I changed my engine oil today and was curious what other people thought.
On most cars I've had the oil filter sat upside down which means I could fill it with fresh oil so that the engine didn't have to pump through it when I started it up, obviously this isn't really possible with the side facing oil filter on the Mirage.
Anyway I started it up and there was a brief period of what I'd call no oil noise before you could hear the oil get up to pressure so to speak. I was just wondering if anyone had a favourite method for stopping the car from injecting/sparking which would allow me to crank the engine over a bit, allowing the new oil to be pushed around before starting the engine for real.
I do have a non RFID key that only opens the doors that I take when going near the ocean but the guy who cut it for me told me that if I use it to try and start the car a certain number of times the computer will lock forever and I'd need to buy another ECU (sounds dubious but I'd rather not test it). I've read elsewhere that you can pull certain fuses and then crank, I don't want to be injecting a whole lot of fuel though, so it must not do that, I don't want to mess up the C converter.
I suppose I could just run a hot wire from the battery to the starter motor for a few seconds.
Do people think it's worthwhile? Was primarily just curious for opinions.