oil pan

[joey74]

how come some oil pan for mustangs have a front dipstick and other have pan dipsticks. I was told that that the front dipstick was wrong and would not read the amount of oil right. The pans are the same except for the dipsticks. Thanks joey!

 

[Dirtman]

Depends where the sump is...

 

[joey74]

Depends where the sump is...

my sump is in the rear but was told the front dipstick was wrong

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

In the 80’s they went to the block mounted dipstick with a dual or rear sump pan.

Before that they generally had dipsticks in the timing cover with front sumps. There was a transitional period in the late 70’s where there could be a oil pan dipstick (early foxbody for example).

The front sump on a dual sump pan doesn’t really count for anything if you have a dipstick in the timing cover. It is only there to have room for the oil pump. It doesn’t hold much oil and for measuring is worthless.