I have a 2GMF and use a small foil baking tin below the filter that can be bent to shape around engine parts and drop the entire filter with oil into the tin. Gets most of the oil and then just wipe up any spill with a blue paper shop towel.
John Arpeggio -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of ahycrace--- via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:56 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: ahycr...@cox.net Subject: Re: Stus-List Changing oil filter Yanmar 3gmf 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 _______________________________________________ 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
