oil filter change - what a mess! please help

[87bluebird]

Changing the oil in my wife's RSX-S. I first drain the oil at the pan till it runs dry. Then, when I take the oil filter off, it drains all over the axle and subframe below - and then onto the driveway of course!!

Is there a way to make sure that the filter is empty before removing it from the block? Is it something simple that I'm just not getting?

I have a CRX-Si, also. After draining it, I remove the oil filter and it's dry already. No mess.

What gives?

[paulkramer]

Not sure why your CRX doesn't behave similarly, but then I have never worked on a CRX.

I have however had the same results every time I change my RSX oil and filter. So does everyone else, apparently. Do a search on this topic on clubrsx.com, and you will read a lot of similar stories.

Some people have had luck with a 1/2 gallon milk carton with a hole cut for the filter to catch the dripping oil. I tried it and made a mess anyway. I just resign myself to having to clean up all that damn oil after a filter change.

Sucks.

[SiGNAL748]

Practice Practice Practice. The oil spill is inevitable.

[87bluebird]

Well, the milk carton (or milk jug, in my world) idea sounds plausible. I bet I can make that work.

Thanks!

[russiankid]

all cars still have oil in teh filter even if there isnt any oil in the oil pan,thats why you can to have the oil colecting pan under the area where the filter is, but the oil going all over the axles is weird, on my 89 accord that doesnt happen, and its hard to get to the filter

[paulkramer]

Has anyone asked an Acura tech how they deal with this? Probably the same way we do, unless maybe they have some kind of little specially designed oil catch tool.......