[Supras] 7mGTE oil filter remval trick

[Jim Jobe]

Put a small ziplock bag around it after breaking it free but before the
gasket seal breaks.  It makes turning the filter a pain through the
bag (it gets very slippery), but it is do-able and I never spill a
drop of oil.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 07:41:31AM -0600, Keith DiSarno wrote:
> 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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