? about oil change
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From: Hamilton, MT
? about oil change
Today after my oil change was done, I got in my truck and started it up and at idle it felt like it was missing.....is this a symptom of air in the oil system cause of the filter not being completely filled with oil during the change? It has progressively gotten better everytime I started it up today but I was just wondering.
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From: Nelson, BC, Canada
I did that too on my first oil change, totally forgot to fill the oil filter with a liter + worth of oil. Damn near crapped my drawers when the noise hit from the air in the system. Went away and I breathed easy and learned from it. :-)
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From: New Hampshire
a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.... they taught me in the army to fill the oil filters on the trucks as full as i could get them before i put them on... i didn't learn why until i got to my unit and a knowledgable warrant officer who was in charge explained it to me... the filter on my truck takes almost 2 qts of oil, i would not put it on empty just because of the old habits i learned so long ago, it's nice to hear that i learned how to do it right even if i didn't know why at first...
