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Originally posted by rst
Any advice on how to not make such a huge mess when draining the oil? I can catch the oil coming out of the pan just fine, but the oil filter is in a hard to reach place. When it comes off, oil goes everywhere.
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One trick I use is to lay down a few sheets of newspaper under the area I anticipate making a mess in. I live in Vancouver, so its always kind of windy here - to keep the papers from flying around, either use a few extra wrenches, or dampen the work surface so the paper sticks.
Also, the whole magnet-in-the-oil pan thing - wouldn't that just magnetize all the shavings in the oil and make it basically IMPOSSIBLE to get them out once they work their way up into the engine's cylinders?