Hi, I need to buy a tool for removing oil filters, it has a strap that tightens around the filter and some metal thingy that keeps it tight and then helps to undo a tight filter. What are these called and where is the best place to buy one. Thanks for your help.
tonyrockyhorror,
Mar 29, 5:33pm
Screwdriver.
tonyrockyhorror,
Mar 29, 5:35pm
It's actually a strap wrench but a screwdriver will do the same job stabbed through the side.
BTW any car oil filter that can't be taken off by hand was put on far too tight.
punkboy,
Mar 29, 5:35pm
um, a filter strap supacheap ,repco.
cowboy110,
Mar 29, 5:35pm
Ooooo.uuum.I would probably call it a.oil filter remover.thingy.Supercheap, Repco etc.they all talk the same lingo.
gunhand,
Mar 29, 5:37pm
Its pretty much as you said, oil filter removal tool.repco or supercheap and prob wharehouse will know what you want. Buy a good one if you can, unless its a one use item. Or you can buy a cup type item that slips onto the grooves of the filter and you ues a ratchet to take it off.
les6,
Mar 29, 5:38pm
try and loosen it by hand when car is cool you can get a good grip on it,retighten slighly and warm the car before you drain the oil and replace filter.,
gunhand,
Mar 29, 5:41pm
Yes stabbing a screwdriver through it does work, untill you have one that dose not come off due to being to tight. Then you end up with a mangled mess that is twice as hard to get off. And I done a motorcycle one not long ago hand tight plus a turn with strap and it leaked still. Needed two more full turns to make it tight enough. I actually thought id tightened it to much the first time.
gunhand,
Mar 29, 5:44pm
Trouble is alot of cars these day you can barely get your hands on it let alone turn it. Im sure the oil filter is the last thing they think of when designing an engine and ease of getting at it. lol. Why cant they be poking out the side like an HQ.
les6,
Mar 29, 5:50pm
too true,then you get them like the mrs primera with a sheild halfway round as well!
ma-joy,
Mar 29, 5:51pm
Cool thanks for all your help, will go looking tomorrow. Its for a gift and I didnt want to ask the person again. much appreciated
gunhand,
Mar 29, 5:52pm
Yes we have a nissan with that set up, what a C%$T of a thing to get off, used correct tool, couldnt turn it due to no space, used spider remover, to loose lol so used the good old leather belt but still took a huge effort and broken skin.
rob_man,
Mar 29, 6:39pm
Yes. I do know the name of a tool but I shan't repeat it here. The walls have ears.
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