[Supras] 7mGTE oil filter remval trick

[Keith DiSarno]

Yup, those cap style oil filter removers are a godsend.  I just did mine
this weekend and had the same setup on mine, a swivel/uni joint on the cap,
and a 12" 3/8" extension. Just the little force I could apply under the car,
at that distance, gave me enough torque to remove that sucker.

Now, to solve the oil dripping down my arm...

Keith

On Dec 10, 2007 6:17 AM, <joe at wilmcd.com> wrote:

> At least that sounds cleaner than the screwdriver method...
>
> -Joe
>
> >     Hand tightening of the better oil filters with deeper section
> > gaskets is more critical than with lower quality filters.  The gasket
> > expands significantly and "walks outboard" under high pressure
> > conditions and conseqently the filter can be hard to remove.  I'm using
> > Purolator Pure1 filters at the moment and ran into this problem.  Steps
> > were as follows.
> >
> >
> >     1.  The only way to get the filter off is with a stamped steel
> > "wrench" which fits the flutes at the the bottom of the can.  In my
> > (our) situation the filter wrench requies a 3/8 universal joint and a
> > long extension.  Yet the wrench began to slip.
> >
> >
> >     2.  I used a bottle jack on the floor to upwards load the long
> > extension to the swivel in a 1/2" breaker bar adapted to the former
> > setup.  At first it felt as if the filter was coming off, but it turned
> > out that the washer with a square hole for the drive was inside of the
> > sheet metal wrench, and was only spot welded at 4 small places.  The
> > spot welds let go.
> >
> >
> >     3.  I gas welded the washer to the outside of the stamped wrench
> > with the oxy torch, went through the same exercise with the bottle jack
> > and the filter came off.   But it did take a 1/2 breaker bar (laying
> > under the car without much arm leverage) to do it.
> >
> >
> >        Hope this is of help to others with similar problems.
> >
> >
> >        BernieK
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