RE: [alfa] Quarts, pints, litres etc

["John Katos" <john_katos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the primary reason oil capacity in refered to in quarts is quarts
are the
almost exclusive manner in which oil is sold to the consumer in the U.S.

John Katos

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I know that the Alfa Digest is predominately an American thing, but when I
read some of
the posts I wonder?

Recently a digestee stated:

"The empty Alfa four cylinder will hold 7 1/2 to 8 quarts, including
the cam galleys.  Pour half a quart in there before you replace the valve
cover."

Now half a quart is a pint.  There are 8 pints to a gallon, 2 pints to a
quart  and hence
4 quarts to a gallon.

Seems to me when using units you should use the smallest one.  Nobody says
"half a
hundred" they call it "fifty".  Maybe it is an American thing?  What is the
correct unit
for a half  gallon?  Two quarts or 4 pints?  (The American gallon is quite a
bit shy of
the Imperial gallon, it being only worth 80% of the real one!)
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