On 08/09/2011 06:20 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: > ---- Rocket J Squirrel<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> On 08/08/2011 04:12 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >>> To remove a small amount of oil remove the filter and empty it >>> out or just change it. . >>> >> >> Once you got tencentlife's external oil cooler installed, the two >> heavy-duty hoses coming off the filter's banjo adapter make it >> easier to undo the oil drain plug than try to access the filter. > > I have the tencentlife oil cooler installed on my 2.1. I have no > trouble accessing or removing the oil filter. mcneely I'm not saying it's undoable, just that it's kind of a pain. Maybe your hoses got routed better than mine. Or you have a better filter-grabber than I do. I usually dislocate a wrist wrenching the filter out on mine. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott |
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