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      02-13-2008, 12:57 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by hl0m4n View Post
for my daily commuter car (toyota corolla 02) i look under about to do an oil change and i see the oil filter. now my question is if i remove the oil filter, thats where the oil comes out right b/c unlike bmw with oil filter in the engine and a drain plug at the bottom, i just have to remove the oil filter and voila? same applies for acura rdx which when i checked has the oil filter at bottom as well.

thanks.
sure, you can remove the filter w/o draining the oil first. It'll just make ONE HELL OF A BIG MESS! You also won't get all the oil out. There's oil in the pan that sits below the level of the filter.
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