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OK, first I have to concede and say you CAN change the filter without removing the belly pan, I did remove the 4 pop clips to make it easier but I did not remove the pan entirely.
My Cube has 7035 miles on it and I am doing my second oil change, all went fine. You may remember the magnet trick I did at the first oil change. I have results!
I thought the heat may have effected the magnetism as I had read elsewhere, wrong!
I do not recommend doing the following as it is a complete MESS!
OK what you are looking at is the filter cut away and the magnet still attached
This is a small magnet about the size of a quarter
Here is the other side of the cut away. See all the metal in the circle shape?
Some metal on the cut edges is visible so I am certain it did not contaminate the test, and there was so much oil to also stop contamination. The metal housing surface is so close to the filter the cuttings would have had to pass thru the media also.
I used the magnet to collect and clean all the shavings and clean the oil away. Some of the cuttings will be in this but it will not be a significant amount.
This is an 11X11 paper towel.
A level view so you can see how thick the material is
So I welcome your comments and opinions
Please do yourself a fovor and don't do this! It is a huge mess! :no:
My Cube has 7035 miles on it and I am doing my second oil change, all went fine. You may remember the magnet trick I did at the first oil change. I have results!
I thought the heat may have effected the magnetism as I had read elsewhere, wrong!
I do not recommend doing the following as it is a complete MESS!
OK what you are looking at is the filter cut away and the magnet still attached

This is a small magnet about the size of a quarter
Here is the other side of the cut away. See all the metal in the circle shape?

Some metal on the cut edges is visible so I am certain it did not contaminate the test, and there was so much oil to also stop contamination. The metal housing surface is so close to the filter the cuttings would have had to pass thru the media also.
I used the magnet to collect and clean all the shavings and clean the oil away. Some of the cuttings will be in this but it will not be a significant amount.
This is an 11X11 paper towel.

A level view so you can see how thick the material is

So I welcome your comments and opinions
Please do yourself a fovor and don't do this! It is a huge mess! :no: