Oil filter wrench...what are you using?

[Craftman]

here is mine, I also have the plastic cup one's but they turn if the oil filter is a bit to stuborn

 

[bentwrench54]

I've personally never come across a filter that couldn't be removed with a wrench, but one method I've heard of is to drive a long screwdriver right through the filter and reef on that. Never tried it though.

tried the screwdriver trick once, on my wife's old jeep. i spun the filter loose, right into the oil pressure sending unit. snapped the connector right off the sending unit.

 

[HandyManny]

This is one of the most extream cases I've ever seen in oil filter removal. Yet at the end he comes up with a brilliant solution by modifying some of his current tools. Some of the best thinking I've seen on this subject.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

Oil filter pliers

 

[canuckian]

I have the large and smaller Channellock plier type. They aren't bad I guess. Clearance is sometimes a problem though. Even the small one I find the handle gets in the way when I change the oil on my lawn tractor. but they do what they're supposed to.

 

[greasemonkey44]

ive got a 3 jaw like some other people, i love it.(3 $ at northern a while back) Except when you get to that one filter thats just too damned small for it.
My boss has ones like the channel locks, but they dont work for alot of newer cars.
Ive got a set with jaws like the channel locks but vise grip ends, never had need to use em, yet
ive used the band style, both steel and rubber style; unimpressed/useless for me
i tried a 2 jaw one, like in teh you tube vid wasnt small enough for the job at hand
done the screw driver trick a few times, not enough room on most modern cars for that tho
and one time out of frustration with my old car i used a 2 ft plumbers wrench. The extra leverage pulled that fucker right out without blinking.

The ones in our fleet i do usually arent bad, the ones that people had serviced at jlube and such are a damn joke. I dont think they ever oil the gaskets or think about how much a 1/4 turn is, they just know it wont be coming back to them.

 

[bolecailey]

I still maintain big *** channel locks work better than anything. I just clamp the end of it until it indents it a little and twist it off.

 

[Gregg33]

On our Jeep 4.0L's I use I can usually remove it by hand, if not I use a big socket that goes on the end of the filter. My socket is older and still made of sheet metal as opposed to plastic. The WIX filters I use on the race car aren't compatible with the filter sockets, so for those I use a filter band wrench. When putting the filters one I oil them and tighten them as tight as I can by hand (until my hand slips or I run out of strength...keep in mind in the confines of an engine compartment you can't use all your strength) and I've never had any problems getting them off. I have found that the hotter the engine is, the easier they come off though. For the ultra stubborn to remove filters I have been told to chiesel the flange to turn it loose, as screwdrivers through the filter often just rip it apart.

 

[HandyManny]

On our Jeep 4.0L's I use I can usually remove it by hand, if not I use a big socket that goes on the end of the filter. My socket is older and still made of sheet metal as opposed to plastic. The WIX filters I use on the race car aren't compatible with the filter sockets, so for those I use a filter band wrench. When putting the filters one I oil them and tighten them as tight as I can by hand (until my hand slips or I run out of strength...keep in mind in the confines of an engine compartment you can't use all your strength) and I've never had any problems getting them off. I have found that the hotter the engine is, the easier they come off though. For the ultra stubborn to remove filters I have been told to chiesel the flange to turn it loose, as screwdrivers through the filter often just rip it apart.

Those Jeep 4.0L engines usually give you plenty of room to use any tool you want. The filters are mounted on the side horisontally within easy reach. When I owned my Cherokee I always used my Channellock #212 filter pliers to turn the filter loose slightly, then do the rest by hand. Those old AMC I6 4.0L engines were great.

 

[makgreens]

i change oil almost everyday at work...i dont touch pliers for any job...i use filter cups and a lisle 2 jaw and can get everything off

most cars ive seen a set of pliers wont do you very well if your not trying to take 30 minutes to get the filter off....a good set of cups and youll be set

 

[makgreens]

This is one of the most extream cases I've ever seen in oil filter removal. Yet at the end he comes up with a brilliant solution by modifying some of his current tools. Some of the best thinking I've seen on this subject.

ive had it worse...got a scar on my hand to prove it

i ended up welding 3 pieces of all thread to a HF wrench and finally got the filter off....worked but damn that night sucked...ill never do that again

 

[HandyManny]

i change oil almost everyday at work...i dont touch pliers for any job...i use filter cups and a lisle 2 jaw and can get everything off

most cars ive seen a set of pliers wont do you very well if your not trying to take 30 minutes to get the filter off....a good set of cups and youll be set

I agree, for most applications the caps and the stuff like Lisle two prong will be the most versatile tools to have. I now only use filter pliers on my own stuff because we own domestic pick-up trucks and domesric SUVs, so there's plenty of space to use filter pliers there.

 

[autobon7]

have a bunch of the socket style ones, and the "three finger" style, if they don't work I also have these..

make sure it has the swivel handle, the fixed handle ones don't fit many places...

for the reaalllyyy stubborn ones...

What brand is the 1st one, have not seen one like that before.

 

[leod]

i use pliers type on honda vehicles, no need to get under the car

 

[K5blazer83]

I have a pair of Matco OF5075A filter pliers. They work like a champ It never met a filter it couldn't take off.

 

[Gregg33]

The filters on those engines are very easy to get at. I love the 4.0L engines. Between myself and my Mom we've had 4 vehicles with those engines, never had a problem, inluding one that was very close to 400,000km. My 2000 Cherokee I have now has 289,000 km.

Those Jeep 4.0L engines usually give you plenty of room to use any tool you want. The filters are mounted on the side horisontally within easy reach. When I owned my Cherokee I always used my Channellock #212 filter pliers to turn the filter loose slightly, then do the rest by hand. Those old AMC I6 4.0L engines were great.

 

[HandyManny]

The filters on those engines are very easy to get at. I love the 4.0L engines. Between myself and my Mom we've had 4 vehicles with those engines, never had a problem, inluding one that was very close to 400,000km. My 2000 Cherokee I have now has 289,000 km.

That's too cool. I Just traded a '02 Grand Chrokee that had one of the last I6 4.0L engines made. A bit over 200K, no problems at all, ever. I regret getting rid of it. Didn't even begin to experience the first signs of normal wear with that vehicle until after 100K when the real main seal started leaking.

Used to own another '94 Cherokee Sport with the same engine. Loved that thing. It was a designated off-road vehicle. She got some real hard use and lasted for close to 300K before the repairs stared exceeding the cost of a new vehicle's yearly payments.

 

[Lugnut64052]

I still maintain big *** channel locks work better than anything. I just clamp the end of it until it indents it a little and twist it off.

Agreed. That's all I ever use. Clamp down on the filter, give it a twist. Easy. No special tools to buy.

 

[manioso]

On my '99 Powerstroke I use a Snap-On YA826A Strap Wrench. It has a plastic handle, but is surprisingly stout. Also the strap is thin enough to get between the filter and the block, where a chain wrench won't work.

Not sure if this is still sold, but it has never failed me on the 7.3L.

 

[makgreens]

For ur home jobs pliers work fine

I hate seeing people try and take their BMW or vw filter cap of with a wrench....and es it happens

 

[dede2897234]

have a bunch of the socket style ones, and the "three finger" style, if they don't work I also have these..

make sure it has the swivel handle, the fixed handle ones don't fit many places...

for the reaalllyyy stubborn ones...

willysrule,


Who is the manufacturer of the oil filter chain tool you own?


Thanks,

Dave

 

[jvitez]

To the OP: you wouldn't happen to be using regular orange Fram filters would you? My experience, granted a few years ago now, were that these were the only brand that seemed to weld themselves onto a filter housing despite oiling the gasket and hand tightening only. As soon as I changed to other brands the problem was solved. A couple of buddies had the same issue. Haven't used them in years. What brand are you using?

 

[leadnbrass]

To the OP: you wouldn't happen to be using regular orange Fram filters would you? My experience, granted a few years ago now, were that these were the only brand that seemed to weld themselves onto a filter housing despite oiling the gasket and hand tightening only. As soon as I changed to other brands the problem was solved. A couple of buddies had the same issue. Haven't used them in years. What brand are you using?

Currently the Supertech filter...all previous also give me problems...no other vehicle I have does...just the Honda Pilot.