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rick martin.
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April 3, 2015 at 00:52 #1491
Roscoe Rosché
KeymasterHate dripping oil during a filter change on your nice clean engine compartment? Love Chinese take out? What do they have in common? Take a look! Trim the tray as shown and it slides right under the filter and adapter and catches all the mess. Enjoy!
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April 3, 2015 at 15:55 #1505
Jim Freeman
ParticipantNathan, my co-owner repurposed an old quart bottle for the same purpose… works pretty well!
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April 10, 2015 at 19:02 #1518
Wolfgang Polak
ParticipantI tried this with oil bottles too. Seemed too hard to slide in properly with all the plumbing and wiring around my oil filter. For the last couple of years I used the following:
1. punch a hole in the oil filter
2. let drain for a while,
3. blow compressed air into the hole (rubber tip works great)
4. push a rag under the tread
5. duct tape the hole
6. spin off the oil filter
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April 11, 2015 at 17:56 #1520
Nathan
ParticipantAs Jim said, I modded a Philips oil container. The long neck on it makes a convenient handle with which to maneuver it. It does take a little maneuvering, but it fits like a glove. I’ll post a photo in a bit when I’m on better wifi. Roscoe’s Chinese food container probably has a little more holding capacity, though. The Philips container can get a little full…
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April 13, 2015 at 05:53 #1537
Bob Scott
ParticipantReading these posts makes things confusing. What I really want to do is drain the oil as well as change the oil filter. Do I have to remove the lower cowl to do all that?
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April 13, 2015 at 18:58 #1539
Nathan
ParticipantFor draining, if you don’t have a quick-drain, I’d get one installed. Then get a section of tubing 3′ long or so and run it through the cowl flap on the bottom and into a bucket. Just make sure the tubing is snug on the drain fitting, because I’ve made one heck of a mess after the hose popped loose once.
Not sure what folks without a quick-drain do, maybe rig up something with a funnel…
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April 13, 2016 at 15:23 #4203
rick martin
ParticipantI use a large ziplock bag, slide it over filter, unscrew it and it falls in the bag, zip it shut and all done!
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