Can I change my oil filter while leaving my oil in the engine?

I just bought a new car and the shop that put the filter on really tightened it down. I had my dad try and get it off, but he put a dent in the dang thing trying to twist it off. So I'll have to take it into a shop so they can do it. And I just put new oil in it figuring I change the filter later, right? It's a 2000 Z28 Camaro if that matters. I think the oil sits in the oil pan and you can take off the filter without any oil coming out right?Can I change my oil filter while leaving my oil in the engine?
Here's the deal.





You can go to an auto parts place and buy a spin-on oil filter wrench, to get the old one off.


You can take a sharp screwdriver and pierce the filter and then use that as a handle and unscrew the filter.


either way you do it, you'll lose a quart of oil, so have one ready to refill.





Once the old filter is off, pour some of the new oil into the filter and wipe the rubber gasket on the rim with a coat of oil to help it seal. Tighten hand tight and give it a quarter turn more. Pour the rest of the oil into the regular place where you add oil.





You should be good to go.





good luckCan I change my oil filter while leaving my oil in the engine?
first u need to take all of the oil out of your car, wait for it to empty, then twist the filter off, a little oil will spill, nothing important, twist on a new filter then fill your car back up, you cannot take off the filter when the car is full of oil
You can make a set of wooden ramps that will raise the front 3 inches and make it a lot easier to get at the filter to remove it. If you buy a quality oil filter wrench for your filter size, you and your dad will be able to unloosen it. See the filter wrench below. To build the ramps, go to your home center and buy 2 six foot long pressure treated 2X10s. Cut them in two and nail them together with a 3 inch overlap at one end that will form the ramp edge where the tires will roll up onto the 2X10s. Make sure to put the car in park with the parking brake on and the rear wheels chocked well.
you will only loose the amount of oil still in the filter...but try this first....get a large pair of slip joint pliers such as ';channel loc'; and keep trying to remove the filter. You most likely will puncture the filter but that is ok because you can remove it yourself without taking it to a garage. Keep squeezing the filter and trying to loosen it and eventually it will come off. If all else fails...use a chisel on the hard metal ring at the base of the filter. Hit the chisel with a hammer in the direction of loosening and it will come loose.
Actually, if you have a replacement filter, you can save yourself a lot of money. Take a sharp screwdriver or an other pointed tool, and lightly tap it into the filter. Then, using that as a handle, you'll be able to remove the old filter. Since your not going to reuse the filter anyway, who cares if there is an extra hole in it. Once you have the old filter off, then put a light film of oil on the rubber gasket before you install the new filter. You will probably loose about 1/2 quart of oil in the process. Obviously, you want to pierce the old oil filter as close to the bottom of it, where you would normally put the oil filter tool on it. Works every time.
to get that filter off just drive a screwdriver through it and twist with the screwdriver until loose, it's messy but it will come off that way and yes you can take the filter off without draining the oil in the pan.
I don't know about that particular car, but yes you can change the filter. I would do it in the morning after the car has been sitting overnight to make sure there is no oil in the filter. If you don't, a whole bunch of oil will leak out as you remove the filter. If the shop does it, I guess it doesn't matter as long as they top off the oil.
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Yes you can,but youll lose about a pint of oil,depending on how big your filter is.Change filter then ckeck oil and add if need be.Hope this helps.You dont need to go to the shop.take a screwdrive and hammer and drive the screwdriver through one side of the filter and out the other.Drive it through where the ridges are.Get ahold of screwdriver on both sides and twist to the left.It will come right off no problem
No matter how long it sits there is going to be oil in the filter. Yes you can change just the filter.
There is always some oil left in the filter, so there may be a dribble upon removing the filter. You can get a fitler wrench the size of your oil filter. It looks like the top of the filter. This fits on a socket wrench and you can unscrew it like a any nut you would remove with a socket wrench, providing there is room to use it.





But, yes, you can leave the oil in and change only the filter.