04 Civic EX Coupe - Anyone else have messy oil changes besides me? The factory filter as well as the Mobil 1 filters I use stay full when the engine shuts off - is this in the design of the filters themselves or the engine design? Inside the filter it appears there's a springy dingy that im guessing is an anti-drainback valve - however I do not see on the Mobil 1 box anything about anti-drainback. Any ideas? It makes a huge mess when I take off the filter and then I have to wipe down my oil pan etc... I'm running out of tshirts to destroy every 5000 miles.

Any insight?
Thanks!

 

All the oil changes ive done, the filter is full of oil. So when i take it off there oil drips everwhere. Im pretty sure this is true with all oil changes.

 

not on a mitsu, the filter is at the bottom, and the opening faces up, so you just unscrew it, and all the oil stays in the filter. but yeah, civics are a little messy. not a bad trade off for reliability.