XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   > In article , wade@cooler.net says...   
   >> Of course you change your filter every time  you change your oil!   
   >>   
   >> Here's why:   
   >> You're already underneath the vehicle.   
   >> The drain pan is in already place.   
   >> You already have oily hands and a greasy smear on your face.   
   >> You've already skinned your right hand knuckles and yelled Damn it!   
   >> Walmart sells a standard Fram oil filter for $3.88 while Fram's "Ultra   
   >> Synthetic 20,000 Mile Change Interval" filter goes for $8.57.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > You have not changed the filter on some of the newer cars.  Toyota has   
   > gone to an old timey cartrage type filter instead of the screw on ones.   
   > You often have to remove much of the shielding or whatever you call that   
   > stuff under the engine that helps with the wind resistance.   
   >   
   > As I have gotten lazy in the last few years and don't drive much, I just   
   > take my car and truck to the dealer once a year and let them service it   
   > and inspect it. Doubt they change the filter, but who knows ?   
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   There are a lot of vehicles with cartridge filters. That started over 20   
   years ago. Some are easy, some are a pain. Then you have some cars that   
   no longer have drain plugs and use spin on filters. Just keeping track   
   can be fun. I do like some of them though, top mounted oil filter and   
   easy access dipstick that you can pull all the oil out of. Nothing like   
   not even getting dirt on your hands to do an oil change.   
      
      
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   Steve W.   
      
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