I take a trash bag and push the opening onto the engine below the filter. When the filter is removed I just let the whole mess drop into the bag. I have a shop rag handy to wipe off any oil that escapes the bag. I have found that a large trash bag that is also thick works best and I take the first bag and drop it into another incase the first one gets a hole in it during the removal. I have done this for years, always works for me.
Gary Kolc "Liberty" 38' MK II ---- Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I asked this same question about two years ago and tried both techniques. I > found for myself that stuffing an absorbent pad around the filter was the > best and least messy solution. I tried the bag trick twice but it actually > made more of a mess because you just can't twist the filter very fast with > the bag on, especially once the oil actually gets in the bag and lubricates > the entire outside of the filter. > > Just get the pad good and stuffed in at the base of the filter. It's the > best way for me. > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 5:49 AM Tim Goodyear via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > The ziplock bag helps. If you want to have less oil in the filter, > > punching a hole in the top with a screwdriver before you drain the oil also > > helps, but there will be something to wipe up in any case. > > > > Tim > > > > > On Oct 31, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < > > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > > One neat trick I learned at a diesel clinic is, slide a gallon zip lock > > up around the filter & then unscrew it letting it drip into the bag, then > > drop the filter into the bag and seal. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Coleman > > > C&C39 > > > > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > > From: Indigo via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > > Date: 10/31/2015 8:16 AM (GMT-05:00) > > > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > Cc: Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> > > > Subject: Stus-List Changing oil filter Yanmar 3gmf > > > > > > I will be winterizing indigo tomorrow. I am looking for help from this > > amazing group on techniques used to change the oil filter while minimizing > > drips and spills. I don't seem to be able to get the old filter off > > without dripping oil down the side of the engine. What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > -- > > > Jonathan > > > Indigo C&C 35III > > > SOUTHPORT CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Email address: > > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > > bottom of page at: > > > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Email address: > > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > > bottom of page at: > > > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Email address: > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > > bottom of page at: > > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com