F U Stuck Oil Filter

slow90coupe · Mar 10, 2013

I change oil daily, and I've never encountered a filter that wouldn't come off in one piece. They never give me much trouble. Did you let the car warm up before changing the oil?

RabidPony · Mar 10, 2013

Had to get a filter off my old Bronco II the same way once. First and last time I let anyone else work on it.

DeepList · Mar 10, 2013

RabidPony said:
Had to get a filter off my old Bronco II the same way once. First and last time I let anyone else work on it.

Yep. The engine was at normal operating temp. I always drive around for a bit before an oil change so it flows out of the drain hole easier/faster.

carbuff · Mar 10, 2013

ttocs said:
I think at some point and time everyone will end up jammin a screwdriver through one to get it off.

Yes! Been there, done that. :grin:

TanTop94 · Mar 11, 2013

Wow that must of been a mess. Won't have to worry about that anymore now!

Whistler98 · Mar 11, 2013

If I can't get a filter off by hand or with a wrench I use the leather belt from my pants. If you put it on the filter a certain way and pull the opposite way it will kinda tighten its grip on the filter as it spins it loose. No mess like with the screw driver. It really works great where you have no room, bc you can pull on the belt even if you can't get your hands in there.

Steve-Oh · Mar 11, 2013

Wow, that was destroyed.

You need one of these:

DeepList · Mar 11, 2013

Whistler98 said:
If I can't get a filter off by hand or with a wrench I use the leather belt from my pants. If you put it on the filter a certain way and pull the opposite way it will kinda tighten its grip on the filter as it spins it loose. No mess like with the screw driver. It really works great where you have no room, bc you can pull on the belt even if you can't get your hands in there.

Interesting... I'm going to keep that in mind and give it a shot if I encounter this situation again in the future. Thanks for sharing that!

ivan12 · Mar 11, 2013

Steve-Oh said:
Wow, that was destroyed.

You need one of these:

Never failed me

MustangChris · Mar 11, 2013

i just let [MENTION=8243]Steve-Oh[/MENTION] 's woman go at it with her mouth. OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

serious note: never heard of the leather belt trick! Thanks for that idea!!

DeepList · Mar 11, 2013

Steve-Oh said:
You need one of these

ivan12 said:
Never failed me

Those work great when you have the room to get them on and use the leverage. In this case, they wouldn't have helped anyway. There's 0 room to get an oil filter wrench on there, let alone turn it.

Steve-Oh · Mar 11, 2013

ivan12 said:
Never failed me

Only time I had an issue was when my friend brought over his Lancer equipped with "the smallest filter ever created by man." lol

MustangChris said:
i just let Steve-Oh 's woman go at it with her mouth. OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

serious note: never heard of the leather belt trick! Thanks for that idea!!