I LEARNED'D something today!

[Hijacker]

I'd be more worried if she passed me in post count. Isn't going to happen anytime soon, but

$7 for an oil filter? I'd rather continuing to fork out a few extra dollars and get K&N like I've been doing than pay $7 for an OEM filter.

Also, K&Ns have that awesome 1" nut on the end to get a wrench on. And if you've ever changed an SR filter, you'd appreciate that.

[snwbrdr435]

reading owned me, and +1 for the K&N that nut on there is awsome

[xckid]

no need all ka here baby

just messin with ya Official NICO Post Whore

[Hijacker]

I would cry myself to sleep if I didn't have that nut on there. Nissan really dropped the ball when they placed that filter location. And all the relocation kits I see, the install puts the filter so the opening is facing down. Which really baffles me. I would want it pointing up so I didn't make such a mess every time I changed filters.

[xckid]

home made oil relocation kit ftw?? maybe

aight ill be out for bout an hour need to pick up the stuff...and make a trip to a junk yard

[Hijacker]

The kits are professionally made. Greddy and the like. I just see the installers choose really retarded locations. I would personally put it on the frame rail pointing down. Easy to get to, and the oil pooled in the filter won't get over everything.

Here's one I pulled off of FRSports' site



And here's one from a board member:Minus 10 points for using Fram, and I have to remove 3 style points for allowing the hoses to route so visibly.

[numbnuts240]

rofl, you guys like nuts on page 69 . anywho, i read somewhere that if you drill a hole in the bottom of the filter while the oil is draining (this is of course with a relocation kit and the filter bottom side up), that the oil will drain out of the filter making a lot less mess when you take it off. i can't say for sure if it works since i don't have a relocation kit, but it seems to make sense.

[snwbrdr435]

I dont think they really care about locations on that stuff as long as it is there, until they get complaints. The older g35s had the dipstick in the most retarded location and now it is right up front where it should be.

[Hijacker]

rofl, you guys like nuts on page 69 . anywho, i read somewhere that if you drill a hole in the bottom of the filter while the oil is draining (this is of course with a relocation kit and the filter bottom side up), that the oil will drain out of the filter making a lot less mess when you take it off. i can't say for sure if it works since i don't have a relocation kit, but it seems to make sense.

The problem is that good filters have a check valve in them that holds oil in the filter for cold starts. When you pull them off, the oil will come back out the way it went in, and you have about a half a filter's worth of oil stuck in there.

[snwbrdr435]

for some reason drilling into your oil filter when it is attached to your car seems like a bad idea

[numbnuts240]

bad news guys, i just found out i won't be able to play with you all tomorrow. i got stuck going to boston for a pre-bid meeting, so i'll be on the road for most of the day. the only good thing about the trip is that i'll be meeting up with an old friend of mine for lunch, so that should be cool.

[drksolest]

Kool... be careful tomorrow. text me if you get bored!

[numbnuts240]

i'll be esploding your phone, 2 hours each way with nothing but fm radio and smokes to keep me busy, not going to go well without some cellular companionship.

[drksolest]

cause you know i'll be here... bored like always! they giving you a company car? what is it?

[numbnuts240]

i'll be driving the truck

[drksolest]

really... they don't give you a company car to use for business trips? damn.

[xckid]

that sucks do they atleast pay for your gas??

just got back went out and just spent 60 odd buxs :/

***** better be running with ac once im done

went to the junkyard bought ahose for the ac system 30buxksoil change 34buxs with filternow i still need food and gas.

[numbnuts240]

lol, that is my company vehicle. april 2007, they handed me some keys, a set of plates, registration, insurance card, and a mobil gas card. i just looked at it all not knowing what was going on and my boss just said, get your car off my lot, come back and get that truck out of my warehouse.

[xckid]

ohhhlol

nice

[numbnuts240]

i get 16 miles to the gallon on a good tank in that thing, there is no way in hell i'd buy a pick-up that big for myself. but it does come in handy when i have to buy big things for the house

[drksolest]

that's why i want a truck!!! I moved sooooooooo much, it would make my life soooooo much easier!!!!

[numbnuts240]

i just got an email from my boss that contained this pic.

[drksolest]

[snwbrdr435]

haha nothing about making sandwiches

[numbnuts240]

that falls under the Etc. category

[snwbrdr435]

haha i guess im starving time to go scavenge for food

[numbnuts240]

are you familiar with the somerville-medford area at all?

[snwbrdr435]

yep where are you headed to on your trip up here

[numbnuts240]

well my meeting is with massport at logan, but my friend goes to school in medford and lives in somerville, so i'll be meeting up with her around that area for lunch. i'm just trying to figure out a place to grab a decent meal that won't cost me a butt load of money lol. i swear, i'm not cheap, just broke

[snwbrdr435]

depends on what you like to eat..... that area has amazing food you just have to find it logan sucks i spend way to much time at that place