tight oil filter
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tight oil filter
anyone have any tips or tricks for removing an oil filter thats on really tight?
i have one of the black plastic caps that goes over the end but i dont have enough room to hammer that on tight enough, so it keeps sliping
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scott
i have one of the black plastic caps that goes over the end but i dont have enough room to hammer that on tight enough, so it keeps sliping
thanks
scott
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I hate that plastic cap, it never worked for me.
Go to the part store with your new oil filter and ask them to give you a metal one that fits your oil filter and just hook it up to your 3/8th and you're good to go. Metal one's never slip specially if its the correct size on your oil filter.
Go to the part store with your new oil filter and ask them to give you a metal one that fits your oil filter and just hook it up to your 3/8th and you're good to go. Metal one's never slip specially if its the correct size on your oil filter.
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Strap wrench is the way to go. Previous owner of my sc had a firestone oil filter on it. It was a pain to try to get off. I ended up going to a local auto parts store and getting a strap wrench.
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Had the same problem.Been changing oil filters on my cars for 35 years never had one as tight as the one on my SC. Use a strap wrench and grab the filter as close to the base as you can. I actually attached a pipe to the wrench handle as a breaker bar and I still had to give it all I had to prior it free.
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if you have the stock intake you have tons of room, try going from the brake booster side and pulling up on the wrench. You can even get 2 hands on the filter if you put one arm around the brake booster side and one arm down by the power steering reservoir. Alot of times I can get a stubborn one off like that without resorting to the strap, sort of gorilla style.
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