i drained all my oil then i couldnt find my tool to remove my oil filter? so i just went ahead and filled the crankcase with motor oil without replacing the filter with the new one i bought. is it ok for another 3000 miles or am i gonna have to redrain the oil and do it all over again?
2007-02-19 14:18:19 · 18 answers · asked by shortstoperic7_2000 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It should be OK. It is probably a good recommendation to say that you should change it as often as possible when doing regular oil changes. I change my oil every 3,000 mile intervals. I keep my oil filter changed so that my engine remains clean and everything. So yes, it would be good if you changed it, but another 3,000 miles shouldn't make much of a difference. So I wouldn't really worry to much about it. Good luck!
2007-02-19 14:29:47 · answer #1 · answered by dubsperformance 1 · 8⤊ 6⤋
Sounds good and what you can do is when you do find that tool and have the new filter in hand - change it. What I've done at times is too then say drain all that new $$ oil out within the next 500 miles or so. If you don't think the oil was really sludgy or worse. The filter has dealt with most things just like my coffee filters. The thing is now you would be on second run and if the filter went to like 10,000 miles for imaginative purposes then your not your not getting much oil through. So if you want to just the filter do so when engine not hot and drain the $$ other oil outa there later and I use it in the car that dosn't have many miles left to it anyway, it works too me...
2007-02-19 14:36:45 · answer #2 · answered by Yadata 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Many folks change the filter with every other oil change but I prefer to change the filter with every change. First, you get rid of all the dirty oil whereas if you don't change the filter, you leave about a pint of dirty oil in the engine. Spin-on filters have a relief valve built in them that opens if the filter gets clogged. Doesn't happen often but if your filter gets clogged and the relief valve opens, you will not be filtering the oil.
No need to drain all the oil if you change the filter later, just take it off and put the new one on and top up the engine oil.
2007-02-19 14:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by notadeadbeat 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
changing the filter is even more important than the oil what sense does it make to run clean oil through a dirty filter think about it change both every 3000 to 3500 miles Now if you haven't started the car you can spin the old filter off and put the new one on if you have started the car you can still change the filter your just gonna lose about half a quart and get dirty but hand cleaner is cheaper than a new engine now get r done and unless these other guys are saying what I'm sayin don't listen
2007-02-19 14:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone is saying, it shouldn't hurt. A lot of people say you only have to change the filter every other time but if you ask me, changing the oil and not the filter is like taking a dump and not wiping your a$$. Just my opinion
2007-02-19 14:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jason z 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
if you don't change the filter you might as well for get to use new oil for the filter takes out all the junk that hurts the motor ,if don't change the filter just add oil from recycle oil and just keep buying cars
2007-02-19 14:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by leroybrugger 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I changed oil but not the filter rather........any problem to run another 5000 kms or just need to change now with new oil again.
2014-07-08 20:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to state the obvious??? Your oil filter takes micron sized flakes of metal and other debris out of your oil to help it get a long life. IF you dont change it, all of the stuff you are taking out of the oil just adds up in the filter and eventually the inner filter will rupture and all the trash will end up in the motor. I have seen cars that got so bad it clogged the oilpump tube and totally siezed the motor. Its all up to you to care for your investment. please dont waste a good car to save $4.00 on an oil filter
2007-02-19 14:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by loose kannen 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It will be fine but i would'nt make a habit of doing this because you are really contaminating the fresh oil. And no you dont need to redrain the oil the most i would is just put on a new filter. But don't make it a habbit and you will be fine.
2007-02-19 15:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by sirjames 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Up to a point, but filters are cheap and you should do it regularly. But if you skip it now and then, it's not the end of the world, but don't be going 20,000 miles between filter changes.
2007-02-19 14:27:55 · answer #10 · answered by T J 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
yeah it's good for another 3000 miles but it's always a good thing to change your filter because of the fullness of the filter when you change it out because of the filter being to full with bad oil and metal slivers comming from your block...
2007-02-19 15:16:22 · answer #11 · answered by MrOneDer 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋