Lmao yeah I just grabbed some oil filter pliers from the parts store. That did the trick. So many interference items just for an oil filter. I got maybe two degrees of rotation with each squeeze.
Lmao yeah I just grabbed some oil filter pliers from the parts store. That did the trick. So many interference items just for an oil filter. I got maybe two degrees of rotation with each squeeze.
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oof, gotta hate the engineers that design shit like that! Engineers must hate mechanics, so the feeling is mutual…
AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I feel you, but the reality is probably more like “Project Manager said I need to save 13 more cents on materials or he’ll murder my children, so if I move the oil filter from this nice easy to access location and remove the lip that catches any drippage it’ll get us there.”
90% of the time it’s the bosses.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On the plus side the top mounted filter was kinda nice. I didn’t have to worry about spilling a filter’s worth of oil on the garage floor.
Not like it matters because it already leaks. But hey, we take the good with the bad.
papalonian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Reading this comment made something click and now I feel dumb.
When looking at these cars with top mounted oil filters, I’ve always thought “gee, that must be annoying, every time you change the filter it’s gonna dump oil all over the place!”
The filter is empty. It dumped oil all over the inside of the engine. Where it’s 'sposed to be.