Revolutionary Trick for Removing Stuck Oil Filters - See How Easily It Can Be Done!

Bud, thank you!!!! Ours was on so tight it ripped the strap. The filter finally loosened but it ripped.

Had a tough one today which led me here. Was able to make something similar with tools in my garage and it worked with reasonable effort after I couldn't budge the filter at all with normal techniques. Thank you for sharing!!

I've had that tool in my arsenal for decades and it's never let me down until today. Its a Land Rover Evoque and the previous owner obviously hadn't changed it for years. There is minimum gripping surface but will get done tomorrow. Spent the whole day today trying to get it off...the whole frickking day !

I haven’t seen it that Bad, But I came close too it when I was changing the Oil of my Step Daughters
car 😂 I only had one hole and a little bit crushed with that same strap.

I did the screw driver already and it hasn't moved wtf

Thank you bro. I had the same problem. After looking at Your homeade tool l i was able to make one of my own with a ratchet strap and cutting a bolt to thread it in the bolt, and it worked. Took a few attempts, but it finally started moving.
Praise God........

Lube gasket and only hand tightened.

Probably stuck that badly because it was on the block when it was painted

Used to sell those

He probably tried turning it the wrong way at first when he tried to take it off 🙄

I seen worse on a coolant filter on a international 8600 today

Same condition my oil filter this is stuck I do try but this is no open 😔😔

Just now my oil filter stuck and broke😞😞

I had a minute lube used RTV sealant on my filter and I had the same issue when I changed it the next time myself,I will never go back.That strap tool worked for me as well.

Great idea and great job DUDE, but if you said DUDE one more time I was going to throw my monitor out of my window!!!

I had a couple of those on a CAT 360, had to use a 1/2 inch breaker bar and broke three straps. The scary thing was that this was a first service and those filters were put on by CAT.

Dude!

Well done for not giving up !!! Cheers Eddie

You can buy that wrench at a snap on truck

Lol I just just had the same issue with my wife's traverse I did finally get it off but it was a bear and after seeing this I'm definitely going to make a tool like that one you used. I appreciate the video brother

Sometimes easier taking the oil filter ,to engine, flange of and removing filter in a vice.

Hit it with heat for a bit. Before turning.

what wrench is it??

DUDE!

dude

I really don’t want to hear about this oil filter that is basically on a model engine

I'm in that situation right now as we speak

Blow Torch!😱😱😱😱😱😱

Youre the frickin man

That wasn’t easy. Thumbs down

Looks like the engine was painted with the filter on.

I want to thank you for posting this. I am a 75 year old metalworker that has taken off lots of oil filters. I have a new John Deere lawn tractor, s140, and somebody didn't lube the oil filter when they put it on. Went to do my 6 hour oil change and it just wouldn't come off. The screwdriver tore it up. I made a version of that tool (took 20 minutes to make) and in 3 minutes it was clear off. I couldn't believe it. Thanks again!!

Your strap didn't break, not killer tight, was waiting for strap to break, then 3 prong grabber brake, then an actual fix lol.

I got on on my outboard that's just like that!!!

I’m in this situation right now, very frustrating

ive got a bastard one and it wont budge

I have a filter right now thats stuck on a motorcycle that broke that strap, it ripped it in half. anybody got any other ideas

For those using a flute. Put a wet sorta thick napkin and place it inside the flute before putting on top of the oil filter. Works like a charm.

Hand tighten oil filters only! You don't need a quarter turn with a wrench, afterwards. Have been doing it this way for over 20 years and I've never had a problem. And I don't have the strongest grip, either. Lube the gasket generously with fresh oil, prior to installing.

Damn, I've been going thru the same thing dude🤦‍♂️. I'm like WTH????
Unbelievable how tight my filter is....
I've tried other methods and I'm getting frustrated so I'm using the screw driver method tomorrow. I'm so done with this sh*t dude. Thx for sharing

Duuuuuude😂😂😂😂

Dude!😄

Yes, lube the gasket but a ham fisted first attempt to unscrew the filter at a slight angle will oval out the threads in the filter. I had a Ford I think that that happened to. I was lucky that I was able to unbolt the filter mount and put it in a large vice. I had to use a giant pipe wrench to get it to unscrew. It was brutal.

My situation yesterday was 10 times worse of a curse than yours. Im a 67 years of age long time mechanic with all the tools too. On a 2002 softail harley I spent five hours literally aftert driving screwdrivers in this oil filter and the metal ripped away in where the metal peeled away like the skin of an orange and pulled out the guts of the filter and was left with only the flange of the front of the filer left. And the bastard still wouldnt give, so I took one of my stanley chiself and hammered a notch on the metal flange and also had to use the floor jack handle and beat it with a damn sledge hammer and it was tight all the way until it came loose finally. I am age 67 and have never ran into this im my 53 years. What caused this? Harley delaerships and some of the shops use red loctite on every thing on the bikes and its an obsession with them even though it isnt necessary. They had used loctite on those threads.. When I finally got it off I had a pile of pieces of chrome metal pices and the entite screening guts and mesh of that filter in a pile. Piece by piece of it plus beating the flange . I still am in disbelief of this

Easiest way is to use a strap wrench at the base of the filter and a cup socket at the end. Usually 2 people required to do this. Surface aera is key to not crushing it.

IM NOT HAPPY FOR YOU TROUBLE,BUT ITS GOOD TO SEE OTHERS IN THE SAME BOAT!
IVE GOT MY NEPHEW OLD 05 F150 THAT S.O.B. HAS ISSUES W/OIL FILTER EVERTTIME,EVERY F'ING TIME!
MY PALMS ARE RAW FROM TWISTING ON THAT SOAB!!
LOVE THAT TOOOL!
IM BOUT TO SACRIFUCE A RIGGING STRAP & A 3/8" DRIVE BABY EXT!!
THANKS,TWO ( KINDA SORE ) THUMBS UP!!

I was changing the oil filter on our backup generator. The wrench crushed the filter - then punched a screwdriver thru it and it shredded what was left shredded what was left. I peeled away what was left of the metal to avoid cutting my fingers - the damn thing still did not budge. The base of the filter where it threads on was still left. I could build your 'tool' but I muscled 2 bolts into holes around the threads and used a screwdriver between them and used a lot of leverage on the screwdriver to back off the leftover. Wish I knew who installed the old filter.

Dude you are a life saver. I just custom built this tool and it worked beyond perfect! My oil filter was like welded to my motor. Thank you!!!

Thanks for sharing! Never seen one like that. What an idiot who installed it that tight without lube. I have the cup type wrench that fits on the end of the filter and takes a 3/8” drive ratchet, and the three finger metal one but you need room on the end to work those. Best filter wrench I have is like a thin channel lock that bites into the filter body high up and lets you turn it off.

The worst one I ever had was baked on, but we got it off using a Craftsman strap wrench. It was a bitch but nothing like this one!

Next time use a 3 finger type