil distributer and pick up all the oil i need at once. ill just figure on a 5 gall bucket for it, having extra oil around is never a bad thing.Ford LT-9000 said:Drain the oil into a clean bucket you can see how much oil was in the engine it will give you a idea on how many gallons its going to take.
Its a little Cummins engine it prolly doesn't take much more than 3 imperial gallons of oil. What I usually do is fill the engine up till it shows on the dip stick fill it up to the fill line. Start the engine so the filter fills up then recheck it or you may want to prefill the oil filter but then again you are running a litre of unfiltered oil through the engine.