Stuck Oil Filter
03-12-2015, 02:22 PM
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03-12-2015, 02:23 PM
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It is much more important to just change the filter yourself and not have heavy-handed clown mechanics gangk it all up...
Seriously, a Cherokee XJ is about the easiest thing to change the oil and filter on... You can just about do it in a suit and not get dirty...
Seriously, a Cherokee XJ is about the easiest thing to change the oil and filter on... You can just about do it in a suit and not get dirty...
03-12-2015, 02:26 PM
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Good oil can outlive the filter by quite a bit, so you might even just change the filter by itself in between change intervals. They are like $8 and cheap insurance...
03-12-2015, 02:53 PM
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Don Juan said "Drinking is a lousy piece of joy" How about "A screwdriver is a wonderfully messy solution"
I wouldn't hand tighten a filter as tight as I could. Just firm will do, something like 1/4 to 1/3 turn after it hits?..I forget the rule of thumb.
I wouldn't hand tighten a filter as tight as I could. Just firm will do, something like 1/4 to 1/3 turn after it hits?..I forget the rule of thumb.
03-12-2015, 03:32 PM
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Since 1963 you have never heard of or used a screwdriver to break a filter free?
Its a common practice. Even "professionals" who change oil all day know about and use it because its effective.
I guess using a piece of pipe on a breaker bar is wrong too... Or fire to break a bolt free.
Its a common practice. Even "professionals" who change oil all day know about and use it because its effective.
I guess using a piece of pipe on a breaker bar is wrong too... Or fire to break a bolt free.
You need to read my post and what it said. I have NEVER seen a professional use a screwdriver to change an oil filter and if I did I would never have ANY type of work done there not even a car wash. Were all of these "Professional's" you speak of working under shade trees? If not it speaks volumes for their work.
03-12-2015, 04:24 PM
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My girlfriend's 98 Outback is much easier. Not saying the XJ is hard, but the oil filter on an XJ still requires some reaching and can be a little messy. That Outback is stupid easy and mess free for oil changes.
03-12-2015, 05:37 PM
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Remember, the filter threads face forward if you are looking at it from the front it is reversed, turning toward the block (from above) is counter-clockwise for the filter.
03-12-2015, 07:29 PM
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A cherokee I bought a while back had as a flip had the tightest filter I had ever experience. I'm not one to just starting beating, cutting, or stabbing things with screwdrivers when I can't get them off so I turned to my father-in-law. I tried the special wrenches and everything. He quietly handed me what appeared to be vise grips with a bike chain. Clamped those babies on there and it came right off.
03-12-2015, 08:52 PM
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How the hell is this still a tread bwahahahahah. I just use the fram ratchet oil filter. Put on, rotate, ratchet tightens, filter loosens. Maybe a neighbor of yours can put some weight into it
03-12-2015, 09:06 PM
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On my comanche the jackass previous owner had the filter on there so tight the screwdriver tore right though it. Used a filter wrench and the screwdriver and still no luck. Ended up pulling the oil filter adapter off, putting it in a vice and using a pipe wrench on it.
03-12-2015, 09:09 PM
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How would BimmerJeeper remove stubborn filter?
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