Has anybody here burned themselves with hot engine oil?

[brianl703]

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Originally posted by DockHoliday:
It was hard to get a clean shot at the filter, and it would always tilt on the way out, and hot oil would run down my arm, causing me to flinch and hit the exhaust. That is when I realized that those quick oil changes were money well spent.

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I'd have just considered changing it warm (like an hour after shutdown at full operating temp).

That's a little better than changing it cold if you think changing cold is bad, but I've never been convinced that changing it cold is a bad thing to do.