Riding your bike like you just stole it. Happens more then oil changes. So I'm thinking the dry start for 15 or 20 sec is nothing compared to a day of fun with your freinds. Did I just say I beat my bike.

 

ALWAYS put some oil in an oil filter before installing it on any vehicle, including the lawn tractor.

 

The EVO oil system, which works on flow not pressure, is going to take a fair amount of time to pump nearly 1/4 quart of oil into the filter before anything can flow out of the filter. Combine that with air in the oil lines from being drained, and common sense tells me to play it safe and pre-fill the filter as called for in the Service Manual.

If you've got the new filter in you hand, why not fill it?
But, it's your motor..........

 

i admit, i'm not familiar with the evo oil system. is it going to hurt to fill the filter first, absolutely not, will your engine grenade on start up if you don't i doubt it very much.. if it does it was ready to pop before the oil change.. i've had numerous cager engines go well over 200k and never had a cyl head or oil pan off.. putting oil in a filter when changing it is something to make the owner feel good and won't have any adverse effect on the engine in any way.. but thats just my 30 yrs of wrenching experience opinion..

 

Thanks for this website. I added it to my favorites.

 

 

I've been using the coke bottle technique for years, but a bit different.

Cut the bottom out of the 2 liter bottle. Cut a slot up the side of the bottle for the socket wrench to stick out. Leave the cap on the bottle.

Once you get the old filter seal 'broken' slide the bottomless coke bottle around he filter. The slot cut up the side lets you turn the socket wrench till the filter falls into the bottle. By leaving the cap on the bottle you're able to catch the filter and drained oil with no need for a catch pan.

 

From what I understand, one of the benefits of sythetic is it tends to coat the metal better than dino... and I do admit I've never hear of pre-filling the filter before. I just fill the reservoir, start it up and let it slow idle for about a minute and then double check the level (more as a point to make sure there isn't too much oil in the motor)..

 

A little oil priming in a new filter is a given , doesn't hurt anything not too now does it ? That cute grabber end wrench isn't going to last long I've seen some of the filters on so tight we literally drove a punch through them to get them loose sometimes . I favorite is the strap style you wrap completely around it .

 

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If it has a filter I always prime it before installation.