Oil filter replacement question

[willywill4765]

Met a guy yesterday that has a 2007 Mastiff was doing an oil change realized he had the wrong filter, he left the old filter on bike put new oil in so he could ride yesterday, his question is can he change his oil filter without losing a bunch of oil since it's brand new that he just put in. I told him I had no clue that I'll ask my group

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[awg]

The only oil he will loose is what is in the oil filter.

 

[Mickmorris]

Yep! No problem. Change it.

 

[woodbutcher]

He can do that but it will be contaminated by the oil that was left in the filter. Personally, start from square 1.

 

[HMAN]

Heard of an old farmer that had the same oil in his tractor after 20 yrs. He just changed out the filter religiously and topped off. Change out ur filter, it'll be ok. Small amount of contaminants will be caught by the clean filter. Jm .02

 

[Mikeinjersey]

The most important thing is that he realized he had the wrong filter before he damaged his engine

 

[Jersey Big Mike]

He can do that but it will be contaminated by the oil that was left in the filter. Personally, start from square 1.

Well since you never drain ALL the oil from an evo engine I don't see that there would be that much more to worry about.

 

[willywill4765]

Met a guy yesterday that has a 2007 Mastiff was doing an oil change realized he had the wrong filter, he left the old filter on bike put new oil in so he could ride yesterday, his question is can he change his oil filter without losing a bunch of oil since it's brand new that he just put in. I told him I had no clue that I'll ask my group

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All right everyone thank you very much I left him a message I'm sure he'll be happy with the answer.

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[woodbutcher]

Boy, i got outweighed on that one!!! I yield to the masses.

 

[pknowles]

Well since you never drain ALL the oil from an evo engine I don't see that there would be that much more to worry about.

What if you use the scavenger?

 

[Mickmorris]

What if you use the scavenger?

That’s a little different story.

 

[HMAN]

What if you use the scavenger?

Ima fan.

 

[Jersey Big Mike]

What if you use the scavenger?

Of course you get more old oil out if you use a scavenger and I do every couple of oil changes.

 

[awg]

Well, I look at it this way, when you change the oil in your car, you leave oil in the motor still. And there don't ever seem to be a problem with that. So I say change the oil as you should and don't sweat the extra expense on the scavenger.

 

[Jersey Big Mike]

Well, I look at it this way, when you change the oil in your car, you leave oil in the motor still. And there don't ever seem to be a problem with that. So I say change the oil as you should and don't sweat the extra expense on the scavenger.

Couple of different factors to consider, first of which is we are talking an air cooled engine,
Second the car gets drained from the pan (below engine) bike gets drained from tank so there is more oil in the bike sump than is left in the car.
Over the life of the bike the cost is not significant and lowers if you have multiple bikes that use the same one. (Or share on with you buddy)
I look at it like buying the permenant oil filter -- long term investment.

 

[Mickmorris]

Couple of different factors to consider, first of which is we are talking an air cooled engine,
Second the car gets drained from the pan (below engine) bike gets drained from tank so there is more oil in the bike sump than is left in the car.
Over the life of the bike the cost is not significant and lowers if you have multiple bikes that use the same one. (Or share on with you buddy)
I look at it like buying the permenant oil filter -- long term investment.

I have both now & very pleased.

 

[Pops]

Boy, i got outweighed on that one!!! I yield to the masses.

I would start from square one too

 

[awg]

You could also drain the oil, fill the oil tank, but leave the filter off, start the bike, let it run till fresh oil starts coming out. Of course put a pan under the bike to catch the oil. Same results as the scavenger. I've done it this way before. And no you don't end up with oil all over the place. The oil flows out slow. It don't shoot out. And if you can make a homemade funnel it's even less of a mess.

 

[pknowles]

I like my scavenger.

 

[Sven]

Pour new oil in the new filter. No matter the mix of old and new... wont matter one bit. Not enough to make a difference.