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RE: Changing oil filter with full oil system

To: "Triumph (E-mail)" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Changing oil filter with full oil system
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:55:14 -0700
Randall Young wrote :
> Should be no problem, except of course you've got that quart of
> old oil from
> the old filter mixed in with the new oil.  IMO nothing to worry
> about unless
> the old oil was really cruddy for some reason.  After all, this is exactly
> the procedure recommended in the TR2/3 shop manual, etc.

It occurs to me I answered the wrong question here.  Sorry.

The oil level inside the TRactor engine is well below the filter head level,
so there is no requirement to drain the oil before changing the filter.

Randall

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