I'm helping a friend of mine put together a 1981 dodge power ram 150 truck, he bought a 360 magnum crate engine that we put in it, the engine came with a 6 quart oil pan.
He bought a dip stick for the motor that you have to mark the full spot on. The oil filter he is going to run is a shorter filter to clear hedders. The wix part number is 51085 and according to wix the filter holds around half a quart of oil. My question is do we put the oil filter on dry then add 6 quarts to the engine start it up then shut it off and check the oil and where ever the oil level is on the stick mark that as full, or do we fill the filter up then install it and then add 6 quarts to the engine start it up then shut it off and check the oil level and where ever the oil is at on the stick mark that as full?
He bought a dip stick for the motor that you have to mark the full spot on. The oil filter he is going to run is a shorter filter to clear hedders. The wix part number is 51085 and according to wix the filter holds around half a quart of oil. My question is do we put the oil filter on dry then add 6 quarts to the engine start it up then shut it off and check the oil and where ever the oil level is on the stick mark that as full, or do we fill the filter up then install it and then add 6 quarts to the engine start it up then shut it off and check the oil level and where ever the oil is at on the stick mark that as full?