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Just did about 3,000 km on the truck and I can see the oil getting sooty. Time for a change.
This is my first time doing it on the HDJ81, I went through previous posts but didn't find answer to these questions, help pleeez:
1- The filter is sitting upright, I am assuming once I undo it, it will spill oil all over the place, true? Any tricks to keep the surroundings clean during the process?
2- It is a common practice to prime the new filter with clean oil prior to threading it back on, how can this be done if the filter is upright the way it is?

Talking about filters, any special tricks to change the fuel filter too or just follow the FSM?

Thanks for the help.
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