My 88 Ranger is bad, wife's 2000 Explorer was worse. The filter is above the
frame. The drips aren't so bad, but the initial burst of oil runs on the frame
and goes everywhere.
Not much you can do but clean it up after the fact.
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From: Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af
To: af
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I must be bored today
Mine unfortunately is on the bottom right next to the drain plug. I've seen
pictures of the top one and how easy it is. Mine not so much. I am getting to
the point where I don't make near the mess I used to, guess I'm getting used to
where it drains.
On Nov 29, 2014 5:52 PM, "Ken Hohhof via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
So on the Subaru engine the oil filter sticks straight up. Does that make
it incredibly easy to change or incredibly messy?
From: Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 5:48 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I must be bored today
About the only place I'll have change the oil anymore is when I take the
car in for the major service interval at the dealer. They carry the oil I use
and I figure a genuine Subaru oil filter isn't any worse than the M1-108's I
use normally.
Other than that, it gets changed at home anymore. I've discovered that
throwing a pan under the car and pulling the oil/plug filter takes so little
time that it's actually faster for me to do it. I generally will do it before
a trip out of town and will pull the oil filter/plug and then clean/vaccum the
car out while the oil is draining. Once I'm done vaccumming, I put everything
back together and refill the car with an appropriate amount of oil. Takes me
less time than waiting at an instant lube place, and then I know what
oil/filter is actually in/on the engine.
Sadly, I haven't found anything fun drawn on my car's oil filter when it
comes from the dealer.
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Rory Conaway via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
We bring Mobil 1 oil filters in when we have the local oil change place
change the oil. Last oil change, neither my car or the work van had them on
their when I looked about 3000 miles after the change. After some heated
discussions concerning the theft of my oil filters and shenanigans that might
require a review of whether they are really using Mobil1 1 oil, they changed
both vehicles while I watched them open new bottles of oil in front of me.
Fortunately this was the first time I used them, and the last time.
Rory
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via Af
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 12:27 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I must be bored today
A local guy went out to change his oil today. Found a penis drawn on his
oil filter. That filter had been installed by Jiffy Lube.
Same company that billed us for an oil change a few years ago (fleet
account) for a car that my business partner’s step daughter crashed and totaled
a year before.
