And lets not forget! You should put a finger-tip of oil around the gasket of the new filter to help seal it up. And hand tight will do .... no need for that wrench other than to snug it up.

 

dakotajerry keep in mind not everyone may take "crank it over" the same way, you tell some people to do that and they'll start the thing and let it run.

I won't tell you what to do with your own truck but you couldn't pay me enough to turn the key when I have the oil drain plug out on my own truck. Possible risks of cranking it with no oil: Engine damage. Possible risks of just pulling the filter: small mess. I'll take an extra 10 seconds wiping up with a rag to be on the safe side, personally I'd recommend anyone who asked do the same.

 

 

I hear what your saying. I have to keep that in mind next time lol

This is what i do when i change my oil and do this only if you want to, okay lol. I usally change it in the morning so that the engine is not hot. I start the engine and let it warm up for a couple of minutes so that every thing is well lubricated and any dirt or sludge that could of settled in the engine over night will be mixed in the oil. i then drain the oil. Before i remove the filter i turn the engine over for a couple of seconds. the engine doesn't get a chance to start. Then i remove the filter. This removes enought oil out of the filter so that it doesn't spill all over. Those few turns of the engine are not going to hurt anything. The engine parts have less oil on them when you first start the engine after sitting all night. By no means am i forcing anyone to do this. If your not comfortable doing this please don't. I've been doing this for as long as i can remember. Every vehichle i've own i've put over 150,000 miles on them. One had 246,000 miles and anothe had over 268,000. I always use synthetics. As far as engine failure i've only had one fail because of a defective valve spring that broke and droped a valve in the cylinder. COMP paid for some of the repairs after finding out there was a recall on the springs. But anyway this forum if for helping each other out and thats all i was doing. I may be new to this forum but been working on motors over 30 years. Its not my first rodeo. I'm also a tuner. I'll start working on dodge tuning as soon as my tuner software starts supporting chrysler products. they tell me they are very close. So hopefully i'll be able to help some of you guys out. Sorry for the long post but had to get this strait.

 

Ok Jerry stated his case and I stated mine. Everyone can make up their own minds on what to do. I am not going to fight or argue with anyone on this.

Seeing how Jerry told us some about his qualifications, I will list just my current job.

I work at an engine shop. I build, test, and tune drag race engines. Exhausts are also one of my specialties.

Jerry, have a good one......it's all good..........