whats the point? lol
I'd like to hear why you would need some inside before the oil pump throws some in lmao
Honestly, I just spent about an hour reading on that topic on many other forums and couldn't come to a conclusion. Some people say you need to prefill to prevent the engine from running dry while the oil fill the filter before reaching the important parts (more importantly if you have a turbo).
Others says you can't because you could possibly send unfiltered oil into the engines. I have read somewhere about a ducati motor bike owners saying that ducati say if you prefill your filter it could possibly hydrolock your lubrication system in some ways.......................
your car is never really empty you know this?
Yeah I know.
I personally never prefill my filters.
But a lot of my coworkers does and I wanted to know what is best.
Couldn't find an answer.
Apparently (from what I've read on the internet) Caterpilar say never do this, but for dodge ram owners who have a cummins diesel engine, in the cummins owner's manual its written to alwasy prefill the filter.
I do it on my caprice 'cause there's about 1.5 liters in the filter alone, and it installs from the bottom up.
The Acura has the filter mounted horizontaly, I don't fill it up.
I dont do it to save my engine from damage or whatever... it's just a habit, what's it going to hurt anyways
I just add oil around the rim of the filter ( screw on )