Farmall Super BMD Oil Capacity (9.5 Quarts / 8.99 L)

The Farmall Super BMD tractor has a published engine oil capacity of 9.5 US quarts (8.99 litres). For tractors in the 4.0–4.9 L engine-size class, that is below average versus a peer average of 11.4 quarts. For a routine oil change, having 2 × 1-gal jugs + 2 × 1-qt bottles (~0.5 qt spare) on hand covers the published capacity.
Tractor engine oil specifications
Farmall · Super BMD · Engine oil capacity guide
Years: 1953 – 1959Capacity: 9.5 US qt (8.99 L)Engine: 4.3 LFuel: DieselVariants: 1
9.5 US qt (8.99 L)Engine oil capacity
4.3 LEngine size
DieselFuel
1953 – 1959Model years
Capacity overview

Oil capacity summary

The Farmall Super BMD has one published engine-oil capacity in this dataset. The listed capacity is 9.5 US qt (8.99 L). Oil capacity can vary by engine, fuel configuration and production revision, so confirm the specification for the exact tractor before servicing.

Tractor-engine benchmark

How this oil capacity compares

Peer values use tractors in the same engine-size class.

Engine oil capacity

Below average

9.5 qt
Low8.3 qt
This model9.5 qt
Average11.4 qt
High16.8 qt

Typical low and high use the 10th and 90th percentile of this engine-size group, which avoids one unusual tractor distorting the scale.

At a glance

Tractor profile

Oil capacity9.5 US qt (8.99 L)
Engine manufacturerInternational Harvester BD-265
Fuel typeDiesel
Cylinders4
Displacement4.3 L
Tractor typeRow-Crop Tractor
Overview

Model information

Manufacturer Farmall
Model Super BMD
Category Farm tractor
Model years 1953 – 1959
Tractor type Row-Crop Tractor
Engine / capacity variants 1
Full specifications

Technical details

Engine details

Engine manufacturerInternational Harvester BD-265
Fuel typeDiesel
Cylinders4
Displacement4.3 L

Oil service data

Published capacity9.5 US qt (8.99 L)
US gallon equivalent2.38 gal
Oil to have on hand2 × 1-gal jugs + 2 × 1-qt bottles (~0.5 qt spare)
Peer positionBelow average