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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joekd" data-source="post: 1127905" data-attributes="member: 11138">Just to let you know you should never, ever do that to get a filter off for a few reasons1: It just leaves you less area to grab onto to get it off2: If you aren't successful in removing it then you are stuck with a disabled car vs. just leaving the old one on and refilling with oil then driving to a shop to remove3: You risk damaging the threads on the filter adapter itselfOf course all this info was shared with me during a tech class right after we all admitted (instructor included) to having done that before</blockquote>