Originally Posted By: hatt
Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted By: salcuta88
Let's say you use your Fram Ultra or Mobil 1 EP for 2 or even 3 oil changes...
Do you remove the filter and drain out the old oil from the filter as well, or just drain the engine and let the little amount of oil in the filter mix in with the new engine oil?
I loosen the filer, then re-tighten. Many vehicles today are designed so the filter sits in a manner where half of it's contents will depart. Also a number of vehicles exist today that are designed with oil channels that sit right above the top of the filter threads. These oil channels will empty also.
So in most cases today, no need to remove the old filter, then re-tighten it. Just loosen it half-way, then tighten it.
Also, I don't oil my filter gasket, when I initially install it new. I use Gorilla Grease on the gasket and there's no need to apply anything more to the gasket, when re-tightening it. That particular grease is like an anti-seize lubricant. So it eases removal.
Sounds like a recipe to make a mess and get contaminants into the system/seal. If I went thought the trouble to mess with it I'd simply change it.
What trouble? What mess? I never said I had to relube the gasket either.
What's so hard about holding a small drip kitchen pan under the filter, to catch a few ounces?
Please explain why it's a mess? Hurry thou! I'm getting dizzy thinking of your wrong answer.