remote oil filter?

[hammer1]

is there a way to mount my oil filter in a spot, upside down, where it wont opour all over my driveway when i change my oil?
For a week before i do the change, i scout the trash for old carpet, which i have to put under the truck to catch all the oil that spills out of the filter. I've punched holes in the filter top to let air in, and ive let the truck even drain overnight, but i still make a mess, every time, and i've been doing it for 10 years!!!1
there has got to be some trick.
hammer

 

[Spook50]

is there a way to mount my oil filter in a spot, upside down, where it wont opour all over my driveway when i change my oil?
For a week before i do the change, i scout the trash for old carpet, which i have to put under the truck to catch all the oil that spills out of the filter. I've punched holes in the filter top to let air in, and ive let the truck even drain overnight, but i still make a mess, every time, and i've been doing it for 10 years!!!1
there has got to be some trick.
hammer

Puncture the top of your filter before you do anything else for the oil change. This lets it drain back into the crank case and reduces the mess to just a few drips when you pull the filter.

 

[Bookseeb]

I wish I would have thought of that 10 years ago.

 

[zebrabeefj40]

If you're set on a remote oil filter system a friend had an Amsoil dual remote filter mount on his 60. I think it used one standard filter and one very fine Amsoil filter. All the oil went through the standard filter each pass while I think 10 percent went through the fine filter each time through. You might also find one of the generic hotrod remote mount systems will work too. Contact Summit or Jegs for that. Poking holes in the filter only works on those without antidrainback valves IIRC and Toyota filters have those.

Nick

 

[Spook50]

Poking holes in the filter only works on those without antidrainback valves IIRC and Toyota filters have those.

Nick

Just gotta stab through the valve. K&N oil filters have it too, and I have to get the punch about 1.5" deep to make sure I puncture the valve.

 

[Pluton]

You can spill very little oil when removing the filter if you keep it spinning as you remove it and quickly tilt it over. IF I do this right, the 2 or 3 crumbled paper towells that I stuff under the bottom of the filter mount catch all or most of the spilled oil. BTW, I always figured the anti drainback valve was in the bottom(open) end of the filter, but what do I know?

 

[Tinker]

If you do go to a remote filter, make sure the lines are hooked up correctly by where they go to the filter: oil goes in the center & out the outside.

We put a remote filter on our 56 F100 with a 460, but my guy installed it according to the markings on the remote mount, which had the designations reversed. Needless to say it was one hard problem to diagnose after we finally installed a filter (years later) that had a check valve. Had no oil pressure, & we ended up tearing everything apart (intake manifold, timing cover, oil pan) looking for a loose or missing galley plug.