What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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... and not making a huge mess!?!?! I've had to change the oil filter a few times on my Road Runner, and despite my best efforts, every time I've finished the project with a bunch of degreaser and a garden hose. I've got TTi headers and a short filter. No 90 degree adapter. Just not enough room to work down there to put any sort of deflector, or to wrap the headers. I've tried just about everything short of installing a remote filter. I've been a big block guy for a long time. I'm used to just trying to keep it off the K-frame. It's an easy clean-up.
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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wrap the header in aluminum foil, change filter, let mess drain, remove foil.
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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wrap the header in aluminum foil, change filter, let mess drain, remove foil.
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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I've tried the foil before. Guess I need some heavier stuff because what I borrowed from the wife's kitchen would tear when I tried to wrap.
-Jim
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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Sharpen a steel rod to use as a punch.. Punch a hole in the filter & drain it before you unscrew it.. I use a piece of a plastic bottle to direct the oil were I want it to go... Then as you unscrew the filter drop it directly into a ziplock bag...
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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I cut a hunk of cardboard big enough to make a "roof" over the part of the header to be dripped on and a drip pan. Oil drips on cardboard, flows to the pan, and stayes off header. Works great!
That's exactly what I do as well, jam the cardboard under the filter against the block. I wrap aluminum foil around the tubes 1st as a precaution.
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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I use a small (low profile) plastic bowl that sits on top of the header (below the oil filter) to catch the oil. Works great, no oil on the header pipes.
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Re: What's the secret to changing a SB oil filter w/headers
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try it with a set of hot headers
cold is fine just takes a little longer to drain
yea tell me about it.those tti headers are not cheep,nothing like oil on a hot ceramic header.didnt take me long to learn to do it cold
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