Changed the oil last week on my 8n ford. I replaced the oil filter and poured a little bit of new oil into the canister area, but put most of the 6 qts in the engine. As I was reading my operators manual it calls for adding a quart of oil into the canister. I assume I am fine, because the oil should get pumped up into the canister and fill itself, but I am a new to the maintenance world. Should I be okay? Or should I open back the canister and top it off?

Also I undid the drain plug on bottom of canister to drain oil out during my oil change. Is this the correct process? The canister didnt appear to be draining at all....

Thanks!
 

The canister drained once I pulled the plug on the canister. Didn't know if pulling the plug was required....thought maybe it would just slowly drain down the oil line.....
 
More than likely the cannister has not been cleaned in decades. You will bew amazed what you find inside.

It is most easily cleaned on the bench after removing it from the engine.

Dean
 

I just changed the oil on my 8N. I think I last changed it in 2013. the filter looked awful. When I dumped the oil pan, a bunch of water came out. but the oil at the dip stick wasn't at all milkshake, and I got 110-110-120-110 compression cold.

There was also some watery stuff in the bottom of the oil filter housing. The hose connections didn't come loose easily, so I drained it in place, poured a half cup of kerosene in it, stirred that up with a oversized toothbrush, dumped, then used the screwdriver and rag technique to pretty much clean it out.

I've never pulled the oil pan on this thing, I bet its a huge mess.

I put in 4 quarts of the oil I had on hand, Delo400 15W40, the first almost quart into the oil filter housing, and it was above the bottom of the dipstick the next day. but i've not started it yet, the hood still has to get bolted on and the gas line connected, and the exhaust bracket and muffler reinstalled, and the overhead air filter and intake plumbing (the monkey bar front loadere is in the way of the standard side glass jar...)
 

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