curtis73

I don't think the low oil light even comes on unless you're more than a quart down, so no worries.

jacobs4x4

I don't know if I did any damage or not I haven't had and problems but I ran it on two quarts I think, I noticed it was ticking so I stopped in a gas station and checked the stick and it was dry so I went inside and got two quarts and that didn't even touch the stick so I bought two more, put them in and it was good. What I was rely mad about was that the oil cost like $5 per quart.

N3UP

The filter on my 97 goes on horizontal on the factory remote mount.
I pre-fill and I don't have any problem with the oil leaking out when I screw the filter on.

I fill it up, and wait a bit, then top it again, and give it a bit of time to absorb.
The Motorcraft filter has the anti drain back feature that holds oil in the filter.
I know I'm probably not filling the filter completely, but at the very least I'm preoiling the filter media and holding at least a little oil in the filter.

My oil pressure comes right up when I crank it over.

farmerboy3

i would say ur good to go because my aunt ran her car out of oil once and they put some oil in and it still ran fine.

rampage12

how many quarts do yall put in your 5.4 when you change it? i put 5 in and its barely registering on stick, no leaks or anything ...i let it drain from oil pan and filter for bout an hour too make sure all old oil was out then i put 5w30 75k plus oil in and fram filter...truck rund little hotter also...add more?

JRV

Mine is a 4.6, and calls for 6 quarts. I'd say thats probably what your 5.4 calls for too.

Everything is seeming just fine on the truck, so I'm certain I caught it fast enough. Just strange, never had a filter fail on me!

jacobs4x4

I usually put around 6-7 qts.