Corvette Dry-Sump Oil Check

A dry-sump engine requires to be at a certain temperature to check the engine oil level. The C7 Corvettes, equipped with a dry-sump engine requires the oil temperature to be at 175° to correctly check the oil level. After warming up the engine by taking a short drive or idling the vehicle wait 5 minutes before checking the oil level using the dipstick. The C7 ZO6 featured in this video, has an oil capacity of 9.8 quarts when the oil filter is replaced. It's important to drain the oil from both drain plugs on the dry-sump system, then install a new oil filter and add the full 9.8 quarts to properly fill the system. Dry-Sump Oil systems are designed to handle high-performance driving conditions, ensuring that the system can prevent oil starvation during high lateral G maneuvers. Dry-Sump Oil systems are available on many high-performance vehicles from different manufacturers. C6 - Mobil 1 5W-30, full synthetic, C7 - Mobil 1 ESP Formula 0W-40 C8 - Mobil 1 0W-40 Supercar oil. Corvette Models with a Dry Sump Oil System C6 - Grand Sport (manual transmission), ZO6, ZR1 C7 - Corvettes (Stingray, Grand Sport) equipped with the Z51 performance package, Z06, ZR1 C8 - All models, and all engines: LT2, LT6, LT7