Spend the $10 on the Lisle 63600 oil filter wrench. I have used it thousands of times and it has never failed to remove an oil filter. Best oil filter wrench on the market in my opinion.
Why change your own oil?
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Spend the $10 on the Lisle 63600 oil filter wrench. I have used it thousands of times and it has never failed to remove an oil filter. Best oil filter wrench on the market in my opinion.
A screwdriver also works well.
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...... not in limited space where end-cap filter removal tools are virtually required.
A majority of non-cartridge filters are housed today to create increased blood pressure, bare, bloody knuckles, skin burns and vulgar language.
Because you control the actions like removing/tightening the oil drain plug. You choose the oil and the filter. I had too many crs where I had to tap and threadsert the oil pan since some guy at the oil change place or dealer cross threaded the bolt or use an impact gun on it.
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Make sure you check the cap seal when you are buying motor oil. I found the seal broken on one 5 qt. bottle of Pennzoil Platinum I picked up off the shelf at Walmart, and it was full of used motor oil.
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My previous car -Goodyear put in synthetic blend with a cheap carquest red filter which is made for conventional and up to 5k...if I waited for 10k car would've been screwed...they torqued the drain plug so tight I had to use an impact driver to remove. Never again
Doing for under $35 rather than 70 to 100 dollars make a lot of sense to me even at 80!
I bought a Honda 30 years ago and it told me right in the manual to change the very cheap $2.99 oil filter every 20,000 miles. I thought that was strange but trusted Hondas judgement and started changing the oil filter every 20,000 miles as suggested. I cut them open and they were clean and in good shape. Honda was right. I’ve done it ever since for a million miles on every car I’ve ever owned and it’s fine. Your car won’t blow up if you run a parts store oil filter for more than 5000 miles.
And oil filters arnt made for conventional or synthetic oil. They don’t care. That’s just a marketing gimmick.
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I enjoy it
I don't know why a torque wrench is necessary for that. The clowns that over tighten drain plugs won't use the torque wrench correctly anyway.
Either way, 6 ugga-duggas with the impact wrench is too tight.
using an impact wrench on a drain plug is wrong anyways
It would have been fine.
Agreed. Although I occasionally take my drain plug off with a small impact driver as I usually have it out for removing and installing my undertray.
A few years ago my wife got a new Chrysler minivan and the first few oil changes were free at the dealer. The first time I went to do it myself I ended up putting a floor jack under the box end wrench on the drain plug to get it off.
Stupid techs and their impact wrenches
I just serviced my neighbor's daughter's Odyssey. The plastic shroud around the oil filter uses 3 push pin fasteners; 2 were missing and 1 was broke.
Oil plug was not over-tightened but the cheapie oil filter was. One thing I kinda liked was the reusable plug gasket; the one with the rubber center. I gave it a new Honda warsher torqued to 29 lb/ft.
Oil plug was not over-tightened but the cheapie oil filter was. One thing I kinda liked was the reusable plug gasket; the one with the rubber center. I gave it a new Honda warsher torqued to 29 lb/ft.
How did it not leak? The mouting surface must be massive if it can accomodate a filter that much smaller.
I do it because there's just some times that you need to isolate yourself in the garage with the doors locked, the radio or TV on and spend some quality time with a drink of your choice, your vehicle and some 5W20 or whatever your vehicle's favorite libation happens to be. A couple toots of brake clean can also liven the mood but YMMV.
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