Re: Oil filter change on 2007/8 Altima

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:58:40 GMT, "G" <ginnaam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>They are doing it underneath the car so its easier for them, but when I
did 
>it I jacked up the car removed the right wheel  used the same procedure
that 
>they did.
>
>If you just unscrew the filter, you are going to get oil all over the 
>frame.There is adequate gap between the frame and the engine block to
allow 
>the oil to drain out of the filter into a pan.

Moronic design. As I recall, all of my Nissans suffered from similar
"you're gonna get oil on something when you pull the filter" issues.
Most of these were simple shroud/underpan issues of one sort or
another where a minor design change would have prevented the problem.
It's obvious they don't care. 

That said... removing the wheel seems like way too much work for an
oil change. How about jut hanging some newspaper of perhaps tin foil
to keep the oil off the car.