Changing Remote Oil Filters

[Weave]

Just curious how you guys with MPI engines are changing the oil filters? I believe all of them are facing downward on the remote application so what are your tricks for unscrewing them and not getting oil everywhere?
Punch a hole in the top? Wait and hope it is drained?

 

[Dave S]

Punch a hole in the top? Wait and hope it is drained?

After the engine is throughly warmed up, the first thing I do is punch the hole in the top of the filter. By the time I get my Oil Boy pump ready to go and the oil sucked from the pan, the filter has pretty much drained itself. I then take a shop rag and a plastic bag and put those under the filter plate while I unscrew the filter. Usually there is only a little bit of oil that will spill out and it easily wiped up with a shop rag.

 

[MC1600]

After the engine is throughly warmed up, the first thing I do is punch the hole in the top of the filter. By the time I get my Oil Boy pump ready to go and the oil sucked from the pan, the filter has pretty much drained itself. I then take a shop rag and a plastic bag and put those under the filter plate while I unscrew the filter. Usually there is only a little bit of oil that will spill out and it easily wiped up with a shop rag.

It is kind of an odd design though...would it really have been so much trouble to invert that?

 

[Weave]

My Tacoma has the same set up but a small nipple onthe plate to hook up a drain line to catch spilled oil....

 

[Bottom Line]

I buy oil absorbant cloths...looks like a big diaper...they are about 18" X 18". I think they cost about $1 each. I loosen the filter and then hold the cloth under the filter, while unscrewing with the other hand. Then drop in a zip lock bag. Seems to work well.

 

[Bottom Line]

After the engine is throughly warmed up, the first thing I do is punch the hole in the top of the filter. By the time I get my Oil Boy pump ready to go and the oil sucked from the pan, the filter has pretty much drained itself. I then take a shop rag and a plastic bag and put those under the filter plate while I unscrew the filter. Usually there is only a little bit of oil that will spill out and it easily wiped up with a shop rag.

Dave what do you use to punch a hole with?

 

[Hampton]

I use a phillips head screw driver - med - small.

 

[Dave S]

Dave what do you use to punch a hole with?

I use a sharp punch.

 

[280 SeaRay]

I use a sharp punch.

me too... works great... I usually let the oil drain for a bit..... and there is very little oil left in the filter.

 

[wish2fish]

It is kind of an odd design though...would it really have been so much trouble to invert that?

then we wouldn't have anything to talk about.

I warmed engine up and then begin draining the oil. I loosen the filter and it sucks in air while it drains but not enough to leak oil out.

 

[FourGone]

I learned that the small hole works really well - learned by default that is.

Last weekend's oil change was a challenge - the last owner had the filter on so tight the filter wrench crushed the side and it didn't budge. Solution? a large flathead screwdriver and some shop rags - its not pretty but hammer the flathead screwdriver all the way through the top 1/3rd of the filter - it clears the internal stem on the filter housing - then grab hold of the handle and the blade and turn hard! It took a full rotation and a couple resets of the screwdriver before it moved by hand. By the time I got the filter off there was no oil left in it - the hole I punched broke the vacuum in the filter.

So, next year its a small hole in the new carefully tightened (1/2 turn after contact with the seal) filter.

 

[Fishnut]

I learned that the small hole works really well - learned by default that is.

Last weekend's oil change was a challenge - the last owner had the filter on so tight the filter wrench crushed the side and it didn't budge. Solution? a large flathead screwdriver and some shop rags - its not pretty but hammer the flathead screwdriver all the way through the top 1/3rd of the filter - it clears the internal stem on the filter housing - then grab hold of the handle and the blade and turn hard! It took a full rotation and a couple resets of the screwdriver before it moved by hand. By the time I got the filter off there was no oil left in it - the hole I punched broke the vacuum in the filter.

So, next year its a small hole in the new carefully tightened (1/2 turn after contact with the seal) filter.

Ouch, that doesn't sound like fun at all. I use a big nail right in the top and let it drain. The dripping is minimal but you need to have something down to avoid it getting on the bilige. And of course it hits every peice of metal it can on the way down.