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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:03:27 GMT
From: "Michael W. Pioso" <mpiosonopsamatlantic.net>
Subject: Re: I want to beat a Saab engineer to death with a blunt spanner...


Hi, My 9000 86 Turbo lets me go in from the top of the engine by snaking my arm down between the fire wall and the engine and untwist from there. There is oil spill due to canted angle and an old towel placed underneath the filter helps that one. I have just enough room to stick finger in filter threads to pull it straight up between engine and firewall without further spillage. New filter goes back in the same way. Only time on the ground is spent doing pan bolt and oil drain pan insertion and removal. But my arms are skinny! Mike cs wrote: > On 26 Nov 2003 18:37:49 GMT, Adrian <spamtrapnopsampman.freeisp.co.uk> > wrote: > > >>Open the bonnet ('88 c900i) and everything looks *dead* easy. Pah. >> >>---SNIP--- > > >>- Oil filter. It was a Fram one on there, roughly the size of a bucket. If >>the alternator hadn't been out anyway, I think it'd still be in there... > > > Try changing the filter on a 2.0 litre 9000 - it's located in the rear > - you need to turn the wheels to the left, lift the car with a floor > jack, snake your body between the wheel and jack, then then bend your > left arm up and around frame members, and drive shaft to reach the > filter. As you attempt to work your wrench onto the filter, you'll > more often than not catch onto tubes that are in too close a > proximity to the filter, and then once you do hook onto it, you need > to be mindful of the hot wire your wrench may come in contact with > feeding the starter. Then comes the fun part - as the filter comes > loose, your arm is bathed in hot, dirty oil, and if you forget to > place a large quantity of paper towels between the frame members and > the filter, you'll collect a pool of oil that drips out onto the drive > shaft, which steadily flings it off onto your exhaust, creating such a > lovely smell. > > I was pleasantly surprised when I got my 2.3 litre 9000, to find the > filter up front

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