Oil Filter Changing Tool Size
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Oil Filter Changing Tool Size
Went to change my oil filter today and discovered that there was no room to use the swivel handled slip wrench. I guess everyone uses a large socket that fits over end of filter.
......can someone please tell my what the size is
DH
......can someone please tell my what the size is
DH
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The correct filter wrench (size/number of flutes) for C5 oil filters can vary based on the brand/type oil filter you use. One of your local auto store should have an assortment of filter wrenches and you should be able to find the correct filter wrench for the brand/type oil filter you use there.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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my swivle wrench works . i get maybe 1 inch travel then regrip and by then hand loose same on tightening hand tight then one or two grips with wrench. ya can by one that takes a 3/8 drive extention
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Originally Posted by GrayC5
The correct filter wrench (size/number of flutes) for C5 oil filters can vary based on the brand/type oil filter you use. One of your local auto store should have an assortment of filter wrenches and you should be able to find the correct filter wrench for the brand/type oil filter you use there.
Good luck!
Good luck!
....................I thought it would be a piece of cake to remove the darn filter !!!!!
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DH,
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to
the previous bozo (even if it's yourself 
) that put the filter on too tight!
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to
the previous bozo (even if it's yourself ) that put the filter on too tight!HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
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Originally Posted by GrayC5
The correct filter wrench (size/number of flutes) for C5 oil filters can vary based on the brand/type oil filter you use. One of your local auto store should have an assortment of filter wrenches and you should be able to find the correct filter wrench for the brand/type oil filter you use there.
Good luck!
Good luck!
This is why I went to the K&N HP1007 Oil filter, it has a nut on the bottom of the filter. EZ on and EZ off 
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Originally Posted by VetteDrmr
DH,
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to the previous bozo (even if it's yourself ) that put the filter on too tight!
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to
the previous bozo (even if it's yourself ) that put the filter on too tight!HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
I tried but there was something like an inch to work with and the header collectors were in the way.
Maybe somebody with better mechanical abilities would have been able to get it with the strap type I got.
DH
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Originally Posted by SleeperC5
This is why I went to the K&N HP1007 Oil filter, it has a nut on the bottom of the filter. EZ on and EZ off I was told that there is some concern that that nut can hang too low
DH
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Originally Posted by VetteDrmr
DH,
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to the previous bozo (even if it's yourself ) that put the filter on too tight!
HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
Try getting the strap wrench around the filter at an angle. I've never had much (Ok, any) success with filter wrenches. If the filter isn't too tight the strap wrench at an angle works just fine, and if it's too tight for that, the filter can will deform and render the filter "socket" useless anyway.
THEN you want to
the previous bozo (even if it's yourself ) that put the filter on too tight!HTH, and have a good one,
Mike
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Originally Posted by Barry C.
I have never found a oil filter yet that I couldn't take off with a big pair of Cannel Lock pliers, including my 99 Vette.
But what about tightening up the new one ...... wouldn't want to mash it up
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...you should only be tightening it hand tight with the rubber seal lubed, anyway. Fill the new filter with fresh oil so you don't "dry start" the motor.
In a pinch, use the old trick of stabbing a large screw driver through its heart, let it drain, then remove it using the screwdriver as leverage...
In a pinch, use the old trick of stabbing a large screw driver through its heart, let it drain, then remove it using the screwdriver as leverage...
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Originally Posted by hotwheels57
...you should only be tightening it hand tight with the rubber seal lubed, anyway. Fill the new filter with fresh oil so you don't "dry start" the motor.
In a pinch, use the old trick of stabbing a large screw driver through its heart, let it drain, then remove it using the screwdriver as leverage...
In a pinch, use the old trick of stabbing a large screw driver through its heart, let it drain, then remove it using the screwdriver as leverage...
The screw driver idea sounds easy too. Sure you cant hurt the filter mounting hardward ???
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...they will tighten up slightly with heat cycling/time, but most likely someone put it on with an oil filter wrench in the past. Use the screw driver only as a last resort if the correct tool is unavailable. The trick has worked for me about a half dozen times when the correct filter tool either wouldn't fit into the area or slipped off. I have the largest assortment of oil filter tools in the SW by the way. Now I'll need another one for the Z16.
The filter will be trashed of coarse, and stab it closer towards the bottom/middle to avoid the threaded adapter which the filter screws onto.
The filter will be trashed of coarse, and stab it closer towards the bottom/middle to avoid the threaded adapter which the filter screws onto.
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Originally Posted by Dirty Howie
Well I did try taking it off by hand only. So I don't know if that means ti was put on too tight or if they tighten up with heat and time.
The screw driver idea sounds easy too. Sure you cant hurt the filter mounting hardward ???
DH
The screw driver idea sounds easy too. Sure you cant hurt the filter mounting hardward ???
DH
It's fine but a bit messy! Get a good filter wrench and run the same filters.
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Originally Posted by John Shiels
It's fine but a bit messy! Get a good filter wrench and run the same filters.
I got some Baldwin filters and will bring one to parts store and find the filter wrench that fits its end !!!
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Originally Posted by DRR
Howie, I pm'd you some info on this one.
These must come in different sizes though. Is the "B" the size rating? Can't see any filter diameter ratings on the tool itself.
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DH,
I use one of those 3/8" filter adapters too and all I did was buy it at Kragen or Autozone (I don't remember where I bought it) after getting a filter for a Corvette off the shelf and picking the right size adapter. I was told by the sales guy that they have a tendency to break, so I put a zip tie around it to help it stay in one piece. I've been using it for about a year now on my car and my wife's car with no problems. Just snap it onto your 3/8" extension, snap that into a ratcheting driver, and the filter comes off easily, with plenty of room to spare.
I use one of those 3/8" filter adapters too and all I did was buy it at Kragen or Autozone (I don't remember where I bought it) after getting a filter for a Corvette off the shelf and picking the right size adapter. I was told by the sales guy that they have a tendency to break, so I put a zip tie around it to help it stay in one piece. I've been using it for about a year now on my car and my wife's car with no problems. Just snap it onto your 3/8" extension, snap that into a ratcheting driver, and the filter comes off easily, with plenty of room to spare.