Oil filter tool?
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Any name brand (avoiding ALL the cheapos) that have a four-point (3/8") hole at the center for a socket wrench.
But, really, why do you need to torque an oil-filter and ask for trouble? Just follow the filter's instructions such as first make contact with the gasket and then turn an additional 3/4 (or, 1 full) turn, depending on the filter. I mark the edge of all my filter wrenches with a dab of paint so I know where that is.
All the best.
But, really, why do you need to torque an oil-filter and ask for trouble? Just follow the filter's instructions such as first make contact with the gasket and then turn an additional 3/4 (or, 1 full) turn, depending on the filter. I mark the edge of all my filter wrenches with a dab of paint so I know where that is.
All the best.
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You really just need a wrench to remove a stuck filter. As tight as I can install by hand is all I have ever done. Never had one leak, and 22 ft-lbs just makes it that much harder to get off the next time.
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But, really, why do you need to torque an oil-filter and ask for trouble? Just follow the filter's instructions such as first make contact with the gasket and then turn an additional 3/4 (or, 1 full) turn, depending on the filter. I mark the edge of all my filter wrenches with a dab of paint so I know where that is.
All the best.
But, really, why do you need to torque an oil-filter and ask for trouble? Just follow the filter's instructions such as first make contact with the gasket and then turn an additional 3/4 (or, 1 full) turn, depending on the filter. I mark the edge of all my filter wrenches with a dab of paint so I know where that is.
All the best.
Bingo. Never had an oil filter leak in 50 years of doing it myself and doing it that way.
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Because of the tight space, having one of those "caps" that goes on the end of the filter makes it way easier to remove. But it's certainly not needed for tightening it, as you really don't want that filter on there super tight otherwise you're just making more work for yourself next time. I've been doing my own oil changes for 32 years now and have always tightened the oil filter by hand and have never had one leak.
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I use one of those steel cap-style oil filter tools available at any auto parts store, and a low tq setting of like 10 ft-lbs or so.
I always mark the filter and watch the rotation as well, and usually get it to about 1.5 turns past "contact".
The specified "3/4 turn" feels barely finger tight to me, but that might be because "contact" is vague.
If we're talking ACTUAL contact -- the point where the gasket *just* touches the block mounting surface -- then "3/4 turn" is barely finger tight, and far less than hand tight.
The way the LT1 filter is recessed into the oil pan makes me unable to really get a good hand-grasp on it, especially since I don't have a lift, and so am typically at weird/awkward angles just to access the filter at all.
Just FYI -- the oil filter cap size for the OEM PF64 and the Mobil1 filter are different.
If you use both filters over the course of time, you'll need 2 oil filter cap sizes on hand.
I always mark the filter and watch the rotation as well, and usually get it to about 1.5 turns past "contact".
The specified "3/4 turn" feels barely finger tight to me, but that might be because "contact" is vague.
If we're talking ACTUAL contact -- the point where the gasket *just* touches the block mounting surface -- then "3/4 turn" is barely finger tight, and far less than hand tight.
The way the LT1 filter is recessed into the oil pan makes me unable to really get a good hand-grasp on it, especially since I don't have a lift, and so am typically at weird/awkward angles just to access the filter at all.
Just FYI -- the oil filter cap size for the OEM PF64 and the Mobil1 filter are different.
If you use both filters over the course of time, you'll need 2 oil filter cap sizes on hand.
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I use one of those steel cap-style oil filter tools available at any auto parts store, and a low tq setting of like 10 ft-lbs or so.
I always mark the filter and watch the rotation as well, and usually get it to about 1.5 turns past "contact".
The specified "3/4 turn" feels barely finger tight to me, but that might be because "contact" is vague.
If we're talking ACTUAL contact -- the point where the gasket *just* touches the block mounting surface -- then "3/4 turn" is barely finger tight, and far less than hand tight.
The way the LT1 filter is recessed into the oil pan makes me unable to really get a good hand-grasp on it, especially since I don't have a lift, and so am typically at weird/awkward angles just to access the filter at all.
Just FYI -- the oil filter cap size for the OEM PF64 and the Mobil1 filter are different.
If you use both filters over the course of time, you'll need 2 oil filter cap sizes on hand.
I always mark the filter and watch the rotation as well, and usually get it to about 1.5 turns past "contact".
The specified "3/4 turn" feels barely finger tight to me, but that might be because "contact" is vague.
If we're talking ACTUAL contact -- the point where the gasket *just* touches the block mounting surface -- then "3/4 turn" is barely finger tight, and far less than hand tight.
The way the LT1 filter is recessed into the oil pan makes me unable to really get a good hand-grasp on it, especially since I don't have a lift, and so am typically at weird/awkward angles just to access the filter at all.
Just FYI -- the oil filter cap size for the OEM PF64 and the Mobil1 filter are different.
If you use both filters over the course of time, you'll need 2 oil filter cap sizes on hand.
Last edited by GOLD72; Jun 21, 2018 at 07:30 AM.
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My factory installed PF64 needed a strap wrench to take off when I did the first oil change with a UPF64R. My filter cap that fits UPF48R and UPF64R would not fit the standard PF64 fluted end. You are right that very little space exists to use a strap wrench but you only need to catch the very bottom end of the filter and rotate it enough to break it loose. After that, your hands can spin it off. The replacement UPF64R went on with my cap wrench so no problem after that.