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You should at least get an owner's manual if not a shop manual if you intend on doing some of the maintenance yourself. It will give you figures like oil capacity, suggested oil weight specs, and step-by-step instructions on changing oil and what regular maintenance needs doing. Filling the filter with oil probably won't hurt, but it isn't necessary. The oil pump picks up from the bottom of the sump which is where most filters are located anyway. As long as you have thr proper oil level before running the motor, no probs. You won't be able to fill to the full listed oil capacity until after you've run the motor for a minute or two and let the oil circulate. After that, shut it off, let it settle and top up to the mark as needed. And if you get it up to proper operating temp before draining, you're going to burn the piss out of your fingers pulling the drain plug. Just warm is enough to get the oil to drain.
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