djkonore
Registered Member
Any suggestions on how to take off a seized oil filter? I guess the guy I bought my K5 from hadn't bothered to change the oil in a while!
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Seized oil filter
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Are you using an oil filter wrench? (Band wrench)
djkonore
Registered Member
Ok, I was trying a scissors type one but it was just crushing and slipping on the filter.
get as close to top as possible .
if you need cut off filter and then use punch and hammer to nock it loose from block in counter clockwise direction using the oil holes near the center.
done this before.
if you need cut off filter and then use punch and hammer to nock it loose from block in counter clockwise direction using the oil holes near the center.
done this before.
Man have I fought with oil filters......
A lot of the guys I hunt with are not the best at maintenance.
I have used most of the band wrenches, but sooner or later, they failed.
This one has not so far.
http://www.amazon.com/OEM-25320-Oil...0?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1346114020&sr=1-10
It it does, I'll get one of these.
http://www.amazon.com/Channellock-2...2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1346114020&sr=1-12
But, if none of those are available, and all else has failed, I drive a big screwdriver or small prybar sideways through the filter.
Wait for the oil to quit running out, and then use it to twist it off.
If your engine has an oil filter adapter, sometimes you can remove it and take the adapter and filter to a more convenient place with better tools.
A lot of the guys I hunt with are not the best at maintenance.
I have used most of the band wrenches, but sooner or later, they failed.
This one has not so far.
http://www.amazon.com/OEM-25320-Oil...0?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1346114020&sr=1-10
It it does, I'll get one of these.
http://www.amazon.com/Channellock-2...2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1346114020&sr=1-12
But, if none of those are available, and all else has failed, I drive a big screwdriver or small prybar sideways through the filter.
Wait for the oil to quit running out, and then use it to twist it off.
If your engine has an oil filter adapter, sometimes you can remove it and take the adapter and filter to a more convenient place with better tools.
djkonore
Registered Member
Thanks guys, ye the guy before me said he was using it as a hunting truck! I was actually using the same pliers type filter tool as that first link you just sent. I tried to spray some penetrating oil up in between the filter and the housing. Don't know if that will make any difference, but I'll leave it over night and see what it's like tomorrow. If I still can't get it maybe I'll try some of those suggested techniques.
I got frustrated with one of the smaller foreign ones, I took some slip jaw pliers to it, crushed it until I could get a very good grip on it, and took it off. I've got a pair of pliers big enough to get even the SBC filter off this way.
You won't hurt anything by destroying the filter. I've tried punching a screwdriver through one to get some leverage to turn it, the sheetmetal just tore, and made a mess.
You won't hurt anything by destroying the filter. I've tried punching a screwdriver through one to get some leverage to turn it, the sheetmetal just tore, and made a mess.
I used to work at a dealership in the lube department. I have everything, band wrenches and the pliers.. Nothing competes with this claw.
djkonore
Registered Member
That thing looks the business, where can you get one of those bad boys?
It is amazing, I got mine off the Matco tool truck. I'm not sure the local chain stores would have one in the tool isle.
owenst7
1/2 ton status
http://www.harborfreight.com/universal-3-jaw-adjustable-oil-filter-wrench-69021.html
Works so well I bought a second one and even bought one for a friend.
Works so well I bought a second one and even bought one for a friend.
gotblazers
1/2 ton status
+1 more for the claw. That thing has saved my ass on toyotas 3.0's more than once.
djkonore
Registered Member
Just ordered one.
I've had to get some badly stuck oil filters off engines before..when the old poke a screwdriver thru the "can" trick failed and I ripped the canister apart,I ended up peeling the can off completely,and I used my air chisel on the base of the filter ,that has a gang of holes on the outer part of it...the air chisel gets them off every time...just have to be careful not to poke thru the base and scratch up or damage the block or oil filter adapter surface...........................this method may not be good on vehicles with an aluminum oil filter adaper/elbow thing though,those can break easily...the cam action filter wrenches posted above do work well too,I've seen filters so stuck they had to use an impact gun on the wrench to get them off.....one guy I know used torches to heat up the filter where it seats on the block to burn the rubber gasket out,then they come right off...I dont like using torches near oil or fuel though...
Xtremegmc80
1/2 ton status
I used to work at a dealership in the lube department. I have everything, band wrenches and the pliers.. Nothing competes with this claw.
This indeed do work good. But i have bent the heck outta of mine from the extremely stuck filter, i got new one free from matco tho!
I have done the same, I should have warrantied it when I left. 
ryokens $.02....
I'll bring up this point, from a guy who did 2 BB oil changes today..
one thing to keep in mind, is tools that crush filters, the above claw, and the various plier ones, commit's you on a path...
tho I do use a variety of pliers, ex large to small, for everything from big Mann dizzles to tiny filters on an Onan gen set... and I do have 2 sizes of the jaw ones, by far, what i use most often are a quality band one, and I must do 300 merc oil filters a year.. I have about 5 of em in various sizes, but 2 for the standard chevy filters...
there can be a BIG advantage to the band ones.... it is MUCH more difficult to deform the filter, whereas the others automatically start crushing it... and yes, of course I've seen filters you rip off to the base and get it spinning with chisel/hammer, C4, etc.... but those are time intensive/money losing jobs...
just trying to say that keeping the filter pretty intact can be a big advantage doing filters.....
I'll bring up this point, from a guy who did 2 BB oil changes today..
one thing to keep in mind, is tools that crush filters, the above claw, and the various plier ones, commit's you on a path...
tho I do use a variety of pliers, ex large to small, for everything from big Mann dizzles to tiny filters on an Onan gen set... and I do have 2 sizes of the jaw ones, by far, what i use most often are a quality band one, and I must do 300 merc oil filters a year.. I have about 5 of em in various sizes, but 2 for the standard chevy filters...
there can be a BIG advantage to the band ones.... it is MUCH more difficult to deform the filter, whereas the others automatically start crushing it... and yes, of course I've seen filters you rip off to the base and get it spinning with chisel/hammer, C4, etc.... but those are time intensive/money losing jobs...
just trying to say that keeping the filter pretty intact can be a big advantage doing filters.....
