What's the secret to changing oil with skid plate installed?

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:04 am

Ok, my first oil change with my Skid Row plates installed. darn, I have a fumoto so the oil was no problem, but when I tried to remove the oil filter I leaked oil all over the plate and eventually over the sides onto my driveway!~ darn IT! What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Lancer · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:33 am

It's relatively easy - basically a big drain bowl underneath:) If there's anything else, I have yet to find it.

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:19 pm

Aluminum foil - shape your own funnel to match - and it'll still spill some.

WolverineFW · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:45 pm

Loosen filter slightly. Punch hole in bottom of filter with screwdriver. Drain most of the oil out of said filter. Remove carefully. Have lots of rags on hand.

Now at least if you spill, it will only be a little. ;-)

tregrrr · **Joined:** Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:37 pm **Posts:** 59

These are your friend for ALL oil changing applications. Steal them from anywhere you can get your hands on them. Unfortunately I have a wholseale account so have to purchase my own, but prior to that, theft was the best procurement method as they cost about a dollar each and so long as someone else is paying, they are worth 5x price paid :ROTFL:

LOL

They ignore water completely, and lock in oil almost absolutely

When boats sink or do dumb things at the fuel dock, the marina will put up a containment boom and start throwing these out on the surface. (good time to steal them

) They then float on the surface of the ocean and stay completely dry until coming in contact with oil products at which point they do to oil what tampax does to blood.

Imagine how helpful they could be around anything artificially painted/coated opaque black....

Oily hands (when you forgot to abscond with nitrile gloves first) wiped with these come almost clean, usually only needing dishsoap washing instead of industrial surfactants

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:10 am

So what you're saying is short of removing the skid plate there is NO way to remove the filter without dumping nearly a quart onto the pan, and eventually the driveway! darn IT! Why isnt there a hole there as there is the drain plug????

racertracer · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:41 am

I cut and shaped an empty round plastic gallon container, such as one used for windshield washer fluid and shaped it into a gutter like drain, hung one end under the oil filter and the other end I directed into a catch basin.

No mess on the pavement.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:33 pm

Thanks RT.

racertracer · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:55 pm

No problem CJ.

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