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Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
#216764
02/07/09 05:34 PM
02/07/09 05:34 PM
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Hatfield,Pa.
bigD
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top fuel
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top fuel
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Hatfield,Pa.
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Been doing it for years,daughters boyfriend thinks I'm  ,D. 
2015 Chrysler200s,2008 Charger R/T R&T,1999 Dakota R/T,1999 Viper ACR,1968 Charger R/T.
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: SPWC]
#216771
02/07/09 05:48 PM
02/07/09 05:48 PM
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Kirkland, Washington
Pacnorthcuda
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Try filling a stock Slant 6 Oil Filter prior to install....Aint gonna happen without a big mess
On anything other than vetical you can't "FILL" the filter, but on any design you can at least wet the filter media completely with oil. Even a few ounces is better than dry.
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: CHRGR69]
#216773
02/07/09 05:55 PM
02/07/09 05:55 PM
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Kirkland, Washington
Pacnorthcuda
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Try filling a stock Slant 6 Oil Filter prior to install....Aint gonna happen without a big mess
 Try it with a 383/440. 
On the 440 I can easily fill the filter to about 1/2 way and still spin it on without spilling a drop. Done it MANY times.
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: CHRGR69]
#216775
02/07/09 06:46 PM
02/07/09 06:46 PM
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Kirkland, Washington
Pacnorthcuda
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Try filling a stock Slant 6 Oil Filter prior to install....Aint gonna happen without a big mess
Try it with a 383/440.
On the 440 I can easily fill the filter to about 1/2 way and still spin it on without spilling a drop. Done it MANY times.
Whats the point, other the the obvious? These engines are almost bullet proof. You think they filled the filters back in the day? Think not.
If the point is obvious (and it is), why are you asking for another? 
Bearings need lubrication on any engine, the sooner the better, its well understood that most engine wear occurs at start up (and thats with a FULL filter), why needlessly prolong (even slightly) getting the lubrication underway at first fire after oil change?
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
#216776
02/07/09 06:53 PM
02/07/09 06:53 PM
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Florida STAYcation
BeEtLeJuIcE !
The village idiot's idiot
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The village idiot's idiot
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Florida STAYcation
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What's the worry ? .. Remember the Prolong(oil additive) infomercial some years ago ? Al Unser running a Viper around a race track for an hour or so .....with NO OIL in it at all ! So WHAT are you guys complaining about HERE ? .... 
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: BeEtLeJuIcE !]
#216777
02/07/09 06:57 PM
02/07/09 06:57 PM
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Morningside
AdventurerSport
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waaaay out there in left field
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I do it on every one that I can, especially diesel tractors. Slant 6 is impossible, but they're indestructible anyway, so no big whoop.
Big Blocks I don't do, either, for obvious reasons
and, my 318, I usually just wet the media rather than fill it, due to where it is on the block and the fun getting to it in a 4x4 Power Wagon...:)
BUT...my Avenger, Hemi Ram, heck yeah...easy as they come, just as well, certainly doesn't hurt anything, so really...why not?
JS
76 Dodge Adventurer Sport Power Wagon W100 318, 727, NP203 Fulltime 4x4 Russet Red
06 Jeep Commander Ltd 4x4, 5.7L Hemi, QuadraDrive II
06 Chrysler 300C AWD 5.7L Hemi
10 Mopar 10 Challenger R/T, #483/500, 5.7L HEMI
10 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd 4x4 5.7L HEMI
11 Dodge Ram 1500 LoneStar Quad Cab, 5.7L HEMI, Fulltime 4x4, Deep Cherry Red
16 Jeep Cherokee Limited 3.2L Pentastar V6, 9 Speed Torqueflite, 4x4, Black
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: Mopar73340]
#216780
02/07/09 07:18 PM
02/07/09 07:18 PM
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Glendale, AZ
69L78Nova
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I dont even bother. Im not spilling oil all over my stuff
1969 Nova
454/M21/3.31
Mild mid-11 second weekend cruiser
1994 F150 XLT Super Cab 2WD
5.0/4R70W/3.55
(Daily driver)
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: 69L78Nova]
#216782
02/07/09 08:42 PM
02/07/09 08:42 PM
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Maryland
Dads426
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pro stock
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Maryland
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If you look at the results to the poll, most people fill their filter. But if you take your car to a shop the results are the inverse since they never fill it! (My son works at one.) It ain't their car, so they don't care.
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Re: Do you fill your oil filters before installing?
[Re: Dads426]
#216783
02/07/09 09:01 PM
02/07/09 09:01 PM
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Carstairs, Alberta, Canada
dave571
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I'm tempted to try this, just for info. Spin off you current filter, and spin one on, that you've filled with oil. Then start the car. Time how long till you have oil pressure. Spin it off, and try again with a dry one. I doubt the difference in pressure up time will even be measurable on most car's. The oil pump displaces quite a bit of oil, very quickly. 
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