The answer is yes if you just unscrew it. After starting up the motor to get the oil hot then after I shut it down the motor I just punch a couple of hole in the top of the filter and leave it alone for half an hour so it drains back into the engine. Works on our boat with an upside down filter....
I had Mercruiser 8.1 with an upside-down remote oil filter. Here is what I do:
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8) fill new oil filter with oil.
9) 'quick as a hiccup' install the new oil filter.
10) remove oil absorbing pad and clean-up any spillage.
After a while, you'll get pretty good at it. I can do it without spilling any oil.
Great idea with the duck tape
And yet another item in our list to buy
Great idea with the duck tape
And yet another item in our list to buy
I have a similar arrangement and discovered after about my fourth oil change that the base that the filter screws onto actually has a drain plug. I made a heck of a mess with each of those changes but got progressively better at catching more and more of it using different techniques. For the 5th oil change I got the oil warm as I would for any change, opened the drain plugs, and let the filters drain into a small bucket that I placed beneath them. After that, removing the filters was completely mess free. I can't tell if your base has the same or a similar drain, but be sure to look for one. And yep, I felt like a dummy after finding the drains. Good luck!
Now we have a fuel leak from that nut looking fitting with the paper towel underneath it, steady drip only while engine running.
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Retired Porsche technician here. We had oil filters that were placed horizontally in the engine bay on air cooled cars and upside down on 944's. With the oil warm, we would punch one hole in the top of the filter and use a rubber tipped air nozzle to blow the oil out. Then a piece of duct tape on the hole and remove the filter. On the boat I use a 12 volt air compressor.
While it's running, loosen the nut until lots of fuel leaks, then tighten. This will purge dirt out of the fitting if that is the issue.
I don't have the torque spec, but it should be followed so you don't distort the "olive" which is the British term for the part that actually seals.
The engine may skip once the nut is loosened, but it will run on all once it is retightened.