oil cap is super gorilla torqed on my ej1...I tried to top it off but cap won't budge...maybe because engine was still warm?

 

Just take a small hammer and just tap it counterclock wise to try to get it to twist. Sometimes my oil cap gets really snug as well.

 

ok will try out ty

 

I prefer using a rag and my channel lock pliers if my cap gets stuck like that.

 

I just smash a hole in my valve cover with a 3 pound sledge and add oil that way. In before the lock, lol.

 

Channel locks get my vote.

 

Wait for it to cool. That's when you should be checking it anyway. Mine gets super tight when hot.

 

Used a hammer and it was hella tight..got it open though thanks again guys..now I have a scratch on my oil cap..lo

 

Nah, wouldn't lock the thread for this post. Just delete your post for bad technical advise and the relatively high amount of people who would try this and wonder why things went sideways.....

 

W95 comes to mind as someone who, of all the possible solutions in this thread, would use his method.





eH.

 

LoL, yeah, pretty good example I would think.

Good quote in yer sig too. I missed that one but at least I get to enjoy the mirth now.

 

I had a Boxer/Mastiff named Snowden and I named my boat Catch-22. You have to be crazy to be a bomber pilot, but if you are crazy, you cant be a bomber pilot.

 

Oil Filler Cap Wrench For Dodge LIS34000

 

I just use both hands

 

Rag, Vise wrench and a 3 foot steel pipe.

put rag over the cap, fit vise wrench over skinny part of cap with very slight pressure when it closes, take steel pipe and put one side of the handle into one end of the pipe. use the leverage in small jolts to free it.