Hi Trevor,
I will cut it open, I guess, but I have never had that happen before,
and the car was only sitting about an hour before I removed the filter.
OTOH, I have never used that filter type before, and I guess it could
have some special valving...
O.K., you goaded me, I was gonna cut it open anyway, so I ran out to the
garage, and laid into it with the sawsall, and sure enough, full of nice
dirty oil. I guess I like that feature, no mess when changing the
oil!(except for my vise, which looks like the Exon Valdez ran aground on
it)
Thanks for giving me giving me the kickstart!
Yours,
Dave
Trevor Boicey wrote:
>
> David E. Brown wrote:
> > Anyone had this happen to them? I went to change the oil on my 1500
> > Midget (77) and when I removed the filter, after draining the oil, it
> > looked like it had not had any oil ran through it. Normally there is
> > still some dirty oil in the filter, but I took it off, turned it upside
> > down, and....nothing came out. What does this mean?
>
> Cut it open and see. Perhaps the oil drained out of the
> filter while the car was parked, or perhaps the valving
> in the filter is keeping oil in so it doesn't leak all
> over your garage. (would be nice)
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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