Hurricane engine has no dipstick

So I did my first oil change on my 2025 1500 Big Horn 4wd with the Hurricane tonight. I had to use oil filter pliers to get the filter off, but other than that it was easy. It was starting to rain, so I quickly dumped an 5 quart jug of Valvoline 0w20, and some random amount out of a second jug. I hopped in the truck, and ran it for about 90 seconds and turned it off. Then I reset the oil life monitor and checked the oil level. It said it was perfectly full, not over, not under exactly full like it said from the factory.

I took out the manual out followed the “Oil Level Display - How to Refresh” instructions on page 305 and it came back exactly half way between minimum and maximum. I drove it to my local auto parts store to dump my used oil, and repeated the refresh procedure (level ground, oil over 120F, engine off, but ignition in the “run” position for 4 minutes). Same reading. It isn’t impossible, but I find it highly unlikely that this gauge shows the actual oil level. I expect that the display will only report 4 or 5 settings that correspond to the lines on the gauge.
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There is a name for that: Lie-o-Meter

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kd70qc said:
So I did my first oil change on my 2025 1500 Big Horn 4wd with the Hurricane tonight. I had to use oil filter pliers to get the filter off, but other than that it was easy. It was starting to rain, so I quickly dumped an 5 quart jug of Valvoline 0w20, and some random amount out of a second jug. I hopped in the truck, and ran it for about 90 seconds and turned it off. Then I reset the oil life monitor and checked the oil level. It said it was perfectly full, not over, not under exactly full like it said from the factory.

I took out the manual out followed the “Oil Level Display - How to Refresh” instructions on page 305 and it came back exactly half way between minimum and maximum. I drove it to my local auto parts store to dump my used oil, and repeated the refresh procedure (level ground, oil over 120F, engine off, but ignition in the “run” position for 4 minutes). Same reading. It isn’t impossible, but I find it highly unlikely that this gauge shows the actual oil level. I expect that the display will only report 4 or 5 settings that correspond to the lines on the gauge.
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There is a name for that: Lie-o-Meter

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That was really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
 
So apparently, it only reads to 1 of the 7 preset levels. The manual says it is a 7.5 quart system. After looking at the oil jug in the daylight, I had put in just over 6 quarts into it last night. By the way, I had let it drain for over a half hour as I fought with the oil filter and finally drove to the auto parts store in another vehicle to buy a pair of oil filter pliers.

Today I added some more, bringing it to a total of 6-3/4 quarts. When I check the oil, I feel like I just got on the scale at my doctor’s office and they wouldn’t let me see my weight, instead they said my weight is between 175 and 250; it’s fine. Trust us.

This truck is such a mixed bag, I’m having a little buyers remorse.

The 3.0 SST is averaging about 4 mpg less than my F150 driving the same weekly routes. In all fairness, this truck 1) has 69 ft/lbs more torque 2) has a 3.92 rear end, 3) is rated to tow 3,700 lbs more than my 2.7 EB, and 4) isn’t broken in yet. But at 16 mpg hand calculated on my first tank, I’m wondering if I should have simply bought an F250 with the 6.8.

So far this SST is Super, Super, Thirsty.
 

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kd70qc said:
So apparently, it only reads to 1 of 5 preset levels. The manual says it is a 7.5 quart system. After looking at the oil jug in the daylight, I had put in just over 6 quarts into it last night. By the way, I had let it drain for over a half hour as I fought with the oil filter and finally drove to the auto parts store in another vehicle to buy a pair of oil filter pliers.

Today I added some more, bringing it to a total of 6-3/4 quarts. When I check the oil, I feel like I just got on the scale at my docotr’s office and it said my weight is between 175 and 300. Gee. Thanks.
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I’d take 175 from the doctor’s office. LOL
 
kd70qc said:
So apparently, it only reads to 1 of the 7 preset levels. The manual says it is a 7.5 quart system. After looking at the oil jug in the daylight, I had put in just over 6 quarts into it last night. By the way, I had let it drain for over a half hour as I fought with the oil filter and finally drove to the auto parts store in another vehicle to buy a pair of oil filter pliers.

Today I added some more, bringing it to a total of 6-3/4 quarts. When I check the oil, I feel like I just got on the scale at my doctor’s office and they wouldn’t let me see my weight, instead they said my weight is between 175 and 250; it’s fine. Trust us.

This truck is such a mixed bag, I’m having a little buyers remorse.

The 3.0 SST is averaging about 4 mpg less than my F150 driving the same weekly routes. In all fairness, this truck 1) has 69 ft/lbs more torque 2) has a 3.92 rear end, 3) is rated to tow 3,700 lbs more than my 2.7 EB, and 4) isn’t broken in yet. But at 16 mpg hand calculated on my first tank, I’m wondering if I should have simply bought an F250 with the 6.8.

So far this SST is Super, Super, Thirsty.
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I would be very surprised you get the same MPG than your 2.7L from Ford. Those are particularly good unloaded. For the F250, you would probably get closer to 12 or 13 and it would ride like a bucking horse compare to your truck .

Also, congratulations on your new truck :) Could we get a picture of it?
 
Thank you. You are right, the F250, unladen, had a rough ride. I got 21 on a country drive this weekend. We’ll see how it averages after the engine breaks in.
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Split tailgate. Of course it opens all the way, and folds down.

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kd70qc said:
So far I like it. It is amazing how much more convenient it is to not have to reach or climb over the tailgate to get stuff into and out of the bed.
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Thanks for the feedback, I find it tie with the GM tailgate for the most interesting one. The Ram one is the easiest to access things and also load things, even with a forklift.
 
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