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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Doyen
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Default Re: Not much fun

Originally Posted by RPM
I think the oil filter needs to be taken out prior to draining the oil. There have been some issues with a lot of oil being held in the filter area. If you put 8.5 quarts in, and then take the oil filter off - another 1/2 quart may go back in causing the oil light to come on because of overfilling.
There is a post somewhere on here about it.
I guess I wrote that too late at night. I do always remove the filter first. So there would be no confusion I went back and edited that posting to put things in the correct order.

Sheldon
 

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