So you added a quart and then how much more?  This oil cooler sounds
like it adds quite a bit of capacity to the oil system.  Seems like
the guy who made it would know exactly how much.

Edward

At 07:09 PM 5/22/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions
>were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to go out,
>then shut it off and top off the oil.
>
>The oil pressure lamp never came on, so I let the engine run and idle a
>few moments, then shut it off.
>
>Is there a way to test the oil pressure lamp?
>
>I check the oil level and before we started the work, the oil was just
>above the lower notch on the dipstick. Now it was off the bottom end. So
>I put in a quart and re-started the engine.
>
>It sounded like crap. Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down
>hydraulic lifters. Shut it off, check oil level. Still below the
>dipstick, added more, restarted. Could barely idle. There were gulping
>sounds coming out of the oil filler neck.
>
>Shut off, add more oil now it's above the lower notch and idling and
>sounding fine.