metalmilitia606

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I changed my oil today and after tightening everything back up and putting the oil in I started it back up to check for leaks. Then I almost had a heart attack. For like the first 3 seconds the car was running I had no oil pressure. I was like holy **** the motor blew!! Then shortly after the pressure built back up to 55 or so pounds ha ha. This was the first time I actually changed the oil because since I bought tires last spring I got a years worth of oil changes for free. Overall though my life is probably 5 years shorter now because my heart about blew out of my chest lol.

desertLS1

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you thought your motor blew? LOL thats funny...Yeah it happens to me every time i change my oil...it takes a couple seconds to read the Oil...Glad your doing your own oil changes now.

SickZ28

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lol glad to hear that your still alive. There is nothing better than doing your own mechanical work in your car as you can't always trust other people.

metalmilitia606

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Yeah I have been doing everything else except the oil lol. I mean free is free you know? Plus the place I had the oil changed at is a good place and I always brought my own oil anyways. It was easier to have them throw it up on the lift instead of me crawling around in my driveway lol. Today was a little scary though it caught me off guard.

GSus

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What a scare.

Try pre-filling the new oil filter next time

4WOFURY

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Truth. I fill mine to the brim every time.. Have to keep refilling it, as the filter media keeps sucking it up.

Avoids those 3 second dry starts after oil changes..

RTRx7

You could hear it if it was dry of oil

Unless you have a diesel, prefilling the oil filter is pointless.

samson_420

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****, at first I thought you forgot to put oil in it then started it up. . . LoL

Defined1983

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lol...

4WOFURY

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Ah well, it makes me feel better at night. If it only takes a few seconds more, then why not? It only makes sense to fill it up, as it has to fill before you get oil, correct?

SSilver

On airplanes you have a 20 second window for oil pressure. You only shut it down if you don't get anything after 20....I think you are ok with 3.

TooLateVTEC

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I wouldnt call it POINTLESS...

Theres nothing wrong with doing it, and usually theres nothing wrong with not doing it.

Double D **** on a horses ***....THATS pointless.

therobman

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i always fill my oil filter with oil before hand

1FST-Z

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Sig worthy!