stubborn oil filter

for the life of me i cannot get this f'n thing off, i undid the oil cap up top and it still wont budge, i just heard my oil filter remover thing snap in vein.. not to mention the emissions shit for the exhaust is in the way

any ideas? i was thinking maybe grab a hammer n a screw driver but theres not much room for me to get power onto it to drive it through

 

Go to your local auto parts shop and get yourself one of these, best tool for the job.

 

unfortunately the only car i have access to right now is currently sitting on stands draining atm..

 

Screwdriver straight through it man

Hammer it in, hammer it around.

 

I have a 3 foot screwdriver. Bash it through the side of the filter about 10mm from the bottom. It will spin off easy after that.

Its supposed to be hand tight when you put it on. God knows why people think you need to strong arm it doing it up.

 

yup

[/QUOTE]

this here bad boy is the First thing i got for my zed.. every noob should get this before even putting in petrol for the first time. :biggrin: But yeah Trav.. get that big screwdriver of yours and stick it in there

 

if you dont want to hammer it through, you can always drill a guide hole

to put your screwdriver in,youve got a bit more control that way as well
or just smash it through, ive done both and both work equally well....

 

yeah ended up doin that, had to do 6 punctures, fkn fore arm is caning
i'd like to punch whoever put it on before me, bastard.

 

dont worry bro.

I had the same thing.

Filter had only been on 1 week, but needed to change for a thicker oil

ONLY way to get the Filter off (which was BRAND NEW btw) was to drive a stake through its black heart and twist

(by stake i mean screwdriver of course)

 

Shouldnt have had to do more than one hole. The idea is to go all the way through.

 

Another thing i've found works, is if there's no real room to punch the filter, wedge the screwdriver between the filter and something solid, and push on it.
Have the edge of the screwdriver on the edge of the filter, and it should break the seal (it will most likely also puncture the filter, so be ready for oil to come spilling out).

Here's a rough diagram in MsPaint:



-Kirill

 

i dont know about that way, wouldnt that put to much pressure on the part where the oil filter screws onto ?


i saw a car (little bunky daily thing) drive over a gutter once, once wheel on the gutter and one on the road...

heard a scrape and the oil filter shot off to the side, landed in the gutter and the idiot drove off like nothing happened. lol

 

better question... who put it on so tight!! dam

 

well Tom did mine and he knows what he's doing.
Sometimes I think you'll find its partly the vacuum and the seal created there after.

 

I use a set of these , http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/CAL-302.html with the Futomto valve i did for a GB i don't even have to jack the car up anymore .....god im lazy :biggrin:

 

Bloody hell...

Im surprised the screwdriver didnt just tear filter up if the oil filter tool broke

 

might have been one of those sling ones that clamp harder the more strength you apply. Hard to explain. Anyway, used to have to use one of them to get some filters off a machine at my old work. One was stuck on so tight i bent the bloody thing in half. Eventually got it undone though

edit: this type

 

yep one of those type,

tekky i went through all the way both sides still needed to make 4-6 as i could only do a couple cm turns at a time due to space constraints, wasnt a very long filter

 

One hand to put a new filter on and then you'll only need two hands to remove it Doesn't have to be tighter, that's what the rubber seal is for