Can I change the oil filter after changing the oil?
Yes, you can absolutely change your oil filter without emptying the oil. The placement of the oil is actually untouched by a filter change. If any oil comes out, it is only what is trapped beyond your anti-drainback gasket inside the filter.
How does a cartridge oil filter work?
A cartridge is encased within a housing or a casing and used to remove unwanted particles, pollutants, and chemicals from liquids. The cartridge is exposed to water, liquid or solvent that needs filtration, as it flows inside the housing and passes through the filter element.
What should I do when I change my oil filter?
Clean the oil filter canister: remove any oil sludge, dirt, debris from the bottom of the oil filter canister base. Check for water contamination in the oil tank when changing the oil filter cartridge.
What happens when you change the oil filter cartridge?
If the cartridge clogs and leads to service calls or heat loss between annual service calls then we suspect the oil tank is contaminated with water or sludge – problems that need to be corrected at the oil tank. The procedure for changing the oil filter cartridge is simple, but if it’s performed improperly you could be left with no heat.
Where do you put the oil filter cartridge?
The smallest red gasket is used under the air bleed screw found on the top of the oil canister, and the larger red gasket is used under the mounting bolt that secures the oil filter canister base to its top. Carefully, keeping the filter cartridge centered in the canister base, place the canister base up under the canister lid in proper position.
How do you change a disposable oil cartridge?
Fitting a new disposable cartridge is a simple task, but you must make sure that the new sealing ring that comes with it is correctly fitted in its proper place, on the inner end of the cartridge. Smear its outer face with clean engine oil.
Clean the oil filter canister: remove any oil sludge, dirt, debris from the bottom of the oil filter canister base. Check for water contamination in the oil tank when changing the oil filter cartridge.
The smallest red gasket is used under the air bleed screw found on the top of the oil canister, and the larger red gasket is used under the mounting bolt that secures the oil filter canister base to its top. Carefully, keeping the filter cartridge centered in the canister base, place the canister base up under the canister lid in proper position.
If the cartridge clogs and leads to service calls or heat loss between annual service calls then we suspect the oil tank is contaminated with water or sludge – problems that need to be corrected at the oil tank. The procedure for changing the oil filter cartridge is simple, but if it’s performed improperly you could be left with no heat.
Fitting a new disposable cartridge is a simple task, but you must make sure that the new sealing ring that comes with it is correctly fitted in its proper place, on the inner end of the cartridge. Smear its outer face with clean engine oil.