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Old 05-02-17, 02:39 PM   #1
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Default Anyonen had a stuck oil filter recently?

Hi,

I'm referring to the conventional spin-on oil filters that almost everything uses nowadays. Until recently I've never had trouble removing one, normally they can be undone by hand or occasionally I use a rubber strap wrench to get them started. Now suddenly I've had two in a row that simply didn't want to shift. Completely different engines, one was the SV and one a marine diesel engine, both originally fitted by hand by me. When I say these didn't want to shift I mean they were seriously stuck. The rubber wrench couldn't shift them, and using a chain wrench the cannister was actually buckling and splitting before the base would move. Even stranger they were both almost as stiff after I'd got them undone by 1/2 a turn or more.

Just wondering if they've started making the seals of a different material recently or something.

Anyone had similar, and any tips for removing seriously stuck filters?

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Old 05-02-17, 02:45 PM   #2
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Default Re: Anyonen had a stuck oil filter recently?

get a socket type. cheep and very good. wouldn't be without mine. i also have a snapon band type wrench that is good.
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Old 05-02-17, 04:30 PM   #3
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Cheers, just ordering one ready for next time with the SV. Even when they undo easily, it'll save burning myself on the exhaust. I used one with the CBR for exactly that reason, but sod's law that's a different size. I'm not sure it would have shifted that filter though, suspect it would have just rounded off or crumpled the cannister.

Need a better strap wrench as well.
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Old 05-02-17, 05:23 PM   #4
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Default Re: Anyonen had a stuck oil filter recently?

I use one of these and it's not failed me yet

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...P2L&ref=plSrch
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Old 05-02-17, 05:35 PM   #5
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Funny enough, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. I can't remember how many spin on oil filters I have changed but it must be dozens. Yesterday on my SV650 I couldn't believe how tight the oil filter was. I had to stab the xin thing to get it off. Correct me if am wrong but I have always understood that oil filters only really need to just over hand tight!
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Old 05-02-17, 05:50 PM   #6
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Default Re: Anyonen had a stuck oil filter recently?

Yes I tried stabbing a screwdriver through the filter, however all that did was tear the metal and bend the screwdriver. Ended up having to cut a notch in the rim and tap it with a drift to get it started, after that the chain wrench shifted it 1/4 turn at a time, each 1/4 turn moving onto an undamaged part of the cannister.

Absolutely correct about hand tight, but these were both fitted by hand originally so I can't understand why they were such a bear to remove.
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Old 05-02-17, 05:59 PM   #7
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Yes, that's exactly what happend yesterday. Stabbed it, tried to turn it and the screw driver just ripped its way through the filter. Eventually snapping the screwdriver! Had to use a bigger 18" long screwdriver to shift the xin thing!
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, it'll save burning myself on the exhaust.

It will be easier to take the filter off cold.
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It was cold!!
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Old 05-02-17, 06:16 PM   #10
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I always feel the oil doesn't drain properly if you do it cold.

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