Zip-loc for the win

[Rlaf75]

Guess what I did today! Dumbest design ever but not one single drop of oil on anything.

 

[TRK_GANG74]

I got tired of trying the ziplock bag method and failing. I just installed a PacBrake Oil Filter Relocation Kit and a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve, problem solved and no more hand contortions and mess. It made oil changes so much easier and faster. Congrats on the ziplock bag method!

 

[Rlaf75]

I got tired of trying the ziplock bag method and failing. I just installed a PacBrake Oil Filter Relocation Kit and a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve, problem solved and no more hand contortions and mess. It made oil changes so much easier and faster. Congrats on the ziplock bag method!

I've been using a zip lock bag for years and I never had a problem. Very little to no mess at all when used correctly

 

[Sherman Bird]

I've been using a zip lock bag for years and I never had a problem. Very little to no mess at all when used correctly

Some folks need to go to ZipLock training!

 

[diymirage]

Dont you guys have a drip tray under the filter ?

 

[Daw14]

Dont you guys have a drip tray under the filter ?

If that is what the rack and pinion are called now.

I have tried the bag on the filter , but once the oil coats it , it is very difficult to turn the filter . But it just dawned on me to toss some sand in the bag for some friction enhancement. I bet that helps.

Now I gotta wait till the sun goes lower , and temperature drops a few.

 

[mikeru]

Some folks need to go to ZipLock training!

Is that a thing???

 

[markabby]

Dont you guys have a drip tray under the filter ?

i think the dealer uses my frame for a drip tray.

 

[Rlaf75]

Dont you guys have a drip tray under the filter ?

After I drain the oil pan and reinstall the drain plug I remove the drain pan and use a thing called "pig-mat". Its an absorbent sheet used in the various fields to soak up fluid spills. I get it from work. I lay out a sheet on the ground under the filter just in case anything spills while I remove the filter with the zip lock bag. Usually nothing drips but on occasion some will.

 

[diymirage]

If that is what the rack and pinion are called now.

No, this lil doohickey, part number (68213162AB)

(Generic Google pic, I didn't feel like crawling under there myself)

 

[Sherman Bird]

After I drain the oil pan and reinstall the drain plug I remove the drain pan and use a thing called "pig-mat". Its an absorbent sheet used in the various fields to soak up fluid spills. I get it from work. I lay out a sheet on the ground under the filter just in case anything spills while I remove the filter with the zip lock bag. Usually nothing drips but on occasion some will.

I have Pig mats in my shop.... MAN! Are they EXPENSIVE, but do work well!

 

[TRK_GANG74]

Some folks need to go to ZipLock training!

After 4 carpal tunnel surgeries in my hands/wrists I would rather take the route I did with the relocation kit and fumoto valve and 100% no mess over your bs ziplock training. To each his own.

 

[GTyankee]

The fire dept. has Mats & Booms

When i worked for the Dept. of Highways & there was an accident, like a Semi Truck Accident.

WE, would try to keep Oils & such from going down into the
Road Drains, yet the Water could be allowed to go down into the drains.
It worked similar to this

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[Sherman Bird]

After 4 carpal tunnel surgeries in my hands/wrists I would rather take the route I did with the relocation kit and fumoto valve and 100% no mess or your bs ziplock training. To each his own.

Yow!

 

[Ratket]

No, this lil doohickey, part number (68213162AB)

(Generic Google pic, I didn't feel like crawling under there myself)

When I do my own, I line that with “ Tin foil “ - it bends easy, and keeps the mess off the truck parts, takes the heat well, just a little trick I picked up. You can form a shape with it and it typically holds that shape against all liquids flowing over or through it.

 

[Mlarv5]

I don't worry about this anymore. I buy the oil and filter, bring it to a shop near me, and they change it for me while I wait for $15.00. I don't have to get rid if the oil anymore, clean up the mess (if any), dispose of the filter etc etc..

Now if it one of my grandkids car's they change it themselves in my driveway. They also rotate their tires etc. Yes even the granddaughters.

 

[commander]

It is OBVIOUS that whoever designed the oil filter location, does NOT change their own oil! They make it so one performs stupid human tricks to do it! LOL
I am convinced that the people that design vehicles, make it so that there is NO easy way to complete any repairs. Mechanical or Body~

JT

 

[Hagar1]

It is OBVIOUS that whoever designed the oil filter location, does NOT change their own oil! They make it so one performs stupid human tricks to do it! LOL
I am convinced that the people that design vehicles, make it so that there is NO easy way to complete any repairs. Mechanical or Body~

JT

Well, it sort of goes like this ......... The stylists determine the shape of the vehicle, the Engineers determine wow to build it efficiently and so it is safe, They hand the package over to the powertrain people and say, "figure out where to put your powertrain" ............. That is about it!

Then there is the issue of driveability, fuel economy and emissions. That is the order that most people want but, in reality, it is emissions, fuel economy and then driveability. Not one vehicle can be sold until it has be certified for emissions.