NEED HELP ASAP annoin problem

[5.0fresh]

im changin my oil and the f***ing filter wont come off and i tried the scewdriver and now im stuck with a filter with huge tears in it that still wont budge. PLEASE HELP. and my tools are limited!!!!

 

[Seanmay1]

Man you really just have to keep trying, it will eventually break loose, who the hell put a oil filter on that tight anyway? You need to kick there ass

 

[fastford91]

you need an oil fiter wrench ! i have 2! just incase

 

[87foxstang]

yes you need to try a oil filter wrench..haha I have 2 as well

 

[NKau]

If you don't have an oil filter wrench just take off your belt, wrap it around the filter, and pull like hell. I've done this a couple of times when I couldn't locate a filter wrench and was in a hurry.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Oil filter wrench


Amazing what the right tool for the job can do

 

[bloopbloob]

haha. which way are you turning it?
you posted this same thing in talk also?

 

[92mustanggt509]

remember... lefty loosey, righty tighty

 

[HISSIN50]

The belt or rubber-slip-wrench idea is good. You'll have to do it around the highest part of the filter (at its base where it's screwed to the housing) because the housing is torn from the screwdriver.

 

[PUNISHER RACING]

buy a good strap wrench no filter puts up a fight with a strap wrench!

 

[PJC Racing]

If none of these suggestions work you can try this (I had to do it several times when working with Mack engines) put a hole in the filter by the base and use an air hammer, with a chisel end, on the cast filter flange in the off direction (lefty loosey). If you don't have an air hammer use a hand held chisel and a miny sledge. I know it sounds crude but it works, I have had to do it several times because for some reason on Mack and Cat engines the resonate vibrations tend to tighten filters when they are running. Don't worry the filter flange will not allow you hit block surface.