'oil 'weight' error - a problem

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With the oil filter saturated it's no different than a normal cold start. All the oil drains out of the passages whenever you shutdown the engine. On Apr 14, 2010 11:12am, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:58:36PM +0000, westridge@... wrote: > > > > > [about every-1000-miles oil changes] > > >> I'd be concerned about wear on the engine from all those dry starts > > >> overwhelming any benefit from the frequent oil changes, at that > > >> point. > > > > > > I'm not sure if folks know to do this but dry starts are a lot less dry > > > if one soaks the oil filter in oil before installing it. > > > > I hope most people here do know to pour as much oil as feasible into the > > new filter before installing it. > > > > Still, after an oil change you are starting the engine with all the oil > > drained out of all of its passages. It is about the worst single thing > > you can do short of contaminating the oil, air, or fuel with something > > abrasive, in terms of instantaneous wear on the engine, and that's why > > there is a clear break even point where changing your oil more often is > > worse for the engine, not better. > > > > Where that point is, we can dispute, but it's somewhere between 0 miles > > and the recommended oil change interval. > > >