i was changing my oil today and i couldnt get the filter off what tool do i use to get it off?

 

bump it up somebody help me out cuz i need to get this thing off

 

go to local auto store and get either gator pliers for oil filters, strap wrench for oil filter or you can get ghetto (don't recommend it) stick a screw driver through it and twist ha! oh ya eat some spinach

 

strap wrenches are soo uncomfortable i hate those... thanks bro

 

i use the gator pliers

 

Or get a filter cap wrench:



Walmart, Kragen, etc. also sell generic cap wrenchs.

 

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Walmart, Kragen, etc. also sell generic cap wrenchs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

that looks like it would be the best tool to use

 

ok so now i had to put the oil in and i didnt change the filter... so im gonna change the filter tomorrow can i just take off the filter without draining the oil or do i have to drain the new oil i put in?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Midori Green &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok so now i had to put the oil in and i didnt change the filter... so im gonna change the filter tomorrow can i just take off the filter without draining the oil or do i have to drain the new oil i put in?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, you can just take off the filter without draining the oil.

 

only some will come out after you put the new one on.. start it up for a few sec's then check the stick cause you have to fill the new one up

 

ok so its like normal... just wait till the oil gets to the bottom or the engine cools a little then just take out my filter and put the new one on and check oil level rite

 

yep thats it

 

Be a man, baby

Oh, and just so you know, one filter wrench will not work for every filter. I have like 4 different ones in my garage. One for Bosch, one for Wix, one for Honda, and one for Kendal. I probably need some more .... there's still Fram, STP, and some other crap out there.

That's why strap wrenches or your man hands are the best tool.

 

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Oh, and just so you know, one filter wrench will not work for every filter. I have like 4 different ones in my garage. One for Bosch, one for Wix, one for Honda, and one for Kendal. I probably need some more .... there's still Fram, STP, and some other crap out there.

That's why strap wrenches or your man hands are the best tool.</TD></TR></TABLE>

me and a couple of my friends tried to pull that filter off and it was a bitch... its the filter on a cx motor so its under the intake manifold and it was stuck on there wouldnt budge... man u ruined my day lol i thought i had the rite tool with the filter wrench i was gettin ready to buy one in the morning

 

I only have one Honda oil filter cap wrench for my Honda, and one Toyota filter wrench for the Toyota, since I only use OEM filters (filters bought at bulk discount).

 

I do oil changes all the time at work. The thing i find the most useful is the pliers. Something like this, if you don't know:
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What's bad about what you're doing though is hanging the filter after you've already changed the oil. The old oil in the filter is going to mix in with all the new oil contaminating it slightly more. You should just do it all at once...

 

when all else fails..........i actually use my belt. a little ghetto but when no other wrench would work my belt would. lol

 

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oh man... bump for this... that is hood rite there i luv hearing stuff like that... you my friend are one creative sucker lol

 

almost all the d and b series filters are in the same place. and actually theyre the same filter too. but you can buy an oil filter relocation kit. it comes with an adapter, two hoses to relocate it to a more convenent spot.

 

if you wanna be super ghetto and so it the way I do. Then follow these steps get a long phillips screw driver. put it up to the side of the filter get a hammer pund the screwdriver through the filter and then turn it with the new "handle that you just made. And when you put your new one on dont wrench it on there. I know this isnt the right way to do it and somebody is going to say dont do it. But ir works for me and I only use this meathod when really needed.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by homicydalboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you wanna be super ghetto and so it the way I do. Then follow these steps get a long phillips screw driver. put it up to the side of the filter get a hammer pund the screwdriver through the filter and then turn it with the new "handle that you just made. And when you put your new one on dont wrench it on there. I know this isnt the right way to do it and somebody is going to say dont do it. But ir works for me and I only use this meathod when really needed.</TD></TR></TABLE>


now thats freakin ghetto, but works

and you guys might want to put some oil on the new filters...then you might not have all this trouble haha

 

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If you didn't say this, it was going to be my suggestion. Works like a champ.

 

yeh gator pliers help alot.

 

Theres a special tool for that called an oil filter wrench.

 

....i just squeeze as hard as i can, and turn. sometimes ill just squeeze in a side of the filter to give more grp. if u dont feel like buying a filter wrench, try running a screwdriver thru it then turning. just be ware that if it doesnt work and cuts the filter in half, then its gonna be a lil more of a bitch to get it off