So I figure filtering the used oil out of my Subaru and Nissan through a paper towel before putting in the F-350 probably isn't the best way to go about this. The truck loses a quart every 125 miles (give or take) due to a bad head gasket. The truck is not worth the labor to change the head gasket.
I actually had another oil filter housing for a 5.4 that I threw out a few months ago. Bummer, it would have been perfect. The threaded part comes out and would have been long enough that I could have out it in something else.
I'm thinking of using some old tidy cats 5 gallon pails since they're rectangular. I'll mount the filter horizontally a few inches up so the biggest of the big crud will get caught. I'll cut the hole in the side, whatever is used to connect the filter will be attached then I believe I can just let it flow freely? Oil goes into the center of the filter, right? Then clean oil comes out. Should be able to let it gravity feed into an empty oil container.
Don't have time for threading pipes myself. Don't want to spend a lot of money either. I can buy 2 gallon jugs of traveler and supertech for not a lot of money and get a few thousand miles for $20. But seems a waste to dump brand new oil in every 125 miles just to have it leak out.
Taking suggestions!
I actually had another oil filter housing for a 5.4 that I threw out a few months ago. Bummer, it would have been perfect. The threaded part comes out and would have been long enough that I could have out it in something else.
I'm thinking of using some old tidy cats 5 gallon pails since they're rectangular. I'll mount the filter horizontally a few inches up so the biggest of the big crud will get caught. I'll cut the hole in the side, whatever is used to connect the filter will be attached then I believe I can just let it flow freely? Oil goes into the center of the filter, right? Then clean oil comes out. Should be able to let it gravity feed into an empty oil container.
Don't have time for threading pipes myself. Don't want to spend a lot of money either. I can buy 2 gallon jugs of traveler and supertech for not a lot of money and get a few thousand miles for $20. But seems a waste to dump brand new oil in every 125 miles just to have it leak out.
Taking suggestions!
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