Re: [vr6] Re: Please Advise:: VR6 oil.

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

I have to agree here.  If you are gonna cut corners, it seems like
changing the filter, and not the oil would be the way to go, however,
this is nearly impossible, as most of the oil would drain out of the
filter anyways.

Billt Y.


poopface wrote:
> 

> If you don't change the filter, then you have at least half a quart of
> grit still in there. The filters get filthy, and, being filters, that's
> where all the dirt accumulates and sits. So changing the oil w/o changing
> the filter (even IF you take the filter off, empty it out, and put it
> back on - it STILL has the grit) is almost like not changing the oil at
> all. You still have all of that crap in there - PLUS the filter stops
> working so well because it's already clogged with that crap, dirt, grit,
> etc. Not a good idea, in my opinion, to skip. Just my two cents' worth,
> however. Take 'em or leave 'em.
> -T
> 
>             /Thomas J. Boyer\
>             \cyng@lamere.net/