Knocking on wood, mine ha been flawless.Yeah I’ve heard of the single cylinder Courage engines having major issues with cylinder heads.
I would say it would make it HARDER as it is an obstruction along the way to the oil pump to evacuate air,On horizontal filter I put in enough to wet the media.
That alone should get the flow going faster.
I have done that but a filter used like that can be loaded up the night before and you can get a lotOn horizontal filter I put in enough to wet the media.
That alone should get the flow going faster.
If a slug of oil hitting parts was detrimental, you'd see damaged engines all over the place because the majority of oil changes do no involve pre-filling the oil filter.Then, For a while I half filled them. So the pump could push the air column out quickly, without a slug of oil travelling at
high speed like a bullet, then whacking into who knows what inside the engine.
There will be no slug of oil - compressed by an air column - with a filter that was NOT pre-filled.If a slug of oil hitting parts was detrimental, you'd see damaged engines all over the place because the majority of oil changes do no involve pre-filling the oil filter.
There will be no slug of oil - compressed by an air column - with a filter that was NOT pre-filled.
My exact point.
Thank you
Again do a partial fill on larger filters - but not all the way - unless you can also pre- fill the drill down to the oil pump.
I do this on the FB subaru by pouring oil in the filter adapter outlet and the inlet, then quickly screwing on the filter.
Actually a waste of my time as these dry start every morning to to an empty inverted filter.
Another Stupid Subaru engine design.
Time they go to a "slant" I4 and get away from this garbage engine design.
Shirley you jest.
Shirley you jest.
I never pre fill the little 7317 filter for my Honda but if I had a 2 qt filter I would consider it. However, as mentioned earlier the oil film is probably more than sufficient during the 2-3 sec it takes for the pump to fill the filter and other areas.I always prefill the 2 qt filter on my Silverado
I guarantee someone on this site has bought a jig like this purely so they can pre-fill their horizontal filter.I don't pre-fill filters any more, because now I'm dealing with a horizontally oriented cartridge housing, which would be impossible to pre-fill without tilting the car over onto its right side.
My Chevy dealer pre fills anything I give him.Hey, guys. I know, I'm sure I am beating a dead horse and it's inevitable I'm going to annoy some people with this question. For years, I have prefilled (as much as I can) the oil filter on my F-150, in an effort to help the engine receive oil flow to the bearings, as soon as possible. I'm getting ready soon to do the first DIY oil change on my 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis that I recently purchased and I'd like to hear your opinions on prefilling the oil filter before installation.
Being that the Modular engines in light duty Ford F-Series pickups and Ford Panther Platform cars have horizontally mounted filter angles, it somewhat makes it a bit more challenging to prefill the filter, without spilling, which pretty much limits me to only a halfway prefilled filter, at best.
So, now to the point: Being that the filter these engines take only holds about maybe 1/2 - 3/4 of a quart of oil (if it is completely filled to the top), is there really any scientific advantage to prefilling the filters before installation, or is it negligible? I've been on the fence on this topic for a long time now and I've never actually asked anyone else for their opinion on this topic. Just always used this method, based on my own assumptions. Thanks!