Hi all -

Not a problem at all to change filters at anytime.
Just take off the old filter and install a new one.
Just a few drips will come down.

I had a filter so loose on my ex-Vanagon

(how loose was it! the audience gamely asks)

It was sooo loose that it took two turns to make
contact with the seal!  It leaked just a little.

I was hunting for oil leaks that ended up on
the rear hatch.  This loose filter was dripping a small
amount onto the exhaust, but the larger culprit was
leaky push rod seals.

And since Subaru engines are becomming sorta
topical on this list, I changed the filter on my
Subaru (it's horizontal, not vertical BTW) after
finding a leak in the seam of the filter itself,
again, only a few drips.

- Jeff   Ineeda21/23windowsunroofDeluxewalkthru!
to be used for daily driving

'80 Westi Daily Driver   SOLD and driven away
'80 Westi non-running    SOLD and hauled away
'66 Bus, Kombi SALE PENDING, to be picked up Wednesday
and then I'll be bussless for the first time in 18 years! aarrgghh!

'22 Piano, upright Kohler & Cambell FOR SALE
'67 Sqbk    '64 Ford Crewcab
'87 Subaru 4WD   '97 Nissan Quest
Grass Valley, California, USA
Jeffrey.Carver@Aerojet.com
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  [though it would be a real pain in the neck (to say
the least) to put on a new filter after you already changed the oil]