Oil Filter Won't Come Off

[XHD4FJR]

Ooooh!!!!! A thong with tools!!!!!!

Is that a strap on or Snap-On?

 

[mattster31]

Ooooh!!!!! A thong with tools!!!!!!

I don't want to know where the silver thingy goes........... :dribble:

 

[Bounce]

Never had a filter I couldn't remove

mi 2!

 

[Checkswrecks]

Ooooh!!!!! A thong with tools!!!!!!

I don't want to know where the silver thingy goes........... :dribble:

Well, you could put the hex end in a socket and use a ratchet like it was designed for, or this being Friday...

 

[chrisflock]

This one time, I saw an oil jockey at a local lube and run use an air wrench to put on an oil filter and drain plug.

And another time, my wife took her car in to a shop and had the oil changed, and when I went to take that filter off later, the bottom of the filter was deformed from being cranked ON with a wrench...

Of course, another time, a friend of mine took his 78 trans am in to a lube and run, and they overfilled the oil to the point that it blew the gasket out around the oil filter...

 

[DaveFJR]

+1 on the filter strap. Years ago I used one to get the filter off a K100RT that I bought used (no room for the screwdriver trick.) The torque wrench hit 100 ft-lbs before it started to move.

 

[NMRoadRunner]

You did better then my first oil change on my 07, while doing the 600 mile change, the filter collapsed a little with a standard wrench so I grabbed it with both hands and rotated my shoulders for leverage. "RIP" I hear the subcapuliss tenden in my left should tear and then the pain hit me, :dribble: Holy **** it hurt! I couldn't move the arm for about 30 minutes, finished the oil change with one hand, then the worst part. Had to tell my wife what I did, What a dump ***, then go to the emergency room and tell them. I was able to avoid surgery, but it really cut into my riding time last year while it healed up. Beat that one!

 

[Wolfhound]

Ooooh!!!!! A thong with tools!!!!!!

Is that a strap on or Snap-On?

Look Closer: It's a Tamp-On

 

[mdisher]

And for gods sake dont over tighten the new one. hand tighten it then just fire it up and check it until your convinced that its fine.

That is probably the most important statement in this whole thread. Hand tighten people, thats it. You'll never have a problem taking a filter off if it's put on correctly in the first place.

Root cause analysis 101.....

Yes, my torque wrench has four hand settings:

- Japanese Hand Tight

- Canadian Hand Tight

- American Hand Tight

- Australian Hand Tight (Thug mode)

 

[PA1195]

Try some Dow Corning DC-4 silicone dielectric compound, or silicone grease if you can find it, on the threads and especially the O-ring. Oil doesn't seem to last as well a seal lube, making the filter removal more difficult. 30 yrs of the Dow product has never let me down with a tight filter.

Gary in Fairbanks

 

[ELP_JC]

I have one of those adjustable, plier-type filter wrenches (Griot's Garage), and never needed anything else. Those strap ones are the next best thing IMO, but many vehicles I have/had don't have the space to use it. And yes, the hardest filter to remove was the stock FJR one, but it was no match for my wrench . Later.

JC