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First oil change on my new to me used Honda resulted in the filter looking a lot like that one albeit the 'twist' was in the counter clockwise direction.
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The first fuel filter change on a friends 6.7 Cummins looked like those. Over torqued at the factory. I galled a CAT filter on my 6.7 and that sucker just spins on the base. Stabbed a hole in the bottom to drain it and by passed it to the stock configuration.
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I would never punch a hole in the oil filter. I know too many carnies who do that. I don't know why they want to get oil everywhere and on everything thinking that was just a smart move. I have different filter wrenches to tackle stubborn oil filters. And it does help to unscrew the thing counter-clockwise. If you don't want to buy the right tools, then take it to someone who has them.
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Large Channel Lock pliers for me. Never fails and of course mangles the filter but it's getting tossed anyway. It looks like someone was trying to make the one in the OP tighter.
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^ We use a big pipe wrench as a Plan B. All of that sealing surface area will mean you rip the filter housing right in half. You want to use something with jaws that bite just enough but not poke a hole in the filter wall.
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I remember my first car, a 66 Chevelle, having the steel can that the replaceable filter went in. When you bought the filter, it would come with a new rubber o-ring for the can.
Sometimes the o-ring would stick in the block and a new o-ring would go ontop of the old. Then the thing would leak oil like crazy. I had it happen to me once... |
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I like to JB weld a nut onto my filters and use a socket to get the filter off. Just don't ever use a 10mm nut!
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^^^ Bill
You don't tighten it with that also..do you? The reason I ask..the filter on the SC is so easy to get both hands on...I've never had to use any wrench to get mine off. And I have small skinny hands. |
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Do they tighten filters the same way the toilet flushes water? Or does the water swirl opposite?
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No, not the tool. But I do put two hands on it and get it tight. It's just harder to get it off than it is to get it on. The Corolla has it's own filter sized socket. So that's easy. |
I cannot believe the weak a55 suggestions above.
You are on a technical forum, EVERY BODY knows what you do to stuck things Clearly heat is required. out comes the acetylne torch ! |
Hold my beer and watch this ^^^^
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These work really well on the newer plastic caps. They're generally not cheap but I bought one to suit my Golf years ago and it worked perfectly. I gave it to the new owner when I sold the car.
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just wait. i have had filters that were so seized that the metal housing had to be "removed" and the sealing plate part of the filter (where the gasket is) had to be chiseled off.
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I'm gonna guess not lubing the filter gasket or overtorque. Dissimilar metals on a cheap filter causing galling.
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