need help removing oil filter

[sidewayscivic]

hey guys i cant get the oil filter out its on too tight. any ideas on how i might get it out?

cheers
Mick

[aiball]

try wrap some electrical tape around the filter, that should provide more grip for the tool.

[RtN]

an oil filter tool!


http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99497&highlight=oil+strap

[hisoka]

if its way to tight. get screwdriver and something and tap it in . then screw it out lol

[mars_panas]

The honda oil filter. its super tight and honda carrys a "special" wrench tool to get it off. you can purchase it from them but i think that would be a waste because your going to only use it one time.

Seeing that oil filter should be hand tightened... try getting some gardening gloves and and used some strength and it should come off.

With the drain plug. Even if it is overtightened, just put a 17mm wrench on there and then hit it with a mallet or hammer, it will come off. That is what I did the first time I changed my oil. I was mad it was on tight, but I got it off.

[dahon]

oil filter tool + rubber bands on oil filter

[hondajazz2005]

i always use oil filter tool+some cloth

[omgzilla]

As previously suggested - Use a filter removal tool. Failing that you're going to replace the filter anyways, so you can get a long shaft screwdriver and smack it into the filter and use it as leverage.

*Just make sure you hammer the screwdriver in close to the end of the filter opposite to the mating surface on the block (in order to ensure that you don't smack the screwdriver into the threaded dowel that the filter screws onto).

[huhjared]

anyone has a pic or maybe something similar to the honda oil filter removal tool to show how it looks like??

[hisoka]

just go to honda and ask for it .

[Riviera]

lol heres some ghetto styles get a leather belt loop it over it like a noose and
just pull the belt int eh direction the will produce a anticlockwise force

im gunna service mine 2mora so i'll trial this belt technique out hahaha
let u know if it works

heres a illustration if its too hard to understand i'll make a video lol


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u148/Riviera001/06102008004.jpg

[baeshin]

lmfao

[hisoka]

thats ghetto...really smart idea but

[Riviera]

lol yea well, it had potential but didnt work the oil filter was on insanely tight


sooooo

i hot a hammer a 600mm long flat blade screw driver
hammered a ding into the side then i put the screw driver to the edge of the ding
and tapped it with the hammer in a anticlockwise direction which broke the seal
and was sweet :thumbsup: lol

[Zilli]

LOL the belt is a great idea, and the same principle as the stanley tool i have which uses a cloth belt, same priciple as the steel tools...

you just gonna try and get leverage with a tool until it comes off, OR put a scredriver through it, but be careful

[Crapdaz]

LMAO!!!!
ROFL!!!!
using things he has on hand without wasting money.

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lol heres some ghetto styles get a leather belt loop it over it like a noose and
just pull the belt int eh direction the will produce a anticlockwise force

im gunna service mine 2mora so i'll trial this belt technique out hahaha
let u know if it works

heres a illustration if its too hard to understand i'll make a video lol


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u148/Riviera001/06102008004.jpg

[aaronng]

LMAO!!!!
ROFL!!!!
using things he has on hand without wasting money.

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I just wrap the thick postie rubberbands around the oil filter, wear rubber gardening gloves and turn it loose with gorilla strength.

Of course, now I have the Honda oil filter tool, no more problems. :p

[felixd]

awsome idea !!! this is ur new invention when you going to make it into production ? :D

[misteR_bilzz]

dont laugh at the belt idea! its the greatest ghetto tool ever.
works everytime no matter how tight. i dont even bother with oil filter tools no more theyre so annoying. +rep i rkn!

[dahon]

I just wrap the thick postie rubberbands around the oil filter, wear rubber gardening gloves and turn it loose with gorilla strength.

Of course, now I have the Honda oil filter tool, no more problems. :p

yeah rubber bands ftw! :D

[phwoaaa]

oil filter wrench ~! not expensive at supercheap , repco etc etc... :D

if still too tight .. then ull need one of those oil filter socket thingys .. forgot what they called...

[Crapdaz]

I just wrap the thick postie rubberbands around the oil filter, wear rubber gardening gloves and turn it loose with gorilla strength.

Of course, now I have the Honda oil filter tool, no more problems. :p
rubber bands or if you have a spare old rubber belt from an old car you can use that too.

[Limbo]

i had alot of problems before also. I used the screw driver and ended up breaking the filter! then used the oil filter tool $10 at supercheap, its the one with the metal belt and its got studs in the belt to grip that one worked really well for me.

I like the belt but i dunno how well it will work cos i had a tool that works taht way and i still couldn't get the grip i needed to get off the oil filter (the filter was seized on cos it was a half cut)

[4age8u]

hahahaha MAD

[aaronng]

The belt method has the acting force away from the axis of the filter, putting strain on the threads that the filter mounts onto, thus making it a bit more difficult to get off. The strappy tools that you can buy have a rigid handle, so you are turning it like you would a ratchet, thus putting the acting force right on the axis of the filter.

That is probably the reason why he couldn't get the filter off even with the belt.

[Riviera]

and the fact ther isnt much room to wrap it around lol
sall good though

it was a good idea at the time...

[vinnY]

could use one of these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/15pcs-Oil-Filter-Cap-Wrench-Socket-Cup-Tools-Set-10015_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em63Q2el117 7QQhashZitem250318637907QQitemZ250318637907#ht_261 4wt_0) kits if you really want to
i find a slightly modified claw always gets my filters out without fail though