Removing stuck oil filter

AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

As title.

Got any tips anyone?

I drained the oil and spent hours trying to get the fecker off, but it won't budge. In the end I had to give up and fill up with new oil as I needed the bike for transport the next morning.

My Dad suggested hammering a screwdriver through it and turning it that way - but he said sometimes that may not work and you're left with it stuck.

Help!

Mark
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Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

What Hex said. Just make sure you don't damage the thread the filters attached to.
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sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

As the chaps above suggest but it might be worth trying a 'boa-constrictor' first. I think B&Q sell them.

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

I tend to use a chain wrench to remove oil filters. They are more likely to stick if you do not oil the rubber O ring before fitting the filter.

All the best

Keith
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stryker · Brolly Dolly Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Karma :

I think the process of hammering a screw driver through the filter probably loosens the thread anyway, hence why it usually works.
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Guest · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Karma :

And then go and buy one of these ............

https://www.bikers-cafe.co.uk/acatalog/ofw.jpg

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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

I use a chain wrench. Only difficult oil filter I ever came across was the one on my BMW, and this one got it off.

Also have a strap type one, which has the advantage in that it can exert a lot more force than the chain wrench without splitting it, but you need to be using it on a clean surface - if you have punctured the surface with a chain wrench then the strap will just slip.

AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Thanks for the suggestions guys Thumbs Up

I've actually been using one of the chain type tools, but it won't budge it.

/me goes off in search of a big screwdriver and hammer.

Mark
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jay12329 · Dr. Evil Joined: 02 May 2003 Karma :

I used a rubber mallet and a screwdriver just hit it softly a few times and it made progress but it wont damage the thread it if comes into contack with it.
J

TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hmm, I just spent the past 3 days tackling the same problem... Rolling Eyes

I tried the screwdriver method - didn't work. I also invested in 3 different tools - one of those boa-constrictor things (I already had one lying around, and have used it before for the same purpose), a universal filter wrench, and a filter "key" that matched the filter. None of those methods worked, so in the end, I just used a channellock (one of these https://ts.smoothcorp.com/cornerhardware/125028.299x299.jpeg ) and a bit of brute force.
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WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Karma :

chain wrenches are good for undoing, cos if it wont move, then the chain just munches into the filter and grips it that way

tightening with a chain wrench is slightly more dodgy cos of this, but if it starts to munch the filter, then its tight enough Razz

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Karma :

hello, my name is goose, and i'm a torque-aholic Razz

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clemsta · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Karma :

Get a big set of plumbers grips, squeeze the filter until it caves in a little then try to turn it, if it's still to tight then try to tighten it then slacken it repeatedly, it should come off with a bit of brute force.

Hope this helps

Adam
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ade067 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

The problem with the hammer and screwdriver method is other than making a bloody mess if the filter is very tight the screwdriver will just rip the filter apart when you try to undo it.

Like others have suggested I always use the large adjustable plumbers type grips,I think thier proper name is waterpump pliers,I've never known a filter yet to argue with those things and thats including the really large oil filters on trucks which can be mega tight!

This is what I mean...
https://www.tool-up.co.uk/tooldev/images/items/22187.jpg

AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Cool

I'll need to invest in a set of those (and pray for dry weather again Praying

)

Mark
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