Anyone here a filter cutter?

[InvalidUserID]

Wondering if anyone here is pretty good at cutting oil filters open or doesn't mind to do so for BITOG science.

I have a Fram Ultra with about 16k (2 OCIs) on it that I'm going to change the oil on. It's at my father's place and he doesn't have the tools for it so I'm wondering if it would be easier to send it to a BITOGer that is better at it than I would trying to butcher one for the first time.

 

[robo339]

I'll do it

 

[53' Stude]

I'll gladly cut your filter and post the pics here

 

[InvalidUserID]

Cool, thanks for the response guys. Planning to change it out this weekend, let it drain overnight and ship it out Monday. I'll shoot you guys a PM in the next couple of days.

I'm guessing overnight drained should be good and I'll triple bag it and maybe some oil absorb material packed in.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: InvalidUserID
Cool, thanks for the response guys. Planning to change it out this weekend, let it drain overnight and ship it out Monday. I'll shoot you guys a PM in the next couple of days.

I'm guessing overnight drained should be good and I'll triple bag it and maybe some oil absorb material packed in.


When you drain it, stick something inside the base plate holes to open the ADBV (ie, broken off Q-tips for example) and drain the filer with base down for a day.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
When you drain it, stick something inside the base plate holes to open the ADBV (ie, broken off Q-tips for example) and drain the filer with base down for a day.

Yeah, otherwise the ADBV would prevent oil draining out from the filter.

 

[InvalidUserID]

Ahh, gotcha. How many of the holes...all of them or just a few?

 

[901Memphis]

A couple holes on opposite sides should get most out if you can sit it flat face down enough

 

[DBMaster]

I was able to cut one open pretty quickly and easily just by clipping off the crimp with a pair of tin snips. This created no metal bits like a hacksaw would and took, maybe, thirty seconds longer than a proper filter cutter. I am not a filter cutter. I just wanted to see what the bypass filter element looked like in a microGreen filter. Mine was quite different from the one cut open on this forum in the past.

 

[901Memphis]

Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I was able to cut one open pretty quickly and easily just by clipping off the crimp with a pair of tin snips. This created no metal bits like a hacksaw would and took, maybe, thirty seconds longer than a proper filter cutter. I am not a filter cutter. I just wanted to see what the bypass filter element looked like in a microGreen filter. Mine was quite different from the one cut open on this forum in the past.


Yep a $20 pair of tin snips at Sears makes quick work of my Ultras. Thinner filters would be even easier

 

[DBMaster]

The MG filters are heavy gauge, but still short work for the snips.

 

[goodtimes]

The Microgreen filter can is about .020 in thick, Denso Japan .020, Denso FTF Thailand .017, Fram XG .013, Puros most are .013. +/- .0005 with a ball end micrometer measured by myself with paint on. Ultras are not thicker than others. I measured only one XG3614.

 

[DBMaster]

^Thank you. I "thought" the can felt pretty thick compared to others. They're all plenty adequate, though.