[C320-list] OIL CHANGE

[Warren Updike]

Cheeze, I'm so angry I could s?it (apply the appropriate letter of your choice, H or P.)  This time I loosened the filter just enough so I could turn it by hand, stuffed oil absorbant material undet the filter, then punched a hole in the top of the end, put a plastic bag over it and rotated it until the hole was at the bottom (that's a mere 1/2 turn.)  Sure enough, the oil oozed out into the bag.  I thought I was in fat city (anyone recognize that term?)  That is, until I looked under the engine to see a smear of black oil coming down the sump.  This was the worse mess of any previous filter change attempt.  Why would one design such an affair.  Isn't there an adapter to allow a remote filter install?   Time to change the filter: 5 min.; time to clean-up: 35 min.  To make matters worse, unless you are Ichabod Crane or anorexic, there is no way to reach far enough under the oil pan to clean-up all the mess.  (You can guess my age group by the comparisons I use.)

Back to the drawing board.

Warren & Pattie Updike
C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
Chesapeake Bay