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26 May 2006, 09:12 am
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Re: oil change drain plug with valve
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:RKGdnc1tZaJnb-vZnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@sedona.net: > "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message > news:Xns97CE6FBBCEFA2jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.83.. . >> >> Well,I just don't like removing the plug and the hot oil splashing >> all over >> me until I can move my hand out of the stream,especially while lying >> under the car on my back. >> > > I've had more trouble controlling the mess when changing the filter. > With the plug I usually get just a couple fingers oily, while with the > filter I try to avoid having the stuff run into my armpit. > > Mike > > > I stuffed a wad of paper towels under the filter,and still got a splash on my glasses.I don't know why they don't position the filter so it does not empty when removed. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net     
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26 May 2006, 09:35 am
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Re: oil change drain plug with valve
Marty,
That's good to hear but I agree with Mike's contention that removing the oil filter is more of a messy ordeal than the drain plug. -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200605/1
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26 May 2006, 09:37 am
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Re: oil change drain plug with valve
Jim Yanik wrote:
> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in > news:RKGdnc1tZaJnb-vZnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@sedona.net: > > >>"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message >>news:Xns97CE6FBBCEFA2jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.83 ... >> >>>Well,I just don't like removing the plug and the hot oil splashing >>>all over >>>me until I can move my hand out of the stream,especially while lying >>>under the car on my back. >>> >> >>I've had more trouble controlling the mess when changing the filter. >>With the plug I usually get just a couple fingers oily, while with the >>filter I try to avoid having the stuff run into my armpit. >> >>Mike >> >> >> > > > I stuffed a wad of paper towels under the filter,and still got a splash on > my glasses.I don't know why they don't position the filter so it does not > empty when removed. > it's easy: warm the engine as you normaly would before a change, go indoors and have lunch, come out, remove filter. while you're eating, the filter drains. no more spill.
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26 May 2006, 11:52 am
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Re: oil change drain plug with valve
In article <1148644126.846834.265990@38g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>, Alan
<twobutnot2@comcast.net> wrote: > Jim Yanik wrote: > > > Well,I just don't like removing the plug and the hot oil splashing all over > > me until I can move my hand out of the stream,especially while lying under > > the car on my back. > > You could wear white cotton gloves to keep your hands clean. > My old Cessna 182 had on of those things. It was up under the cowling where nothing could hit it . You also had to safety wire it closed. I don't think I would trust one in the open and without a positive lock closed. Bob
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