This was a the second time I changed my oil and filter.

This time, I installed the filter, and poured the 5 quarts + bit more for filter in there and went in and started the car right up, without waiting at the pre-ignition stage (with all the lights on).

So I start the car, and I heard like a clicking sound, and the oil pressure light comes on for maybe 0.5 seconds and goes away, but I still heard clicking so I shut the car off. From startup to shutoff, it was maybe 5 seconds all at idle.

So then I wait at the pre-ignition and start it again, and no oil light this time, but I might have been paranoid and still hearing clicking or something.

I took it for a drive afterwards, and nothing seemed wrong, no extra noises or anything.

Have I screwed anything up? God I hope not.

I did some reading and there was another thread that it does this when oil filter is new as well. But what was making that light clicking sound, maybe TCT?

 

It's probably ok. This is the way most Fast Lubes would do it. Next time you change your oil, charge the filter by pouring a third qt. or so directly into the filter before installing. This will allow for almost immediate lubrication.

 

Should be fine. You can fill the new oil filter with some oil if you like, some folks don't. The system develops pressure quite quickly and if you drove your car to warm it up for the oil change you still have a coating of oil on the surfaces. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

Phew, Thank God.

Thank you both for the replies. I feel better and the engine has been just the same as before, so I feel that it was just initial paranoia.

 

As long as you check the dipstick level and the oil level is good, you should be golden.

 

agreed. I always fill my filter with clean oil to coat the media liberally prior to properly tightening it down.

i wouldn't be concerned.

later
darcy

 

After a complete oil change, there is no oil in the engine (except for the fine oil film left over from the last time it ran) or the filter. All the oil in the oil passages have drained out. When you next fire it up, it can take 2, 3, maybe even 4 seconds for oil pressure to build up and start to get pushed to all the points in the engine that would normally make loud noises without oil. Shutting it off after 5 seconds stopped that process. Why would you do that? It served absolutely no useful purpose.
The second time you started it up, you waited for the "pre-crank" and start for all the lights on the dash to go through it's test phase. This did nothing to prevent the oil light from coming on because by this time, the first start had already filled the oil filter for the most part and shoved the oil up to the oil pressure sender. Had you waited the first time, you would have witnessed the exact same thing. Sometimes, when you don't know exactly how a certain part of a car works, a little paranoia is not such a good thing.

 

and THAT is all.