The maintenance manual says to get a special tool from an Acura dealership...ba screw that!

Is there anyway I can remove the oil filter without that special tool?

 

The most special tool of all.....

Your hands

Try and get it with your hand. If not, take some sandpaper and try to loosen it with a better grip. If you have some Mechanix gloves around, pop one on, as the glove gives a good grip as well. Worse comes to worse, strap a leather belt around the filter and yank on it, or drive a flathead into the filter and turn.

Or you can go to the dealership and buy the filter wrench for $7 or something, if you want to skip the above.

Just make sure to hand tighten the filter...youll never have that problem again.

 

first time i changed the oil on my teg it was put on really tight i could tell not by hand. i had to get the oil filter thing. but after that i hand tighten it so i can take it off

 

a chisel and a hammer. had to pound it off. i found out the acura dealership does an oil change for 19.95 with honda oil and filter. let them deal with it.

 

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take some sandpaper and try to loosen it with a better grip

Just make sure to hand tighten the filter...youll never have that problem again.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or a towel like opening a jar in the kitchen

 

just go to auto zone and get the oil filter wrench
its only like 5 bucks or something like that

 

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how do you chisel it out? what you do is STAB IT WITH A SCREW DRIVER and use the screw driver as a lever to unscrew it out. Then put a new filter in and hand tighten it. Then go wash your face, clean up the oil mess on the floor, take a shower, and change your clothes, since it'll probably be covered in oil. Don't forget your screw driver! Don't throw it away, you might need it next time.

 

Go to Sears and get their Strap Wrench. It can also be used for other things besides oil filters.

 

i bought my filter wrench at NAPA for like 4 or 5 bucks. well worth it IMO and dirt cheap.

 

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how do you chisel it out? what you do is STAB IT WITH A SCREW DRIVER and use the screw driver as a lever to unscrew it out. Then put a new filter in and hand tighten it. Then go wash your face, clean up the oil mess on the floor, take a shower, and change your clothes, since it'll probably be covered in oil. Don't forget your screw driver! Don't throw it away, you might need it next time. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Your the man!

I had to do that a couple of times when my exgf took her car to walmart for oil changes

 

I found out one of those rubber grip things you use to open jars for your mom works

 

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its only like 5 bucks or something like that</TD></TR></TABLE>

Shoot, i think it's even less than that...it just attatches to your 1/4 rachet. Comon el cheapo grab the tool since you'll be using it frequently.

of course, large open plier should work.

 

I used a big screwdriver to get my oil filter off last time. Worked like a charm because my hands were not strong enough to get it off the first time. it was put on hand tight too

 

"the claw"

 

I always wear rubber surgical gloves when I work on my car. You can get a good grip on the filter that way. Or get one of those Fram filters with the grip on the filter.

 

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Thats what I do. That grip and a sheet of sandpaper, filter comes off easily.

 

I already changed the oil...threw in some Mobil 1 10w30

Its a stock filter, I got my grippy Fram filter all ready, just need to pop that ****** off!

 

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Thats what I use. it cost me 5 bux at autozone.

 

The oil filter on my teg is wayyyy inside so I have to use this claw looking filter grip to loosen it. If you ever have a trouble, get one of those disposable vinyl gloves & grip the filter with a sandpaper & it will come out easily.

 

I changed the oil 3 days ago...If i change the oil filter tmrw will everythin be alrite?

Or am I gona have to change the oil again :\

 

you'll have to change the oil again. thats mixing new and dirty oil together. why didn't you get the filter when you bought the oil?

 

just buy the filter wrench. Cheap and effective. By the time you've searched for an alternative method of removing it, if you had the wrench you could've been done by now.

 

yea, like the guy above stated the "claw" haha i guess. Thats what i use. its made by craftsman and can be purchased at your nearest sears store. little more expensive than other oil filter things.. but its a craftsman tool so u can expect that. i think its around 12 or so.

here's a pic off of sears.com and i believe its called an oil filter wrench

 

I use my hand, if it is too tight I curse myself for putting it on too tight the last time and get my strap wrench. This is usually a pain the in the add, because about the time I get it adjusted and over the oil filter the strap wrench comes undone. If I can get it loose after a couple of tries I could back with the the hammer and a screwdriver. I hate resorting to that method, so I think I am going to invest in the claw.

 

Stab it with a screwdriver and twist. Vwalah: cheap and effective!