Oil Filter Removal Nightmare!!!
10-01-2006, 07:04 PM
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Oil Filter Removal Nightmare!!!
I want to know who Mazda has in Japan tightening down these oil filters. I mean this is beyond freakin' rediculous. 
I am by no means weak but I can't get the thing to budge by hand. Curling 50 lbs dumdbells is meaningless for this. I've tried the F cap wrench and it's too big. I've got a size 5 from Kragen and it fits the new OEM and Mobil 1 filter one of which I'll use to to replace the one the idiot in Japan put on.
I do my own changes and never have had a problem when I hand tighten the filter. Someone needs to search and destroy that ****...ok just kidding, but maybe a slap upside the head.
I am by no means weak but I can't get the thing to budge by hand. Curling 50 lbs dumdbells is meaningless for this. I've tried the F cap wrench and it's too big. I've got a size 5 from Kragen and it fits the new OEM and Mobil 1 filter one of which I'll use to to replace the one the idiot in Japan put on. I do my own changes and never have had a problem when I hand tighten the filter. Someone needs to search and destroy that ****...ok just kidding, but maybe a slap upside the head.
10-01-2006, 07:18 PM
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I don't buy Kool-Aid
I just put my hand in there and twist that sucker off! But thats me.
You can go to autozone and get a oil filter belt and that will grip around it so you can twist it off.
You can go to autozone and get a oil filter belt and that will grip around it so you can twist it off.
10-01-2006, 07:22 PM
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a lot of people go to the dealer for the first oil change because of this.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
10-01-2006, 07:33 PM
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Ja, rubber pad is he best.
Here's the trick. Stand on the side of the car looking forward. Bend down, slide your hand between the lines. Now you got your best grip. And YEE HAW ......... It works.
Here's the trick. Stand on the side of the car looking forward. Bend down, slide your hand between the lines. Now you got your best grip. And YEE HAW ......... It works.
10-01-2006, 11:14 PM
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you noobs...don't you know using the right tool for the job will make everything easier??? use a 3/8" ratchet, long extension, and "the claw" type oil filter wrench. stop messing around with jar openers and junk *** strap-type wrenches. i've posted about this "claw" type filter wrench before...SEARCH. i would make so much money taking peoples oil filters off...
10-01-2006, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
a lot of people go to the dealer for the first oil change because of this.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
10-01-2006, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tjbourgoyne
Use one of those rubber pads that opens jars. Best oil filter wrench I ever had.
10-02-2006, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Aseras
from the factory they are on there.. just reach in there by hand and unscrew it takes some grunting, but I've got mine off.
I think I applied more force on that thing than anything related to a DP stud on my 7. Anyway I picked up another filter wrench from Walmart mentioned in a thread I searched. We'll see how that one works.
10-02-2006, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
a lot of people go to the dealer for the first oil change because of this.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
I think they don't want the oil filter falling off the car while it's on the boat. You know, if the car falls into the ocean, you want to make sure sea water doesn't get into the engine.
10-02-2006, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Razz1
Ja, rubber pad is he best.
Here's the trick. Stand on the side of the car looking forward. Bend down, slide your hand between the lines. Now you got your best grip. And YEE HAW ......... It works.
Here's the trick. Stand on the side of the car looking forward. Bend down, slide your hand between the lines. Now you got your best grip. And YEE HAW ......... It works.
I don't think they lubed the filter gasket before putting it on.
10-02-2006, 02:52 AM
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I followed the same advice as many others did on a similar thread...take it to Mazda for the intial oil change. Often times, they give you a voucher for one free oil change when you buy the car anyway. The one they put on is 10 times easier to get off...as you'll find.
I've always been one to change it myself too...always have always will. But you, along with all the others are right....that factory filter is screwed on there SOOO f-in tight, it'll take some impressive strength, or inginuity to get that thing off.
I've always been one to change it myself too...always have always will. But you, along with all the others are right....that factory filter is screwed on there SOOO f-in tight, it'll take some impressive strength, or inginuity to get that thing off.
10-02-2006, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by r0tor
theres always the method of last resort... use a hammer and pound a long screwdriver through the filter and use the screwdriver as a handle for more leverage
10-02-2006, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
any luck?
10-02-2006, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Senna
I'm going to run home for lunch to see if the Walmart/Valvoline wrench fits. If that fails I may just take it to the dealer as many suggest. I also have a mechanic friend who has vice grips for hands.....
10-02-2006, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Im_DANomite
you noobs...don't you know using the right tool for the job will make everything easier??? use a 3/8" ratchet, long extension, and "the claw" type oil filter wrench. stop messing around with jar openers and junk *** strap-type wrenches. i've posted about this "claw" type filter wrench before...SEARCH. i would make so much money taking peoples oil filters off...
10-02-2006, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Umbra
I had to use sandpaper inside a claw grip thing to get it off.