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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / January 2008Oil filter change on 2007/8 Altima
How the heck do you pull off the old filter without having oil run all over the frame that runs right underneath filter? I guess the oil filter had to be put somewhere, but this is stupid. Has anyone figured out a way to pull that thing off without making a huge mess? on 1/6/2008 11:06 PM martin.schuessler@gmail.com said the following: > How the heck do you pull off the old filter without having oil run all > over the frame that runs right underneath filter? I guess the oil [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > huge mess? > Get a drain pan that lays on its flat side. Drain oil first. Put a flat pan or towel on the frame. Pull off filter. keep the body side of the filter up as much as possible, Use rags to clean off frame, if necessary.  SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ You should drain the oil first and the filter last. If you do it the other way around the oil pressure in the filter will spray oil out and over the frame. How the heck do you pull off the old filter without having oil run all over the frame that runs right underneath filter? I guess the oil filter had to be put somewhere, but this is stupid. Has anyone figured out a way to pull that thing off without making a huge mess? I already drain the oil first. There isn't enough room between the bottom of the oil filter and the top of the frame rail to wedge any kind of pan in. I have changed my oil O&F as well have had the oil changed by my dealer and they never get any oil on the frame (maybe a drip). I watched them change the oil and filter. They pop the fasteners and remove the rectangle panel of inner fender panel over the filter. Drain the oil and then ""crack"" the filter, the oil starts to drain out between the oil filter and the block and ""gradually"" undo the filter, put a rag under the filter and remove it from the block. No oil on frame. They are doing it underneath the car so its easier for them, but when I did it I jacked up the car removed the right wheel used the same procedure that they did. If you just unscrew the filter, you are going to get oil all over the frame.There is adequate gap between the frame and the engine block to allow the oil to drain out of the filter into a pan. I already drain the oil first. There isn't enough room between the bottom of the oil filter and the top of the frame rail to wedge any kind of pa >They are doing it underneath the car so its easier for them, but when I did >it I jacked up the car removed the right wheel used the same procedure that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >frame.There is adequate gap between the frame and the engine block to allow >the oil to drain out of the filter into a pan. Moronic design. As I recall, all of my Nissans suffered from similar "you're gonna get oil on something when you pull the filter" issues. Most of these were simple shroud/underpan issues of one sort or another where a minor design change would have prevented the problem. It's obvious they don't care. That said... removing the wheel seems like way too much work for an oil change. How about jut hanging some newspaper of perhaps tin foil to keep the oil off the car. >>They are doing it underneath the car so its easier for them, but when I did >>it I jacked up the car removed the right wheel used the same procedure that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > oil change. How about jut hanging some newspaper of perhaps tin foil > to keep the oil off the car. Nissan makes great motors and because the oil filter is a bit tough to change without a spill its moronic design? I found out that the thermostat on my 98 Sentra 1.6 is in a difficult location. I asked myself why Nissan would do it and realized that the engine must have originally been for a RWD design and was then adapted to FWD for my car. To keep the costs of retooling low Nissan must have changed only what was really necessary. CD >Nissan makes great motors and because the oil filter is a bit tough to >change without a spill its moronic design? I haven't noticed that the majority of their motors are particularly "great". Please feel free to ad some specifics... but with the exception of a couple notable motors then seem to be par for the course. But, in attention to simple issues like maintenance... issues that could be fixed with some very minor change in part design, indicate that they don't care. >I found out that the thermostat on my 98 Sentra 1.6 is in a difficult >location. I asked myself why Nissan would do it and realized that the >engine must have originally been for a RWD design and was then adapted >to FWD for my car. >To keep the costs of retooling low Nissan must have changed only what >was really necessary. In other words, another moronic design and another case where they couldn't be bothered to do it right. |
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