Stuck Oil Filter
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Lefty loosey, righty tighty.
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I have just two filter removal tools, one big, and one small, which I believe are made by KD tools. Anyway, they wrap around the filter can, and get tighter as they are rotating the filter. No handle...the have a 3/8 : drive square drive hole for a ratchet or breaker bar.
I don't use oil on the rubber filter seal, I use the silver colored anti-seize, which is available at some auto parts stores. It doesn't seem be affected by heat baking like oil....
This all started from fighting filters on airplanes, and then doing it on my cars..
I don't use oil on the rubber filter seal, I use the silver colored anti-seize, which is available at some auto parts stores. It doesn't seem be affected by heat baking like oil....
This all started from fighting filters on airplanes, and then doing it on my cars..
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You have been tightening it.
As someone else said, as you stand at the side of the passenger fender, push the filter towards the engine. Don't break off the sending unit, which is right there.
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I really don't support using a screwdriver. Yes it can work, but the .01% of the time it doesn't, you have escalated to towing to a shop because the oil filter is destroyed and now there's really no way to get it off
The adjustable filter wrenches are pretty good but kind of tricky to use in tight spaces. If you only have the one car then you should use a filter wrench that is fitted to your filter. It won't slip around as easily. Something like this, which is pretty cheap and usually available at NAPA/Autozone/wherever
If it doesn't want to come loose, warm up the engine a bit. Keep working on it.
When you go to install the new filter, take the rubber ring off and smear both sides with oil.
The adjustable filter wrenches are pretty good but kind of tricky to use in tight spaces. If you only have the one car then you should use a filter wrench that is fitted to your filter. It won't slip around as easily. Something like this, which is pretty cheap and usually available at NAPA/Autozone/wherever
If it doesn't want to come loose, warm up the engine a bit. Keep working on it.
When you go to install the new filter, take the rubber ring off and smear both sides with oil.
Last edited by ehall; 03-12-2015 at 08:30 AM.
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SO I see some confusion in the thread about what direction. All the guys that said push toward the engine are correct as long as you are getting it from the top.... If they are underneath than you should push toward the fender/tire. Sounds like it may be pretty tight by now....
If the wrench you are using is the two jaw or three jaw that attaches to a ratchet, id put it down and grab a metal band wrench. If you grab the filter out at the end it will generally just crumble. Slide that band wrench down to the base, and standing over the passenger side fender, from the top, push toward the engine.
If the wrench you are using is the two jaw or three jaw that attaches to a ratchet, id put it down and grab a metal band wrench. If you grab the filter out at the end it will generally just crumble. Slide that band wrench down to the base, and standing over the passenger side fender, from the top, push toward the engine.
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Picture of torque wrench for installing new oil filters (after filling filter and lubing gasket)..
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I really don't support using a screwdriver. Yes it can work, but the .01% of the time it doesn't, you have escalated to towing to a shop because the oil filter is destroyed and now there's really no way to get it off
The adjustable filter wrenches are pretty good but kind of tricky to use in tight spaces. If you only have the one car then you should use a filter wrench that is fitted to your filter. It won't slip around as easily. Something like this, which is pretty cheap and usually available at NAPA/Autozone/wherever
If it doesn't want to come loose, warm up the engine a bit. Keep working on it.
When you go to install the new filter, take the rubber ring off and smear both sides with oil.
The adjustable filter wrenches are pretty good but kind of tricky to use in tight spaces. If you only have the one car then you should use a filter wrench that is fitted to your filter. It won't slip around as easily. Something like this, which is pretty cheap and usually available at NAPA/Autozone/wherever
If it doesn't want to come loose, warm up the engine a bit. Keep working on it.
When you go to install the new filter, take the rubber ring off and smear both sides with oil.
That filter tool sucks. If a screwdriver doesnt work, try harder. A metal band filter wrench is the best filter wrench.
There is never, i repeat NEVER a reason to tow a vehicle to a shop to remove a oil filter. They will not do anything different compared to anything anyone with basic hand tools will do to get it off. Its just a waste of time and money.
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I disagree with everything you just said.
That filter tool sucks. If a screwdriver doesnt work, try harder. A metal band filter wrench is the best filter wrench.
There is never, i repeat NEVER a reason to tow a vehicle to a shop to remove a oil filter. They will not do anything different compared to anything anyone with basic hand tools will do to get it off. Its just a waste of time and money.
That filter tool sucks. If a screwdriver doesnt work, try harder. A metal band filter wrench is the best filter wrench.
There is never, i repeat NEVER a reason to tow a vehicle to a shop to remove a oil filter. They will not do anything different compared to anything anyone with basic hand tools will do to get it off. Its just a waste of time and money.
After my dad watched my struggle and finally get the thing off, he pops his head out and tells me he started using K&N filters on his Z06. They have a nut built into the bottom, so a big ol' breaker bar is really easy to get on. Or a gun if it's that bad.
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Looks like that black grippy stuff on the end of the filter didn't help.
Fram really features that it their ads. You need to sue them for false advertising.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Fram really features that it their ads. You need to sue them for false advertising.
A picture is worth a thousand words.