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Nightrider
03-03-2005, 07:02 PM
Hi all,
Thought I'd givethe EF9 its first service yesterday. Went to remove the oil filter and my two filter removers tools both had trouble gripping the skinny little oil filter as it strayed within the confines of the removing calipers. I eventually got it with an oversized pair of multigrips after shedding a few expletives.

Has anyone else experienced difficulty and how have you overcome it?
aimre
03-03-2005, 08:02 PM
stab the filter with a screw driver and turn :)
DLO01
03-03-2005, 08:07 PM
Yep, large multigrips for me too. Best to put a little bit of oil on the rubber ring before installing the new one. Makes it a bit easier to take it off next time.
panda[cRx]
03-03-2005, 08:55 PM
someone say virgin? :D

lol but serious i havent had trouble with the crx filter, but like DL001 says it helps if you put it in correctly in the first place
strafe
03-03-2005, 08:58 PM
The factory oil filters are smaller than aftermarket ones, too. It isn't good when service mechanics put the oil filters on with a rattle gun either :).
Spoon-Accord
03-03-2005, 11:40 PM
just when u install those filters. just hand tight them..

when u open next time.. just have rubber gloves handy :D

Kenny
|N|
03-03-2005, 11:49 PM
stab the filter with a screw driver and turn :)

sounds like very dodgy backyard job...
panda[cRx]
04-03-2005, 01:06 AM
ken is right, you are only meant to put back on by hand anyway so it makes it easier next time
ECU-MAN
04-03-2005, 09:52 PM
sounds like very dodgy backyard job...

still somestimes the only way.

but yes multigrips are good
Setanta
23-06-2005, 03:25 PM
Same problem here when I got my EF9, get the tool that attaches to a small ratchet handle and has 3 legs that grip - you need the smallest of them. Don't overtighten the unit on installation and oil it's ring (love the sound of that :p ) before installing.

Cheers
Pete
egSi
23-06-2005, 03:31 PM
lol i hand loosen and tighten mine and never leaks :thumbsup:
garett
23-06-2005, 04:01 PM
The factory oil filters are smaller than aftermarket ones, too. It isn't good when service mechanics put the oil filters on with a rattle gun either :).

mate there is NO way they would even fit a rattle gun in that space let alone put one one with one... every service place i know does oil filters hand tight.
ekslut
23-06-2005, 04:01 PM
just when u install those filters. just hand tight them..

when u open next time.. just have rubber gloves handy :D

Kenny

This is what I do too. Just have some gloves with rubber grip and it comes off fairly easy.