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Nov 14, 2006 | 02:54 PM

09CPTN

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I'm an idiot

Well, after freeing my drain bolt for the oil and letting it drain I went after the filter. After an hour of turning and cussing I realized I was TIGHTENING it

. What an *** I am. So now i've got a 98 T/A on Rhino ramps, with no oil in it and a crushed, death-grip tight filter

. Feel free to have a hearty laugh at my expense gang, I deserve it.

Nov 14, 2006 | 03:41 PM

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I did that the first time I took my filter off.

Nov 14, 2006 | 03:46 PM

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I have a stronger guy coming over to help me out. Hopefully he can get it off. I feel like a mere husk of a man

Nov 14, 2006 | 03:52 PM

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lmao!

left-loose
right-tight

Nov 14, 2006 | 04:22 PM

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Get an oil filter wrench, or you can loosen it by piercing it with a screw driver and turning - be extremely careful with the latter method.

Nov 14, 2006 | 06:51 PM

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Get an oil filter wrench, or you can loosen it by piercing it with a screw driver and turning - be extremely careful with the latter method.

Word, try an oil filter band wrench, of if it's actually crushed flat maybe a pair of vice grips.

Nov 14, 2006 | 06:52 PM

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Update: Friend came over with a filter wrench that fit, the filter came off. Got all the new oil in and the new K&N filter installed. My car tested full at 5.5 quarts, even with the long filter. Oil pressure is up 10-15 psi at idle(Car had shitty Kendall GT-1 SemiSYN when i bought it). I also seafoamed the oil prior to this change, and as I was told, it came out pretty dark. I noticed that after the GC went in that my car had the dreaded piston slap(never had it before). But it went away. IS it normal for the slap to come and then go like that? Also, is that piston slap that I hear harmful? And by the way guys, thanks for not laughing too much at my filter mishap.

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Nov 14, 2006 | 09:51 PM

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Good thing you got it off... I was going to suggest pulling the motor and replacing it with another motor that didn't have an oil filter seized to it

Nov 14, 2006 | 11:22 PM

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Good thing you got it off... I was going to suggest pulling the motor and replacing it with another motor that didn't have an oil filter seized to it

Nov 15, 2006 | 01:13 AM

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i think at least everyone has dun it once

Nov 15, 2006 | 10:07 AM

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You'll get noise after an oil change until the oil is distributed throughout the engine.

Nov 15, 2006 | 01:46 PM

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left-loose
right-tight

lefty-loosy
righty-tighty

Nov 15, 2006 | 02:31 PM

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lefty-loosy
righty-tighty

when your on the left side or right side. I have a lefthanded filter wrench

Nov 15, 2006 | 02:34 PM

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i always put my filters on kinda tight. i've had to punch a screwdriver quite a few times.

Nov 15, 2006 | 04:56 PM

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I just wanted to giva a "thank you" to all of the members on these boards that reccomend the GC 0-30 and K&N HP2006 filter combo. It may cost a little more to go that route, but i've now got better oil pressure and a quiet motor.