I just changed my engine oil and the oil filter fell off....should i keep driving it?

are you nuts? Don't even start it until you get another filter on and fill it with oil. If you don't you'll seize your engine.I just changed my engine oil and the oil filter fell off....should i keep driving it?
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I just changed my engine oil and the oil filter fell off....should i keep driving it?
No, don't drive it. Get to Walmart and look up your car make, get another one, put it in place.


But I don't think you should even turn on the engine because I don't know how high the oil filter is and how much oil is left. If it all drains out, you will ruin something for sure when it runs dry.


And then the car will be broke forever.
Just put some STP or Wynns in the engine, it'll be fine, for about 10 miles before it seizes.
Only if you want to buy a new engine too.
No! The engine will self-destruct.
What you need to do is find out why it fell off in the first place. Are the threads stripped or was it not on tight enough. So I would take a close look at the filter adapter first to find out why it fell off. Then go and get a fliter to put on it.
Sure, oil filters are one of those things that you don't really need. Car makers just put them on there to cost you more money.
you sound like most of the so called ase master techs on here..


drive it hard,


if the oil pressure is low it needs to rev higher
Should YOU keep driving it?





Yes, absolutely.
sure! if you want to buy a new motor.
DOH !!! no ..don't drive it, the oil is leaking out where the filter should be...you obviously didn't screw it in correctly...
NO NO and NO not ever , untill you put another one on.


you will blow the motor and it cant be fixed.
NO!!!
Why not. Drive it till the engine seizes up. Then you won't be able to drive it at all! Look at the bright side....walking burns calories! You'll be a lean mean fighting machine in no time!





Or you could replace the filter, make sure the oil is full and continue driving.
No, you need your oil filter. It filters crap out of the oil so it doesn't get spread throughout your engine.
No Way Jose!!!!!! You have to have the filter or else all you oil will come out and then the engine will seize or even worse crack. Not to mention, you will have an environmental spill on your hands. Get a new filter and make sure it is put on right. Refill it with oil and then you may continue driving, but not until then.

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