Miata Mailing List: September 1993, Message #4
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   From: suskind@isdev1.melpar.esys.com (Barry A. Suskind)
Subject: re: Oil Filters
   Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 11:12:56 -0400

1. My problem is the number of times that Mazda has flipped between two
   different types of oil filters. (I get this news from the Miata Club
   newsletter).

2. What problem with the oil filter other than the mess it makes? I have
   found that jacking the passenger side of the car allows decent access
   via the passenger front wheel well. I only have to wad up about 3 paper
   towels (bounty) to absorb the oil mess. I have never had to use an oil
   wrench unless the filter was put on by a gas station or service center.
   The worst was on a Lancia Scorpion I used to own and their filter was
   the size of an old oil drum and nobody made a filter wrench for it. My
   only choice was to jam a screwdriver into the side of it (near the end
   so I didn't damage anything but the filter) and turn....


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