Getting a stuck oil filter off?
Getting a stuck oil filter off? Hey guys I am having some trouble getting my oil filter back off. Anybody got any tricks. I have tired a filter wrench, and a screw driver. I have had no luck in getting this off. I have spent at least a couple of hours trying to get it off. I did put oil on the seal and all that good stuff. Any tricks or ideas?
you need a craftsman filter wrench. the one that goes on the 3/8" rachet. ive used it at least 10 times a week for the past year at my work, and have never not been able to get a filter off
my buddy on here had his filter on so tight by the time i got there to help they had shredded the whole filter housing apart. so i just cut and tore the shell off then pulled the element out. took a phillips screwdriver through one of the holes on the filter top and pryed up against the mounting pad with it. eventually got it to spin free and got it off with no damage to the pad.
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i have a three prong claw that is operated with a 3/8th inch ratchet. I have yet to have a problem getting one off when i have used it. Sounds to me like you have gorilla hands or something man!!! Don't put them on so dang tight!!! I can pull all of my filters off by hand no problem and have yet to have one leak.
Trust me I am not that strong. Most of the time my hand tight makes the filter leak. Thats why I put a 1/8th turn on it. I have never had a filter stick like this before. First time using a bosch filter too. Most of the time its a purolator pure one filter. I have no idea why this one is so tight. Right now its crushed and has to big holes in it. Yet it has no budged at all. This car has been nothing but trouble since February and it makes me want to set the thing on fire. Its gone a grand total of .3 miles in 10 months. And .15 of that was being towed back to the house.
So we finally got the filter off. Come to find out the guy who rebuilt my bottom end was nice enough to paint the block. The bad part was he painted the spot where the oil filter goes. So the paint stuck the the seal and sorta glued itself together. Ill post a pic up later of what it looks like now.
