For some reason, it has always been a pain for me to screw off the oil filter (wrenches don't fit or they slip or they get stuck on the filter permanently, etc. etc.). Also, I have about 3-4 different sizes of oil filters between my vehicles. My cheap solution... use the cheapest, most widely use tool known to man... duct tape. When I need to remove the filter I just twist some duct tape around it, with the stick side up. Therefore, it gives enough grip so I can just use my hand to spin the filter off. Cheap, effective and why go out and buy the correct tools .

 

good tip. Sometimes I use one of them rubber grippy jar opener things to help grab the filter - usually does the trick as well...



Modified by Philly_NBP_R at 11:39 AM 3/18/2005

 

Whoa, you just saved me some $$$ from going out and buying that damn tool. Good thinking!

<------- Was just about to do his oil change this weekend.

 

dave = ghetto

 

Ghetto fabulous is good as long as it works

 

a piece of sandpaper works really well also....

 

who the hell needs tools?
I have never needed to use tools to get the filter off my tegs. I just reach up there and unsrew the filter. I get the Fram filters that have that rubber coating grip thing to it isnt bad.
My Ep is a little harder to get to, but with some creative handwork I can get that one out by hand too.

 

I use the jar bottle opener...works in seconds...strap that sucker on and opens up

 

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I have never needed to use tools to get the filter off </TD></TR></TABLE>

Me too!

You guys are over tightening the filter if you need tools. Take it easy Super Dave

 

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Just an aside - you know those Fram filters are garbage, right? Cut one open and you'll see there made of shitty cardboard. Try Bosch or PureOne or even Mobile One (the best, but a bit pricey) - those have metal construction, and high quality drainback valves...

Personally I use Bosch on my Scooby - almost the same as the Mobil One filter, but half the price.

Evan cut open a bunch of filters a while ago, and we checked em out, but I'm sure there are a ton of places on the net where you can find the same info...


edit/
more info here:
http://minimopar.knizefamily.n...obil1


Modified by Philly_NBP_R at 11:06 AM 3/18/2005

 

taken from the above link:

"Years ago Fram was a quality filter manufacturer. Now their standard filter (the radioactive-orange cans) is one of the worst out there. It features cardboard end caps for the filter element that are glued in place. The rubber anti-drainback valve seals against the cardboard and frequently leaks, causing dirty oil to drain back into the pan. The bypass valves are plastic and are sometimes not molded correctly, which allows them to leak all the time. The stamped-metal threaded end is weakly constructed and it has smaller and fewer oil inlet holes, which may restrict flow. I had one of these filters fail in my previous car. The filter element collapsed and bits of filter and glue were circulating through my system. The oil passage to the head became blocked and the head got so hot from oil starvation that it actually melted the vacuum lines connected to it as well as the wires near it."

 

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Me too!

You guys are over tightening the filter if you need tools. Take it easy Super Dave </TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually, I only hand tighten the filter, but for some reason, it seems to be tighter when trying to get it off later on?

 

WOW. ive been using them literally for years on all my cars. No issues at all. thats scary though.

 

def a good tip...i hate those damn filters sometimes

 

alternatively:

jbweld/superglue the filter to hand then twist

 

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Actually, I only hand tighten the filter, but for some reason, it seems to be tighter when trying to get it off later on? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I bet that has to do with the heat cycles and expanding of materials and such. Mine were always tighter too, but they were easier to get off because of the grip on the filters I used.

 

why waste duct tape, thats so pointless, just take some pliers, get a firm grip, and turn, even if the oil filter breaks, its going in the garbage anyways and just hand tighten the new one.

 

screwdriver thru the filter works pretty good too

 

When you use a screwdriver or pliers or whatever, don't you spill oil all over the place also?

 

afraid to get a little dirty, david?

 

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You had to ask that?

[shakes head]

At least Tom is consistent.

Someone owes me a phone call.

 

It is 11:58... not yet lunch. Where r u? work or cell?

 

nope, if you use your pliers and tighten it close to the end of the filter, you won't break the oil filter. It's the most efficient and fast way to use pliers.

 

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Work.

 

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Just an aside - you know those Fram filters are garbage, right? Cut one open and you'll see there made of shitty cardboard.</TD></TR></TABLE>



I used them for a looooong time on my other vehicles (rubber grip is nice) and never ever had a problem, even with lots of track use on the lunchboxes.