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[Alan Drover]

In the current issue of Practical Classics there's a review of a tool to prevent oil spillage from a spin off filter. The filter is loosened with a suitable tool then the £49.54 piece of plastic is pushed on to the filter and unscrewed this preventing oil from running up your sleeve. However, the filter on my 2.5 petrol engine is angled and the one on my MGB is upside down!!!!!!

[ZebraDriver]

When I Saw the title I thought this was a post about Boris Johnson.

[diffwhine]

^^^For the moment anyway, we can relax on that one...

On the 200Tdi engine its even worse and you always get an armpit full of old sump oil. I find a strategically placed piece of heavy duty plastic bag or polyethene does the job fine to divert the run off.

Agreed though - seems like yet another pointless tool.

[Wittsend]

Why not just loosen the filter then put a plastic bag under it and turn the bag with the filter

 

[diffwhine]

Far too much common sense there Alan...

[Alan Drover]

The 2.5 filter is in the same position as the 200/300!Tdi ones. I just slacken mine and let the oil drip out slowly so it's caught in the drainage container.

[kev]

That’s what bread bags are made for.👌

[diffwhine]

But bread bags have holes in them don't they to stop the bread sweating? I guarantee the holes will be in the wrong place.

That's is unless you shop at Waitrose - the loaves cost as much as a second mortgage and they come in a paper bag. I know because I made the mistake of buying a loaf there last week...

[Wittsend]

No, our Hovis comes in a proper plastic bag 

Just think how many plastic bags you can get for £50

Failing that - use the wrapper that your B2L comes in.


 

[geoff]

When I Saw the title I thought this was a post about Boris Johnson.

  I thought it was about Sturgeon and Calmac etc etc ....

[Alan Drover]

We have a bread maker which turns a grey sludge into a loaf of bread in 4 hours.
Maybe a bread maker could be classified under the heading of this topic but it works for us.

[diffwhine]

Now we've gone way OT... Trying to work out how I could use a bread maker to stop oil drips. Cleaning it might be a problem. New flavour - 20W50...

[Alan Drover]

The bread mix container could be held under the filter to catch the oil.
The variety and humour of replies is what I really like about this forum.

[diffwhine]

The bread mix container could be held under the filter to catch the oil.

Yes - I can see that as an option, but were I to do that with any kitchen implement (and I don't have a bread maker...), my wife would remove my head with a meat cleaver and feed it to the dog.

[Exile]

but were I to do that with any kitchen implement (and I don't have a bread maker...), my wife would remove my head with a meat cleaver and feed it to the dog.

Which is exactly the reason I no longer have a wife.

Or a dog.

(She took the meat cleaver with her......)