DerekJ,
I, too, like the idea of maintaining the originality, especially where visible like the oil filter. What finally changed my mine was an oil change about a year ago. Although it is difficult to remove the canister w/o dumping part of the contents on the garage floor, I would use a catch pan and that wasn't so bad. But on this one oil change where I thought I had been real careful reattaching the canister, I found the real difficulty. The canister looked centered and I tightened the bolt, proceeded to start the engine, and immediately looked to see if there were any leaks. In the short time that it took to start the car, get out and look at the filter, and reach over the passenger door to shut off the engine, THREE quarts of oil had been deposited on my garage floor. Had I not checked for a leak with due diligence, almost all of the oil would have been pumped out. I obviously messed up attaching the canister which was my fault /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif, but then switched to the spin on adapter to avoid the mistake in the future. For those still using the original, I suggest having someone directly looking at the filter on the initial start up to avoid my mistake. I just didn't realize how fast the oil would leak out in a matter of just a few seconds.