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Subject:Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:06:08 -0700

On 08/09/2011 06:20 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> ---- Rocket J Squirrel<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>  wrote:
>> On 08/08/2011 04:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

>>> To remove a small amount of oil remove the filter and empty it
>>> out or just change it. .
>>>
>>
>> Once you got tencentlife's external oil cooler installed, the two
>> heavy-duty hoses coming off the filter's banjo adapter make it
>> easier to undo the oil drain plug than try to access the filter.
>
> I have the tencentlife oil cooler installed on my 2.1.  I have no
> trouble accessing or removing the oil filter.  mcneely

I'm not saying it's undoable, just that it's kind of a pain. Maybe your
hoses got routed better than mine. Or you have a better filter-grabber
than I do. I usually dislocate a wrist wrenching the filter out on mine.
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott