Originally Posted by KevGuy
Just take it off and let the oil spill all over the place and make sure to get some on the ground so as you contaminate the environment.
Been doing it this way for years. Nuthin too it.
Or leave the filter be. It didn't do nuthin to you.
Buy a vehicle that had intelligent engineers make sound and informed decisions about oil filter placement. Folks that thought about the real world use of the vehicle and designed with that in mind.
Note: my Tacoma is this way, on top with an engineered catch bowl and drain nipple.
My mustang is not, and I fully implement the "hope the drain pan catches everything and spend 20 minutes trying to wipe up the excess on the undercarriage" method.
If it's easy to get to, the plastic bag method works well. 3.5 Ecoboost F150s aren't so accommodating so I loosen the filter enough to have it barely drain. After 5 minutes I'm good to go. Glad Ford put a hole right where the oil goes out - helps some.
On the subject of putting oil back into the ground (can't get any greener than that) there's always this.
Originally Posted by double vanos
If it's easy to get to, the plastic bag method works well. 3.5 Ecoboost F150s aren't so accommodating so I loosen the filter enough to have it barely drain. After 5 minutes I'm good to go. Glad Ford put a hole right where the oil goes out - helps some.
On the subject of putting oil back into the ground (can't get any greener than that) there's always this.
If the author were the only person doing this no big deal. But if all the used oil was poured in little pits the ground would be polluted.
They use to pour oil on dirt roads to keep down the dust. But it was probably SA rated back then. Less polluting?