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Ok i have tried and tried getting this filter off, and really needs changing! any ideas on how I could, the simple grabbing and twisting is not paying off, have had few people try too!
Any tricks to getting this off easier?
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XozziDK
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if you doesnt have the tool, you might be able to use a belt, but I really never had luck with that - as if the filter is really stuck a belt is not enough, but you should try that first 
If it's really just very stuck, and nothing else works - I usually take a screwdriver and a hammer, knock the screwdriver through the filter so that you can twist the filter when you knocked the screwdriver through... then repeat untill you can remove the filter with your hand.
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Generation
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Screwdriver it is
thanks!
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XozziDK
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remember a big screwdriver may be harder to knock through, but too small might bend or something, so find a small strong one 
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Generation
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Ah, long enough to go all the way through?
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alan-g-w
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Yes
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I will get stabbing tomorrow!
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stingray1987
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get under the car and big set of pipe grips will do the job.
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XozziDK
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You dont need to knock the screwdriver all the way through, just into the middle approx.
If you only knock it through the first layer of metal, you cant get enough resistance to be able to turn the filter.. it all makes sense when your trying to do it, its very easy 
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Generation
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I don't have pipe grips, It something most people don't have laying about the house haha Thanks though
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by XozziDK
You dont need to knock the screwdriver all the way through, just into the middle approx.
If you only knock it through the first layer of metal, you cant get enough resistance to be able to turn the filter.. it all makes sense when your trying to do it, its very easy
Correct, but I find that if you do that the screwdriver turns a bit before actually gripping - if you stab it all the way through it starts to turn as soon as you turn the screwdriver.
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pow
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Screwdriver is the wya forward!
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Generation
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Just tried screwdriver, and it has left the filter almost in half, it cut through filter, and still didn't budge?
any other ideas now have oil coming out slowly and its raining:s
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XozziDK
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I never heard of that ;o
You werent able to turn the oil filter at all? ;O
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Generation
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IT OFF!!!!
I made a total of 8 holes all the way through, and filter was just about in one piece when it come off it was butchered!
Wonder when that was last changed....
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DaveyLC
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Mountains out of mole hills 
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