big strong mechanics suck.
and now i cantget that stupid oil filter out
and cant even nudge it at all
it sjut on so tightly
i have done everything !!
i have a oil filter remover thing
and the wrech that fits it... and i have even pierced the filter with a screw driver, ho[ing that it would be able to nudge the stupid thing!
BUT NO

my back is sore
and my arms hurt

and i unscrewing the the wrong way? is it clockwise or anti clockwise i have to turn it?!

so tell me what i am doing wrong
either the filter is on too tightly..
or i am just dumb!!

NOT HAPPY JAN

stab it with a big screw driver and turn it with that..

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i have done that cush!
nothing works
i need to grow big manly muscles i think!!

There is the problem that sometimes when people put on oil filters they forget to smear some oil over the rubber O ring which makes them very hard to get off.

I figure it has to come off especially now it has a hole in it so just keep trying.

I don't have a oil filter removal tool so I use a bit of rope tied in a loop with a open ended ring spanner inserted into the loop so it tightens up the loop as I twist the spanner. I use a screw driver or another spanner at the other end of the open ender. means if I can't get it undone I need to go find another (longer) spanner or screw driver to stick on the end.

It does tend to crush the oil filter though but who cares as long as I can get it off

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Roads need more corners
A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

We had a filter that wouldn't budge on my cousins Clubman when he first bought it.

We had to go to the extent of taking off the filter head and carefully attack the filter with a hacksaw.

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Oh well Betty, let me know if you still can't get it off, I will come over with an extension pole, a BFH and IT guy muscles

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

I hope it doesn't get to that!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

i reckon filters should be done up handtight only, once things heat up things get tighter
before you warm your car, you should undo it a little whilst cold
it will be easier to get off while hot

emme try waiting for things to get cold again
or tap the screwdriver with a hammer

it comes off like all threads: anti c to undo

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Inconspicuously Conspicuous
Appreciation without Depreciation
forever chasing clearer skies...

i think the mighty Gafmo is going to show his strength and rescue the maiden in distress.

Cheers

Aaron

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nothing has worked thus far
and it is actually cold atm.. i have been trying for two days now..

ad i really do feel like a retard becasue i cant undo a screw :S

my final thought is to turn it clockwise.. becasue the filter is upside down...
but i might be wrong??


and yes.. mighty gafmo might be able to rescue lil Betty!

hacksaw is sounding good !

what scare it of with that bald mug of his

Yes, if you are looking down through the engine bay.

Sometimes they can be a real bugger - don't feel bad.
Once I did that with the screwdriver hammered right through & out the other side and put my full force behind it - ended out ripping the oil filter in half

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Too many cars, and too little time.

I find this works well:

Make a hole in the side of oil filter (might need to be a bit bigger then a screwdriver) and stick a bunger in there.. light the fuse, stand back, and the oil filter should come off nicely by it's self. You may have to replace a few other engine parts that get damaged in the process.

ha ha

ok h0nk
will try your idea!

Went through this on Saturday
Ended up disconnecting the oil cooler hoses, taking off the filter and the carrier and locking the filter in a pipe vice and heaps and heaps of muscle. Resist the temptation to stick a screw driver in the bolt holes and twist from there. Doing that will only break the bolt holes off.

Then - once the filter is off - get someone to run a die up the thread as you can almost guarrantee the thread is stretched.