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[feeutfo]

How do they get MORE oil in the filter housing than in the entire bloody sump, hmm? I mean what is it, a Tardis in there? Ffs! Oil everywhere! 

Ahem, sorry, rant over, but I am intrigued, how do those of you with a nice paved driveway keep it clean when changing the oil filter? I had two towels on a large rubber mat, an oil drain in metal tray and it STIlL managed to touch Tarmac. .

I suppose I should be happy I could remove it at all, it still took a two foot extention bar to shift it.

[Andy B]

How do they get MORE oil in the filter housing than in the entire bloody sump, hmm? I mean what is it, a Tardis in there? Ffs! Oil everywhere! 

       

Ahem, sorry, rant over, but I am intrigued, how do those of you with a nice paved driveway keep it clean when changing the oil filter? I had two towels on a large rubber mat, an oil drain in metal tray and it STIlL managed to touch Tarmac. .

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Somewhere in the sh1t hole that used to be my garage  , I have a funnel with a length of hose connected to it. Slacken the filter housing & let as much oil drain into the funnel .... trying to make sure the hose stays in the catch tray. It's not perfect but helps. 

[PhilRich]

Commiserations Chris!
Ive got a 12foot square sheet of black PVC the roofers used as temporary weatherproofing when they repaired my kitchen roof, I used it once and ....no mess! brilliant!! Second & subsequent times, couldn't be arsed to open it up & drive on it, so just folded it & slid it under the engine, result....oil stains all over the place! I'm convinced someone shoves the pvc out of the way while i've got my head in the engine bay!!!

[waspy]

I just let it go on the drive

I look at folk's drives that are all nice & prim, i just think "give me a week"

[albitz]

I just let it go on the drive

I look at folk's drives that are all nice & prim, i just think "give me a week"

[/highlight]

Me too. .........I did my first facelift oil change recently. I was glad I bought the car from a fellow OOFer. Oil filter housing was easy to get off, also noticed crank sensor wiring correctly routed etc. Oil came out of the sump looking like golden syrup, as it has been changed regularily.Climate and transmission had the Tech2 updates already installed.
I nice experience after my first Mig. It had been serviced by VX and I quickly grew to hate it, due to all the trouble it gave.
Thankyou Johnnycboy.

[feeutfo]

Bp could not make a bigger mess of my drive...it was buggerd when we moved and is fubar now. 


I did wonder about some sort of funnel arrangement, but could not really see how to get it in the space and still get me arm in there to undo the cap...?

[Andy B]

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I did wonder about some sort of funnel arrangement, but could not really see how to get it in the space and still get me arm in there to undo the cap...?

is your car on the ground or on ramps?
I do an oil change on ramps & can reach the filter housing from underneath.

[tunnie]

another victory for the far superior 2.2 

I much prefer the spin-on oil filters 

[feeutfo]

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I did wonder about some sort of funnel arrangement, but could not really see how to get it in the space and still get me arm in there to undo the cap...?

is your car on the ground or on ramps?
I do an oil change on ramps & can reach the filter housing from underneath.

On the ground/stands both sides....

[feeutfo]

another victory for the far superior 2.2 

I much prefer the spin-on oil filters 

oh alright you can have that one 

[Kevin Wood]

It's simple. I just make sure my elbow is over the drip tray because that's where all the oil goes.

Kevin

[aaronjb]

See what I do is make sure I do all these kinds of things over my mates pit .. that way I tend to soak up most of the oil with my forehead and/or T-shirt.. 

[Kevin Wood]

See what I do is make sure I do all these kinds of things over my mates pit .. that way I tend to soak up most of the oil with my forehead and/or T-shirt.. 

Yeah, sometimes it just run straight past my elbow and end up in my (arm)pit.

Kevin

[VXL V6]

I have a pack of those long gloves that vets use for examining large animals  , pop one of those on and it doesn't matter how much oil runs down your arm!

[TheBoy]

Ahem, sorry, rant over, but I am intrigued, how do those of you with a nice paved driveway keep it clean when changing the oil filter? I had two towels on a large rubber mat, an oil drain in metal tray and it STIlL managed to touch Tarmac. .

I use Tunnie's driveway


I use one of those large oilpans from Machine Mart. Positioned under filter, its large enough to catch the drips from filter, and also where it drips off tie rod and subframe.