T&T: 10 KW Northern Lights Genset.. And the horizontal oil filter.

[Keith]

Mine is the same on my Westerbeke. To drain it, take a nail, ice pick, etc. 
and poke a hole in the top of the filter. This will allow at least some of 
the oil to drain back into the engine. Then do the Ziploc bag thing. That's 
about the best I can come up with. I don't even bother trying to prime the 
filter like I used to with my cars. That would be especially hard with my 
upside-down mounted Lehman filter!


Keith
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ford" <johnpford@mac.com>



> Well, I'm now on my 3rd oil change and I cannot understand for the
> life of me why there oil filter is situated in a Horizontal
> position.  My current dance I use to change is drain the oil and then
> get a oversized Freezer bag which I put up against the motor as tight
> as possible.  This then allows me to catch as much oil before it gets
> down low to the oil absorbing diaper then I get to clean the motor up.
>
> Also because of it being horizontal it minimizes any oil if any that
> I can put in the filter before spinning it back on.  I'm sorry I
> rebuilt engines as a kid and was always taught to prime the oil
> filter and it bugs me.  Has anyone run into this issue and thought of
> a answer to this???  By the way my 8 kw Northern Lights Genset had
> the oil-filter in a normal and vertical position.