2.7 l oil change
04-27-2015, 11:21 AM
#22
Senior Member
OP, I don't think i'd remove the old oil from the bottom of the filter housing. It seem like that's just more oil that will have to be pumped in to the filter before circulating through the engine if you remove it. I could be wrong, probably not a huge issue if you clean that out or not, but I'd think it would be better to have that little bit of oil in the system for the first start up after the oil change.
04-27-2015, 12:43 PM
#23
Senior Member
...OP, I don't think i'd remove the old oil from the bottom of the filter housing. It seem like that's just more oil that will have to be pumped in to the filter before circulating through the engine if you remove it. I could be wrong, probably not a huge issue if you clean that out or not, but I'd think it would be better to have that little bit of oil in the system for the first start up after the oil change.
When changing the filter on my future 2.7, I will clean out the filter housing as the OP did and pre-soak the new filter before installation just as I do with the screw-on filters on my cars and the almost identical filter system on Ford's 365 diesel engines.
04-27-2015, 01:03 PM
#24
I wondered the same when I changed the oil on my wife's 2013 Toyota Highlander. It has a cartridge filter. The last cartridge filter I changed before that was on a 1950 model Chevy truck with an old inline 6 motor.
OP, I don't think i'd remove the old oil from the bottom of the filter housing. It seem like that's just more oil that will have to be pumped in to the filter before circulating through the engine if you remove it. I could be wrong, probably not a huge issue if you clean that out or not, but I'd think it would be better to have that little bit of oil in the system for the first start up after the oil change.
OP, I don't think i'd remove the old oil from the bottom of the filter housing. It seem like that's just more oil that will have to be pumped in to the filter before circulating through the engine if you remove it. I could be wrong, probably not a huge issue if you clean that out or not, but I'd think it would be better to have that little bit of oil in the system for the first start up after the oil change.
I don't know the answer, nor did I try to look up - where the filter is in the circulation path. If it's right before the return, there's little to no reason to worry as you're only adding a slight delay in the time to return of the oil to the pan on the initial start up. If the filter is right before circulation through the motor or mid line somewhere, then you're adding initial delay once. How long is this delay, and does it cause any problems - I didn't notice any issues.
I doubt I'll clean it out for future oil changes, but for the initial change I wanted to make sure any break in materials were removed from the oil, albeit however minuscule the amount was in the oil that didn't drain.
04-27-2015, 01:04 PM
#25
Senior Member
OP...you're famous. A link to your 2.7 oil change pictorial showed up on a Lincoln MkX forum. Note: the 2.7EB will be available in the 2016 MkX due at dealers late summer or early fall.
04-27-2015, 01:44 PM
#26
Its the same design ford used for the 6.7l in the f250s. When I worked for the ford house I never saw one that leaked. Even on trucks with 300k+ miles. The only broken ones I've seen is from people that didn't know what they were doing trying to over tighten them and break the tabs off the sides.
06-20-2015, 08:30 AM
#27
Senior Member
R6racer, Thanks for the post and the pictures.
07-29-2015, 04:25 PM
#28
FumotoUSA was informed that their website data on the F-150 2.7L engine is wrong. I purchased a F-107N only to discover it will not fit the plastic oil pan on the 2.7. Hope they can design a oil valve because the gush of oil when the plug is removed is a trick to control.
