How do I best only change a spin on filter without making a mess when keeping the same oil for a longer interval. In the past I always had a dealer or mechanic do my oil changes and both filter and oil would be replaced.
Wow - ingenious design. What were they thinking?quote:
On my wife's Aerostar 3.0 the filter is directly above the starter
I pulled the filter on my Ranger the other day for an Auto-RX cycle with similar results. First thing in the morning, all the oil was in the sump and cold. Didn't drip oil at all.quote:
Originally posted by TallPaul:
On my wife's Aerostar 3.0 the filter is directly above the starter. Oil will drip down on the starter when I pull the filter. However, I found if you let the vehicle sit overnight so the oil is cool (and less flowable) and some of the excess has drained away from the filter mount area, there is very little mess. I belive I have pulled filters with not drippage this way, though that could have been winter when the oil would be really stiff.
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Originally posted by MikeR:
I pulled the filter on my Ranger the other day for an Auto-RX cycle with similar results. First thing in the morning, all the oil was in the sump and cold. Didn't drip oil at all.Yep. Long as the antidrainback valve is good it should work. The freezer bag or pop bottle idea is good too in case you need to change it hot, but on some vehicles those may be hard to do too.
Oil filter over the starter is bad, but had a Chevy Citation once ('82 maybe) that dripped into the frame rail and then from there slowly dripped over a period of days. Made you think it had developed an oil leak.