Oil Change Assistance

[DEZLPWR]

I taking DHatfield's advice and replacing the FRAM filter with a MOPAR one, do I just remove the FRAM, fill the MOPAR one with a quart of 15W-40 and screw it on? Anything else need to be done? I don't have an owner's manual yet, but one has been ordered and is on its way!



Thanks!



Steve

 

[Thomas]

Sounds good. Your oil must conform to API Service Grade CF-4 or CG-4/SH.

 

[DHatfield]

You can just take the old filter off and replace with the new filter, but make sure you fill the new filter as full as possible before you put it on. On the oil make sure it meets the diesel rating (Rottla-T, Delo 400 Cummins Blue, etc. ). I would not run a synthethic oil until you have atleast 15,000 miles on the truck.

 

[Evan A. Beck]

Don't forget to check the oil level after you run the motor for a few minutes.

 

[HC]

... but make sure you fill the new filter as full as possible before you put it on.

I filled mine "full" yesterday; what a mess! When I had to tilt it to get it into place, oil flowed out, made the filter so slippery I almost couldn't spin it to get the threads started. From now on, I will stop about 1" short of "full", as I have done in the past. JOMO

 

[Archive]

I just changed to Amsoil... and so far, I am loving it! Never tried a fram filter on my cummins... I remember reading something bad on them a while back...

 

[BIG BOB]

I also use Amsoil. I also use Fleetguard StrataPore filters (at least until I mount my dual by-pass).



One of the best tricks I have learned from the forum is;



Take a large zip-lock baggie and put it around the old filter before you remove it from the engine. It catches all the oil! No Mess!



Thank to the TDR Brothers!

 

[musclefixer]

Did an oil change last night...

Cost me an oil filter. Seems I forgot to fill the filter before installing it. Went to try and remove it and the damn thing wouldn't budge. . I tried and tried, but I put it on with 3/4 turn after touching, and the thing wouldn't move!

I had to use the oil filter wrench, and slightly dented the case on the filter...

Figured since I ordered extra filters from Geno's, I didn't have a problem. Chock it up to experience. Much cheaper to waste a filter than use one that either won't seal, or have the inside broken or something... .

A smart man learns from his mistakes, a smarter man learns from the mistakes of others... and a fool just keeps repeating the same ones over and over... .



Jesse.

 

[Archive]

Originally posted by musclefixer



A smart man learns from his mistakes, a smarter man learns from the mistakes of others... and a fool just keeps repeating the same ones over and over... . Jesse.

Bet we've all been there a time or two! I forgot the washer on my drain plug one time. Another, I could not get my filter off to save my life. I ended up using a screwdriver and hammer to chisel it off.

 

[socal_rattler]

This is the first time I have heard of filling the filter before installing it. . ?! In my gasser's I have always just installed the dry filter(coating the gasket of course!) and when the pressure comes up the filter is filled(I assumed).



I guess it makes sense... just never thought of it. Anybody want to explain?



Thanks... .....

 

[jlhartak]

Filter fill

You should always fill a new filter with oil if possible. It gets the oil to the bearings that much quicker as oil is picked up by the pump, sent to the filter and then goes through the galleries to the bearings etc. It can cut a couple seconds off the time it takes to get oil to the parts that rub. The Cummins filter is ideal because it is mounted upright and can be filled completely. I have found that it makes the job a little easier if you remove the intake hose between the air cleaner and the turbo.