Yes you can change just the filter. Never mind all the people who tell you ';It will come gushing out'; . It will not come gushing out. You will ,however, loose the oil contained inside the filter and this much more must be replaced in the crank case.
Having said that, I was wondering why you would not wish to change the oil as well. It is very simple to do. The oil filter is the harder item to change on most cars (have not done a Saturn in a couple of years) There is a large pan bolted to the bottom of the engine which has a drain plug in it. Place a drain pan under that plug and remove plug letting oil out of engine. Replace plug and re-fill engine to correct level.
The oil will actually ';Wear out'; before the filter. You could safely do three oil changes to one filter change. It is uncommon to do this as most auto parts stores and repair shops just want to make a sale. They will try to tell you it is absolutely necessary to change both at the same time when in reality it is not. Changing the oil at suggested intervals is definitely needed. New oil filter every time is not.Do I need to drain all of my oil to change the oil filter on my car?
IM just gogin to explain to you that oil contained chemical additives that give it its unique visquous properties, these additives do the opposite of what liquids usually do, and become thicker at high temps and thinner at low temps, these additives make sure your oil is the correct viscosity for both starting engine temps and running engine temps. Over time, and use, the additives break down, and the oil no longer functions properly, the service life of these additives is not very long at all, and when it doesnt function, your oil does not lubricate properly. IN addition there are additives to absorb sulfur from the fuel, if it is not absorbed it will cause the presence of surlfuric acid in eqilibrium in your engine oil, suluric acid will eat though concrete, and will without question damage seals and other parts of your engine. The additives that abosrb sulfer are also consumed over time.
Now that you know why you need to replace your oil, you can remove your filter, allowing only 1/4- 1/2 of your engine oil to drain during replacing it, but its only another 6 bucks to replace all of the oil, so just fork it over and replace it, because not changing your oil will hurt your engine a lot.
Yes. That's why it's called an ';Oil Change';.
If you just want to change the filter alone, it's possible. As long as the motor is off, the filter is mounted above the oil pan and usually holds about a quart of oil inside. Once you put the new filter on, you need to recheck and top off the oil as needed.
It is a good idea to change the oil and filter at the same time. Just changing the filter alone does not protect your engine.
For whatever reason you only want to change the oil filter. Here's how.. do not open the engine oil cap and quickly screw in the new oil filter. If you release the engine oil cap the oil will come gushing out. Then top up oil as required. Alternatively you can turn the car upside down and change the oil filter at your leisure.
yes and no.
no because physically to change the filter only uses 1 quart or so of oil.
yes because you need to change the oil when you change the filter to protect your cars motor.
You should ALWAYS change the oil whenever you change the filter, and vice-versa, you should always change the filter every time you change the oil.
no.when you take your oil filter off and replace it with a new one you need to add 1 quart of oil.my q is why would you replace only the oil filter and not give your car a oil change?
aside from drain all the oil you must replace your oil filter
yup. if you don't drain it, once the filter is removed it will all come out anyway. it is best to change oil and filter at the same time.
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