Re: Oil filter change on 2007/8 Altima

still just me wrote:
> 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. 
Nissan makes great motors and because the oil filter is a bit tough to 
change without a spill its moronic design?

I found out that the thermostat on my 98 Sentra 1.6 is in a difficult 
location. I asked myself why Nissan would do it and realized that the 
engine must have originally been for a RWD design and was then adapted 
to FWD for my car.

To keep the costs of retooling low Nissan must have changed only what 
was really necessary.

CD