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Old 09-13-2006, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
if I raise my SD up by the front, with the rear tires on the ground, the engine tilts at a pretty steep angle, I bet there is at least 1 qt left in the pan with that tilt. then if you lowered the motor to get to the filter, changed it, and raised it back up to check the plug, I bet oil from the back of the pan as well as from the filter housing would be evident.
so, I wonder if it is oil in the filter housing, or mostly from the rear of the pan?
Hmm.
That is why i posted the earlier question about how best to drain the oil.
John
No it is oil from the filter housing that drains out. Apparently there is a "reservoir" of oil that drains when you remove the filter holder. My car was on a lift the whole time, dead level so the only oil that came down after my initial drain was from the filter housing itself. Besides, on the 606 the drain plug is not on the back but on the side of the crankcase, toward the front.
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