Ferrari Friday - LOF Fun

The best laid plans... glad it came off

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I am doing my oil change this weekend as well.

I learned along time ago having the right tool really helps streamline the process. I decided 15 years ago if I needed something, I would go buy it and just have it from then on.

Paid way too much for this from Ricambi....worth every penny If you were closer I would gladly let you use it.
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Just a suggestion but I date all filters just so I know.
Then when i take them off I write in service manual with new mileage.

 

Really? That sucks... I know what will happen now, my damn filter will stick like a ***** when I go to remove it tomorrow morning. And I don't own an old school filter wrench.

Just watch this thread for details.

 

I tighten mine each year to specification and never had an issue removing. I'll be doing an oil change in a few weeks when I find time to breathe

 

I use a Craftsman auto-adjusting oil filer wrench I bought about 15 years ago. As you put tension on the wrench in either direction, the flat spots on the three jaws tighten against the flat spots on the top of the oil filter. You have to hold it with your hand and the socket wrench in the other to get it started tensioning, but once you do it will take gobs of torque from the socket or torque wrench and not slip or bend. You can use a 3/8" drive extension or you can use a socket connected to a 1/2" drive extension. This gives you lots of options on length of drive extension and on the size of the socket/torque wrench.

I bought a 70 Chevelle SS396 about 15 years ago, and I couldn't get the oil filter off no matter what I tried. No traditional filter wrench would budge it, none of the end cap styles would take the torque without distorting, and even the screwdriver trick didn't work. A friend recommended this wrench. It took 80 lbft of torque to break that filter loose. I've stuck with this wrench ever since. I particularly like how accurate it is when installing filters. After you place a little fresh oil on the black seal and get it hand-tight, you can finish it with this and an inch pounds torque wrench, which doesn't take much as a little goes a long way. Plus, this thing is cheap as specialty tools go.
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I agree. follow the specs and few issues arise. I wonder how many people use a torque wrench on an oil filter? You do. I do. But I think some see that as a little over the top.

 

A little trick I discovered on the internet that actually worked.

I got into a stuck filter situation on my 355 with the first oil change I did on that car. I think the filter must have been installed without or with too little oil on the gasket. Essentially, the oil filter was sticking between the gasket and the raised aluminum oil filter manifold. It wouldn't budge at all. As a result, I now have every filter wrench imaginable, including the end cap one. BTW, the best for when the proverbial poop hits the fan looks like a giant set of pliers. It was bad enough that I saw another oil filter manifold with a pressure sensor included on ebay and I snagged that for around $100 thinking I know that I am going to break that thing off with the amount of lateral force I was subjecting it to trying to remove the filter. Tried a heat gun, tried some wd40 around the base. Eventually, I started to remove the filter, piece by piece as it was falling apart. It is a very nice filter internally. I had just about come to the conclusion to cut it off. Fortunately the dremel never had to come out.

What worked like a charm and practically within seconds of applying was....drum roll....GOO GONE squirted around the perimeter of the oil filter seal. The filter immediately started to loosen like nothing was ever wrong.

My car came from Dallas. Who did the last oil change service? Wonder if it was the same tech at the same place.

 

Seat belt material attached to a piece of 1/2 internal square tube that your 1/2" ratchet attach's too, lower it down where it seats and Bam, it will undo every time no hassle. Available in every Australian auto store. There is no oil filter this wont undo, Im sure you guys could get this on Amazon. when im home next iwill take a picture and post it, they are the best!!!

 

Acetylene torch and/or sawzall will do it every time. Wear goggles.

 

It's an O-Ring

 

Filter off and on without issue!

I have not driven my 355 since early December. If the weather holds, tomorrow morning.