Need help getting stuck oil filter off!!!

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Old 05-03-2006, 06:29 AM
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Default Need help getting stuck oil filter off!!!

For the most part, I have always done my own oil and
oil filter changes. Last December, I brought my car to
the "Stealership" to have them do the work (didn't have time...
Christmas shopping... Cold, blah, blah...). Last Sunday
I decided it was time to do the deed once again now that
the temperature is warmer.

I jack the car up, drain the oil, and attempt to
remove the oil filter. Won't budge. After 5 minutes the
filter wrench breaks! I buy a new "Chain" filter wrench
and give it another try. No dice. 2 hours pass. Sun is going down.

By this time, the oil filter is somewhat crushed.
So I do the old school trick and pierce the oil filter
with a long screw driver to get more torque into it.
@#$%!* WON'T COME OFF!!! @#$*! DEALERSHIP!!!

Anybody run into this problem? Any possible solutions?
And yes, I am turning it the right way.

Thanks in advance,

E
Old 05-03-2006, 03:32 PM
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Yup, punch it all the way through. btdt.
Old 05-20-2006, 05:13 AM
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big *** Channel-Locks (pump pliers) should work
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