View Poll Results: When I change my oil filter.....
My engine and bildge look like an oil field
10
6.37%
I'm pretty careful but still drip more oil then I'd like
45
28.66%
I put rags around the engine to catch the spill
59
37.58%
I never spill a drop
54
34.39%
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For those that change your own oil
07-05-2004, 06:13 PM
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For those that change your own oil
Just curious about the interest fellow boaters would have in a device that makes changing the oil filter quicker and cleaner. I know with the good oil filters they have a check valve in them so when you puncture them before you remove them they really don't drain well and then it becomes a mess.
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07-05-2004, 07:10 PM
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Re: For those that change your own oil
With Mec/ Gil exhaust my filters are horizonal now. It they were vertical it would be a snap. I put a rag under and spin fast. The thing I hate is putting the new one on dry. I learned a trick from hydrocruiser, I pull the lanyard and crank the engine for a few seconds, this primes the top of the engine nicely. So what are you up to in this department?. 
07-05-2004, 07:25 PM
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Re: For those that change your own oil
mitch my oil never gets dirty 
Seriously I use a margarita bucket, mine filter is very easily accessable being bolted on the battery hold down 
anybody wanna buy a boat???
Seriously I use a margarita bucket, mine filter is very easily accessable being bolted on the battery hold down anybody wanna buy a boat???
07-05-2004, 07:27 PM
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Re: For those that change your own oil
I purchased ($10?) a device from E-Bay that looks basically like an over-grown cup-holder. Has rubber fingers inside that grips the oil filter and a reservoir that catches the ensuing spill (for those of us who still have "right side up" filters).
Can't remember the link right now, but if anyone is interested I can find it.
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Can't remember the link right now, but if anyone is interested I can find it.
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07-05-2004, 07:27 PM
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Re: For those that change your own oil
there is so much oil in my bildge that i could just run a hose from the bottom of my bildge to the pickup tube instead of having an oil pan.
07-05-2004, 07:31 PM
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Re: For those that change your own oil
I don't want to say too much about it right now because we are still finalizing it. What it will do is eliminate the need to put the rags all over the place and should make it a quicker task. Originally it was made with the 496 and 500efi motors in mind but should work with many other applications.
