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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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well I just changed all the fluids on the fatty and in the process I forgot to change the filter.... doh!

now my question is... can I remove the filter even though I just put fresh oil in? I haven't started the bike yet so I would think that the motor doesn't have much oil in. Or did I just waste my $$$ and have to do a whole oil change again?

the filter has 3k on it and I run syn vtwin oil.

what are your thoughts?
 
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Originally Posted by dub976
well I just changed all the fluids on the fatty and in the process I forgot to change the filter.... doh!

now my question is... can I remove the filter even though I just put fresh oil in? I haven't started the bike yet so I would think that the motor doesn't have much oil in. Or did I just waste my $$$ and have to do a whole oil change again?

the filter has 3k on it and I run syn vtwin oil.

what are your thoughts?
Hell yea....even if it ran for a while then realized you forgot to chg. the filter I would still change it & not worry about it.
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Change the filter if you want to, or let it go another 3K miles, it will still work fine. You won't lose any oil by removing the filter at this point..
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Change the filter. Make sure you pour a little fresh oil in it before you install it.
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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Change the filter. Make sure you pour a little fresh oil in it before you install it.
Have you actually tied this, I would think that most of the oil you poured in the filter would end up in the "tray" I use to catch the old oil when I remove the old filter.
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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Have you actually tied this, I would think that most of the oil you poured in the filter would end up in the "tray" I use to catch the old oil when I remove the old filter.
Ain't that the truth!!!
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by QehQeh
Change the filter. Make sure you pour a little fresh oil in it before you install it.
FWIW, At a service class I went to the instructor said they had a few filters blow the paper element apart when high pressure oil hit the dry paper element. So it's good to have the inside of the filter wet with oil and more flexible. Although personally I've never seen this happen, I guess it isn't a terrible habit of putting some oil in the filter first.

As fas as the OP's question, I would just pop the new filter on and not worry about it. Just recheck the level.
 

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Have you actually tied this, I would think that most of the oil you poured in the filter would end up in the "tray" I use to catch the old oil when I remove the old filter.
What I was told was to pour in enough oil to get absorbed by the filter element. The theory is the less oil your engine has to pump into an empty oil filter, the faster it developes full oil pressure.
 
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It's a dry sump system, none of the oil you put in the oil tank has made it to the engine yet if you have not started the bike. go ahead and change the filter.
 
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Originally Posted by piasspj
Have you actually tied this, I would think that most of the oil you poured in the filter would end up in the "tray" I use to catch the old oil when I remove the old filter.
That's a pretty standard part of changing the filter.
 



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