anyone put about half of oil in the oil filter? Is this necessary?

 

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I have friends that do this, but I personally do not bother. I prefer keeping the filter opening pointed downward until I am ready to screw it on to avoid any possibility of debris dropping into it.
Using synthetic oil, I am not too concerned about the 10 seconds my oil pressure will be reduced.

 

sorry, but what do you mean by "subscribed.."

 

My VWs allow me to put oil in the filter as is doesn't spill out when I thread it back onto the car, the filter installs vertically upward. On the Z the filter installs sideways and the oil would spill back out so I don't bother.

 

Its so small that is fills up pretty much instantly anyway. Diesel trucks are the only vehicles I've ever filled the filter up first. Some of those filters hold almost 2 quarts. Tell me they dont make a mess coming off.