One word: Jiffy Lube. (Okay, two words). When you get my age and physical condition, there are some things you just gotta delegate.
I have a buddy with a Yamaha Silverado. Oil filter is a cannister inside the crankcase. To get to it requires removing the right floorboard and exhaust pipe (!) Dunno what they were thinkin'. On Nov 25, 3:47 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > The later (at least from '09) Tacomas have the same arrangement > Kyle, the oil filter on top, ideal, Graham > > On Nov 25, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Kyle Munz wrote: > > > > > My tacoma has the filter right over the passenger-side upper A-arm. > > Not so hard to get to, but it also has the check valve to hold oil > > in the upper engine. So as soon as the filter is off all that oil > > spills down on the suspension and runs everywhere. No way to get a > > funnel or anything underneath it. > > My mom's 4Runner on the other hand has the oil filter on top of the > > engine, right in front, with a catch tray around it and a nipple on > > the bottom you could attach a hose to. You could change the oil > > filter in that truck while wearing your Sunday finest. > > > -Kyle > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Javier Garcia > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will be happy with that situation, especially since I try to do > > tire rotation every oil change. > > Javier. > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:04 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > my sunfire i had to remove the passenger front wheel and it was > > right there.. and that was every 6 weeks running from Norfolk to > > Baltimore every weekend > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Javier Garcia > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > LOL! I have a Nissan Versa that has sort of the same problem. The > > oil filter is horizontally mounted in the front, near the radiator. > > You have to come from above, making your arm wave through this very > > complicated path, and once I get there, my arm is trapped and I > > can't turn the filter. It is a real PITA. > > > Javier. > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Kurt Nolte > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Javier, that sounds like the ordeal I go through changing the oil > > in the civic. My arm needs an extra joint to be able to snake > > around the axle to get to the horizontally mounted oil filter, > > which then invariably dumps oil all over my arm, the axle and the > > floor like it's been laser guided. > > > Luckily that's an 'every six months' sort of ordeal. > > > Kurt > > >> On Nov 25, 2011 12:18 PM, "Javier Garcia" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> I guess it depends on the model. My buddy has a f650 dualsport, > >> and you have to drain the oil from two different parts of the > >> bike, one of the drains is fairly high (where the gas tank will be > >> in most bikes), which makes it very complicated. You also need to > >> take out the fairings to do this (also if you want to get access > >> to the battery). After few hours of work, half of my garage and > >> himself cover on oil, he was able to finish the job. Now I > >> understand why they charge so much at the bmw dealer. > > >> Javier. > > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Jeff Dennis > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > I ha 2 of them and you only have to change the oil in the case > >> and the rear final drive. 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