Oil Filter removal - reduce mess on removal

[SheepDog]

Just use a sheet of aluminum foil. you can form it into shape around the filter and make a ramp all the way down past the frame. a roll of heavy duty foil costs 5 bucks

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[Keeffa]

Alright here’s the holy grail of oil filter removal, someone needs to try this. I would but just did my oil change last week

edit: they make a smaller one as well

Yeah I'm not sure that would work on a Mustang, there's not much room around the filter. I struggle to get the filter undone and out without spilling. Although I do use a bigger filter than the Ford one.

 

[JOKER M1]

Yeah I'm not sure that would work on a Mustang, there's not much room around the filter. I struggle to get the filter undone and out without spilling. Although I do use a bigger filter than the Ford one.

me neither but there is a smaller one and you grip and unscrew the filter with it. It’s worth trying but I won’t be due for another oil change till next year

 

[Keeffa]

me neither but there is a smaller one and you grip and unscrew the filter with it. It’s worth trying but I won’t be due for another oil change till next year

Me either, I just changed my oil. I used rags to catch the oil but ended up in a right mess. The Joy's of motoring.

 

[cheeser]

Just use a sheet of aluminum foil. you can form it into shape around the filter and make a ramp all the way down past the frame. a roll of heavy duty foil costs 5 bucks

I‘ve tried that…couldn't form a good enough seal against block to catch that oil that comes out when first removing the filter. The aluminum foils does works as a funnel catching oil traveling down outside the filter.

Ive punched a hole in filter to try and drain before removing the filter, but suprised in how much remained when spinning filter off.

 

[SheepDog]

I‘ve tried that…couldn't form a good enough seal against block to catch that oil that comes out when first removing the filter. The aluminum foils does works as a funnel catching oil traveling down outside the filter.

Ive punched a hole in filter to try and drain before removing the filter, but suprised in how much remained when spinning filter off.

Yeah, it isn't perfect but cheaper and jsut as effective as the other solutions. I also just stuff a bunch of paper towel below the filter adapter/cooler and on the splash tray before draining. The filter is just in a terrible spot.

 

[17MagMetal]

I personally prefer to rust proof my asphalt floors.

 

[wingnutt]

I use the bendy green thing, but @pilotgore was 3D printing some cool stuff for this not long ago

 

[cerbomark]

I push a small plastic bag up as far past the filter on the under side as I can. Leading the end out past the belly pan. Works every time for me. open end down of coarse.
A piece of folded cardboard also worked too, as I m sure the foil would do the same.

 

[Prodigal]

I use the bendy green thing, but @pilotgore was 3D printing some cool stuff for this not long ago

I am on the wait list for the Mach1 version but I don’t believe it ever became a reality.

 

[pilotgore]

I use the bendy green thing, but @pilotgore was 3D printing some cool stuff for this not long ago

Thanks for the shout out, unfortunately we never cracked the Mach 1 nut, only the gt350 and gt500.

 

[pilotgore]

I am on the wait list for the Mach1 version but I don’t believe it ever became a reality.

There’s 70 of you on the waitlist, but unfortunately we were never able to come up with a design that worked 100% of the time. I can promise it’s not from lack of trying. Sorry we couldn’t make it work!

 

[cheeser]

The filter is just in a terrible spot.

Agreed…wish it was more vertical and the access door was a bit bigger.

Oh well…at least I”ll take care to minimize the mess and clean it up if needed…unlike a shop.

 

[Prodigal]

There’s 70 of you on the waitlist, but unfortunately we were never able to come up with a design that worked 100% of the time. I can promise it’s not from lack of trying. Sorry we couldn’t make it work!

What was it that created the problem that’s not present on the GT, 350 or 500?

 

[pilotgore]

What was it that created the problem that’s not present on the GT, 350 or 500?

The gt350/gt500 oil filters are the smaller style cartridge filters that sit at a 25 degree angle from horizontal instead of the 45 degree angle of the coyote engines (GT, Mach 1). When viewed from the driver side wheel well, it appears the gt350/gt500 oil filter is pointed directly at the bottom side of the wheel well, which is why we’re able to insert an oil filter guide from the wheel well up to the oil filter. This allows us to drain and remove the oil filter through the wheel well. The added angle and additional filter circumference on the coyote engine oil filter makes this little trick impossible.

The real problem is, there’s no good way to hold an oil filter guide in place on the coyote motor during filter removal. In the case of the gt350/gt500, we utilize spots in the wheel well to secure and hold the guide in place.

Here’s a video I made showing the oil filter guide for the 350 in use. Go to the 4:24 mark and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

I have had a few M1 and 2015-2016 gt350 customers convert to the cartridge style filter receiver so they can use the oil filter guide. I wish the conversion for you guys wasn’t as expensive as it is… Last I heard it’s $350-$450.

Again, sorry to everyone who waited patiently for a solution….. it was beyond our abilities.

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