What I do with the horizontally mounted filters is add enough oil to the filter to soak the filter media but not fill it. It probably has no measurable effect on diminishing the time the engine spends without oil pressure. But to me any time reduction of engine operation without oil pressure is a positive. Everything I've read on the subject of engine wear points to startups as the point wear the majority of engine wear occurs due to momentary lack of oil pressure. 20+ years of testing jet engines has led me to believe this also.

 

Glad you are ok now but a really scary story as I also am an adrenaline junky (distance runner). Your story scared the crap out of me.

 

Just a heads up...be very careful about pain meds. especially as you get older. My aspirin abuse was only four 200 mg aspirins a day, two before the gym and two at bedtime. a total of 800 mg a day. I switched to Bayer Back and body. I thought it was just a better aspirin and never realized it was 500 mg. so I went from 800 mg a day to 2000 mg a day, and in three weeks time I had fainted from loss of blood. while in the hospital I was on morphine, and oxycodone at home for 4 months. I have not taken any aspirin in a year, don't ever plan too either. I had no stomach symptoms from the ulcer, I never saw any blood in the toilet, but I was down 8 pints of blood when I fainted and broke my back. So be careful with the aspirin, Ibuprophen etc.

 

E.T., a thought on "Stupid Questions" for public consumption.
When I first started in Automotive a "GAZILLION YEARS AGO", my nickname was exactly that... "Stupid Questions".... But I went on the win a Chrysler Master Technician Service Conference Gold Ratchet and a Platinum Wall Plaque from General Motors.
Bournival Chrysler Plymouth, and Hallisey Chevrolet, Lowell, MA.
When I was teaching, my statement to my students was...
"The ONLY stupid question is the one you DIDN'T ASK and it COST YOU MONEY"
I still dare to ask the "STUPID QUESTIONS"...
When someone needs help with something I'm knowledgeable in, the MARINE TEAM thing kicks in, and I try to help out as much as possible. Just the way I am...
For public thought, Sometimes the way you ask your question HELPS those trying to help you.
Maybe your 'misunderstanding of something' is brought to the surface by HOW YOU ASK.
NONE OF US WAS BORN KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW... WE ALL ASKED AT SOME POINT.
The biggest fear I always had while teaching was the kid who'd spent years in his driveway figuring things out HIS WAY, and came into my class with his mind like Concrete.
All Mixed Up and SET.....
Disproving what he firmly believed was often a task.

 

^^^ Kinda like, "My mind's made up, don't confuse me with the facts!"

I've run into a couple of those from time to time. Thanks, you gave me a chuckle.

DSTURBD

 

Oh, and this being my first C5 and my first Vette since 1982 when I had a '68 Beater-Box Coupe', I have TONS OF QUESTIONS about the LS controls system.
As my Coupe has a LOT of miles and I've had to go to 15 / 50 to keep the pressure up, I'm expecting to put an engine in it maybe next year. (if I can keep this one running for this season).
And when I do..... (evil sparkle in eye) I'm thinking LSX....
Which means that I have to start with MY STUPID QUESTIONS NOW about system changes and necessary upgrades to sensors, et al.
So, Look out, guys, here I come..... LOL

 

because this is discussion, Ill chime in with some observations. IN my 13 years here, Ive never met a more diverse demographic. In my 40 year automotive career, I was always working with professionals, Most engineers were Masters in their field. Even my Co-op teaching was with the best of the best from 4th and 5th years engineering students holding 3.8 and 4.0 GPA. Coming here was an eye opener. Lots of people playing engineer thinking they had it all figured out because their thinking was logical to them. AS tme goes on, they pick up things from friends who are mechanics, from their fathers, cousins, and grandfathers, who just happen to own some tools and change their own oil and back in their " Yutt" they even set their own points, not with a feeler gage but with a match book cover ( they actually think because of that.. their grandfather was a master mechanic.. To these kids who come here with that mentality and basis for their automotive technology, they think they Know it all, that's why I call them "Know it all's" .
The hold their father's cousins, and grandfather on high because and think of them, as legends in their own mind. I se it here everyday. I butt heads all the time with people who " Think" they've got it all figured out. The stupidity is that they throw their logic, against my facts, and experience. No one likes to be told they are wrong, especially if they learned everything from their father. Anyway, I have to use tough love sometimes to " get through" , the sad thing is Ive been here 13 years and have offered so much and so much insider information , you would think that people would get it. here is a perfect example. The Oil Life monitor is so sophisticated in its algorithm string, that it was designed to make sure that the lubrication of this LSX engine would help insure a 200,000 mile bench mark, and take miles almost completely out of the oil change equation. Ive posted formulas and facts about how much more wear a motor with 5,000 miles can have over a motor with 15,000 miles. The OLM was use to certify the LSX motor lubrication integrity. It cost GM almost 1/2 million dollars to develop this tool. I tell people all the time to use it. it not a gimmick. its so good that in 1997 at launch we placed the base line of the OLM at 10,000 miles. in 2000 we changed the algorithm base line to 15,000 miles because the OLM we designed was better than when we first designed it. You need enough field testing and certification to make a revision like this. I tell people all the time to use the OLM, when you get the 10% warning.. go buy your oil, or make your appointment. when it gets down to 0, you change the oil. even at 0 Oil life, there is still a 10% safety factor built in. WE know it but don't advertise it, most designs have a 10 % built in safety factor.
Ive posted this over 50 times here in this forum. WE did the work, GM spent the money, we printed the owners manual, and yet people still go by the mileage rule, some at 3000 miles and every variant of their own personal idea of what Oil life should be. It's very little about mileage. Sure you can change your oil every 2000 miles, even if it doesn't need to be changed until 4000 miles. conversely some people buy 15,000 mile oil and don't change it until they put 15,000 miles on it. There is no one size fits all when it comes to oil changes and personal driving habits. Incidentally we certified the 200,000 mile benchmark using the OLM . My point here is that for many people how they were brought up has more to do with how they do things , than any 1/2 million dollar sophisticated system designed specifically to help the environment, save the customer money, insure the engine life, and make maintenance a smaller issue.
Use the OLM system , it works. IN all my time here, I've not been able to change what many people have been brought up to believe, even if the source was a guy who delivered mail. ( their grandfather ). If I'm looking for advice on brain surgery, I don't go to a dentist for advice.
When I wanted new wheels with specific demands, I went to John at CCW. When I wanted a New Nav system and head unit and speakers, I went to Dennis at Double D mods. I consider myself to be fairly smart, and had an Idea as to what I wanted, Dennis talked me out of something I thought I wanted, and he was right and I was wrong. Just the expertise, made my purchase much more rewarding to me because I listen to him. The issue ? He talked me into a Volume ****..
I wanted a clean an unclutter look , the control buttons ( little rectangular button at the bottom of the head unit.) He told me that more than anything else, most people are always adjusting the volume. Those small button side by side are difficult to determine which button is which. The volume button is large, and easy to adjust without taking your eyes off the road. The volume button out trumps the clean look any day. BTW Dennis guaranteed that I would love the volume button and told me if I did not like the volume button I could return the unit and he would pay for the shipping, and make the exchange.
AS I've said many times. lots of people got their automotive knowledge from people who were around it in the 60's and 70's, and swear by it. I've said many times, " this is Not your grandfather's 1960 Buick Roadmaster"

 

THIS is NOT my '68 Coupe.... Well Said MAESTRO!!!!

 

Bill, having read your comments above, I have decided to talk turkey with my internist at my next visit (in July). Twenty-five years ago a wily old doctor told me that taking two aspirin twice a day would help keep my blood thin - needed because I tended to have high blood pressure. So I did so, and have continued to take two aspirin when I awake, and two more before bed.

Now I am going to bring this up to my internist (who happens to be a good friend and is VERY candid with me), and the results may cause me to forever change my habits.

Thanks for your candid comments about your personal health situation. They have triggered questions I will have answered by a physician I trust.

The Lizzard

 

I happened upon your comment on the benefits of a volume control ****-equipped Navigation head unit a couple of years ago when I was searching the Forum, looking for the right head unit for my '02 coupe. It influenced me to likewise order the Kenwood Navigation head unit (from Double D) which featured that volume control ****. Best choice I ever made.

The Lizzard

 

Great news that you're on the mend. Us newbies would be at a loss without you. PLEASE stay active.

 

Glad to hear you are doing better E.T.!

 

Then you have never experienced the joy that comes with a vehicle powered by one of these:

 

That will lead to a early demise of your engine. You've been told!!