araber89

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So today I think I successfully set the record for the longest oil change ever.

So the day starts out by washing the car the clay barring the washing the polish. Well my arm was sore so I decided to change the oil and go back to waxing later. I jack the car up, roll underneath, remove the drain plug and watch the juice flow out. I then go to twist the filter off. Damn its tight. Run to Autozone (AZ) and by a grippy tool. I told the guy my headers are in the way he says o ya this will work anyhow. I take it home and it doesn't work. I get mad throw tool across garage (break it and then throw it in the trash) and go to Advance Auto. Buy tool there. Piece of **** and reminds me why I never go to Advance. Anyhow return that and go to AZ again. I buy a remover that fits a socket wrench. This one:

Get home and its to big for my filter. Go to AZ buy the same thing except smaller. This time its to small and won't fit over the bottom of the filter. Go back to AZ and buy a weird grabby thing that when you turn the wrench looser the teeth dig into the filter. Finally it is removed. I put new filter in replace drain plug and fill with oil. I then run back to AZ to return the first oil filter cap wrench (the one pictured) that I bought because I decide to keep the last thing I bought. So I started changing the oil at 2:15 and was done at 5:50 Not counting the last trip to AZ.

Cliff notes: I didn't have the right tools, had to go to AZ or Advance Auto 6 times and it took me a little over 3.5 hours to change my oil.

CAMAROZ28AQUINO

sounds like a PITA...at least you havve the right tools do change youre oil now!

unSStoppable

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right tools make all the difference and tool bags at AZ dont normally help

araber89

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Yes it was a big PITA. The first guy at autozone I thought knew what he was doing because I told him I only have about 3 inches he claimed once it grabbed it will turn right off. Ya... NO it doesn't. Dumb ***. Should get him to come change my oil next time and I'll show him....

Jigen

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Wow this is funny. I basically had the exact same thing happen to me yesterday!

JonintheRedZ28

I've never had an oil change take more than forty minutes. If my filter is stuck I just get a pair of liner locks and grip it til one side caves, then twist it.

WS6addiction

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I like my strap wrench. It works on everything.

squeals99

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lol i was gonna say... i used a strap wrench last weekend... had it changed with a damn mini jack that was the only thing i could use in my friends's garage in like 45 minutes... and that included running back to autozone to exchange my oil cuz i was in a hurry the first time and grabbed synthetic on accident

blue98Z

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The oil filter pliers work good also.

Teal94Z

next time i would just get a k&n filter cuz those are easy to remove all you need is a wrench.

ae13291

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yea the old one gets thrown away so you might as well use big *** pliers and take it off! i use the fram tough gaurd so its on there hand tight but i double check it with the ratchet

bjamick

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Hmm my K&N oil filter was always really easy to get off .. Ofcourse the nut welded on the bottom made it even easier .

araber89

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Ya tried two different kinds of strap wrenches. There is just not enough room there to use them. What I got now is pretty sweet and works good.

tamikews6

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Poke a screwdriver in it and turn.

newton

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I'm probably the only one here that removes and installs my oil filters completely by hand? They don't need too much torque anyways.

got-a-ls1

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yea i never have a problem turning them off by hand. but i also tighten them only hand tight... they dont need to be very tight to seal.... but if for some reason one is being a bitch it is thoroughly stabbed with a screw driver and removed.

the worst oil change i have experienced is on my 95 pathfinder. The filter is on the side off the engine behind the exhaust manifold... No room for tools. Hardly any room to squeeze your arm down and forget about getting any leverage. Its wrist power or nothin baby. Once you thread it off thats the easy part. The filter will barely squeeze out between the inner fender and the exhuast header. Has to be turned and tilted just right. This usually requires you getting burned by hot oil and your arm getting baked by the manifold because you didnt feel like waiting for it to cool off... lol Then try getting one back in... HA. Takes about 30 minutes sometimes just to finagle the filter into the threads... well not 30 minutes but it sure feels like it takes that long! damn japan, they did it on purpose!

Starz T/A 17

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yea with headers I always had to poke a screw driver into it and it will start to tear and turn, that was my only regret from doing headers

BeemerZ28

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its all about the flathead, just set it up so that it works like a pry against the oil pan. works like a charm

ZFan88

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Works every time

porksoda

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That reminds me of when I first bought my car and decided to change the oil. Of course you change the oil yourself when you buy a new car so thats what I did...or tried to do! The previous owner must have had Walmart do it because it was a Fram filter and it was on there TIGHT! I swear I made 10 trips back and forth to parts stores trying to get a wrench or anything that would get that filter off. None of them worked and so I tried the screwdriver and just ended up twisting the filter like a soda can. I finally got it off with the screwdriver but it was a bitch! The filter also looked like a twisted soda can! But I swear I had every kind of oil filter wrench on the market.