I have an OEM hex filter wrench, but it's stuck to the oil filter. How do I remove it? I can drill holes into the oil filter then poke with a screw driver, which would give me enough grip to pull on the oil filter. But how do I get the grip to pull on the oil filter wrench?
oil filter wrench is stuck on oil filter
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I assume the filter is off the car? What size filter? If the filter is 3/4-16 threads you are in luck, just thread piece of 3/4 NPT pipe in. If not reach in with some small Channel locks. Or hold it with a vise or bigass vise grips.
If you don't have a bench vise its going to be hard. I've had a few filters that has become stuck in those socket type filter wrenches. I usually lock the filter in the vise and whack the wrench with a block of wood. Sometimes trying to turn the socket back the way it got stuck helps and sometimes not.
is it the cap style? i had a whole assortment of those as well as the other style of filter wrenches. i would put my ratchet on the cup style one and then grab the base of the filter with another style and turn them in opposite directions. usually it would make a huge mess, but i had my wrench back.
If its still on the car, put a long extension in it and push/pull side to side (I assume its the kind that goes on a ratchet)
If its not still on the car, hold the cap end in your hand and hit the filter on concrete (side ways - not driving it on further).
If its not still on the car, hold the cap end in your hand and hit the filter on concrete (side ways - not driving it on further).
I try and rip the wrench off after the filter is loose and before the filter is totally unscrewed.
If filter with stuck "wrench" is off the car.....put filter in your bench vise. Then take a hammer and tap the top lip of the wrench (which I assume is basically the oversized socket type) in the direction that it needs to go (i.e. off the filter).
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