Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
since this is BITOG, I will ask this, am I weird to think you guys are overly obsessive about the weirdest little things?
After rebuilding my engines and them not burning oil anymore, I'm confident that that as long as I put some name brand synthetics in there, not only am I not touching the oil for 10k, I'm not gonna be doing weird things like this...
I love BITOG, but there are actually a lot of really weird people on here, I'm glad you guys exist and overly maintain your vehicle enough to bring down the cost of vehicle maintenance.
Celica, I agree, when people ask me about oil, I tell them as long as it meets API and ILSAC standards they will be just fine. (Even some outside are fine too, but a discussion for another thread). My father is a mechanic and has been working on vehicles since before Vietnam. He tells the average American the same thing..
OP, if it were me, I'd just wipe the filter with a rag before you install it.