Oil Filter Stuck

What would you use if not hands that wont damage the filter.

On some cars the filter is in a bastard of a place and it's almost impossible to get a descent grip of the filter with you hand, the you have to use a filter wrench, but only tighten to @ the same force as you'd be able to do with your hands.
My Ford has the filter in such a bloody hard to get at place, you can't get a hand near it, I have to use a cup type filter wrench, a socket extension and ratchet to deal with it.

Had great problems, too, when I changed the oil filter first time. Bought several tools which didn't help . At the end I went to a mechanic: he lifted the car up and used a huge pipe wrench to remove this bastard of an oil filter - it looked so easy.
Regards
Christof

Details of the cup or socket filter remover that I use in this link.


http://www.the-t-bar.com/forum/9-mgf-tf-pitstop/93157-double-happiness-oil-filter-removal-tool#159268

Richard

I've never had good luck with those cup wrenches, and with aircon, the two aircon pipes are in the way at the end of the oil filter. What I have been using with great success is one of these strap wrenches.

BOA BOABABYSG Soft Grip Baby Boa Strap Wrench 6 - 140mm Completed

when using a fluted filter cup on a ratchet and extension bar you would expect there to be a tourque setting so you apply the exact amount of preasure.............lets face it when mg rover made our cars i cant imagine somebody showing a new trainee how to screw a oil filter on using a old rule of thumb lets say screw the filter up and then quarter of a turn.......they would of used a filter cup............after screwing the filter on by hand they would of had a torque setting...(wouldnt they?)............couldnt find a tourque setting for the filter...........does one excist?

It's not a rule of thumb, the directions are stamped on the side of the filter housing: 3/4 of a turn, or 270 deg, after the gasket makes contact with the mount surface.

hand tighten till the rubber seal makes contact you say and the turn 270 degrees,.........ill dust a few cobwebs off my angle gauge...

A filter with a lubricated seal , tightened as the printed instructions tell you, will not fall off if it is tightened by hand. Many years ago the company I worked for had a fleet of Morris Ital vans ( remember them? ) . All had filters that were of a similar canister type. They were mounted to an aluminium casting . Several of these castings broke due to the filters being fitted 'dry' and over tightened with filter straps. Follow the instructions ! :bat: