Thread: Really need some help, stuck oil filter

I've been trying for over 3 hours to get this filter off, I tried using a cloth, my barehand.. one of those ones that constrict and get tighter as you apply force, and then I read to drive a screw driver through it and use that to get some leverage... it just tore the metal around the hole.

My hand is killing me already, and I just want the damned filter off. Can anyone help here?

I even used this vice grip thing from Fram and that just broke the casing worse.

Ok, another dumb question just to be positive.

Let's say the front of the filter (The portion of it facing the headlights, or front of the car).

Which way, Left or Right, would I want that front facing part to turn?

Well, 4 other guys along with myself worked on it for almost 5 hours and it barely moved. We tried damn near everything imaginable. It's just mutilated to hell now. One of my friends who was there tonight, his dad is a genius at automotive problem solving, and generally we have a joke that "If it cant be done, Bob's dad hasnt tried it yet", lol. So Im hoping as it's my daily driver.

So, there's nowhere left to poke a hole with a screw driver, none of the wrenches fit, and 5 fully grown men were unable to move it by hand.

Given the diagram, we were indeed moving it in the right direction.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Ugh, how the simplest things can turn into such an ordeal. Im tired and defeated, so bed time, lol.

could perhaps try using a cold chisel and a hammer and get it to turn with it. Like the trick you use to get rounded bolts out. the shock helps knock it loose and the chisel will dig in to get it to turn.

Whatever you do don't let the chisel hit the mating surface on the oil filter adapter

Got it

It took much blood, sweat, tears, and lots of cursing. But it finally started to budge, and then came loose.



This handy little tool is what made it possible...
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0070921x00003a

I ran my finger around the edges of the mating surface to feel if it was ok, and a black, torn gasket fell out. There's already a red one in the purolator in my hand, so I guess the guy who changed my oil previously didnt check for the old gasket when he removed the old filter... because this black gasket fits directly over the red one on the purolator.

Yay for inheriting other people's mistakes!

Question is, there's no gasket that's supposed to be in the mating surface on the car, is there? Whatever fell out of there has to be from an old filter, right?

Well, it's all full of oil and running fine now.

Thank you guys so much for helping out someone with the most noobish things imaginable

Your patience is appreciated.

that story reminds me of when i work on cars, anything that can go wrong usually does... It's nice working on an 04 though, less rust...
glad you got it off dude! good job!