I have never had to do that , 5 diff hotrods ,2 were chevies the rest mopar , all picked up and circulated oil very quickly , many times on a s/s hemi in 14 years.
I'm sure. ---and they should. But there are plenty of threads here and other sites where guys have fought trying to prime a pump. REmoving the filter removes the head at the pump. If it will ever prime or at all, it will do so easiest with the filter removed.
