Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Apparently many major car makers think it such a small issue that they don't bother to install filter mounts which allow prefilling.
Like new Subaru filter mounts?
Maybe not prefill, but one could still wet the filter media with oil.
I love the top mount oil filter position on my FXT...I was scouting around for the filter on my wife's Avalon and had no idea where I might be, it's a cartridge style and I'm sure it's hidden down below somewhere. She didn't trust me to change her oil, anyway, so I never bothered to figure out where the thing was. Yeah, I know, she's pretty smart...
I did put a small amount of oil in my filter last time I did a change on the FXT, I'm sure it didn't help or hurt anything and it didn't cause a mess.