Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
I'm starting to have trouble removing the oil filter during an oil change because my hands are not as strong as they used to be. My wife's car has good access to the filter, but it is very small---2.375" in diameter---and not accessible to a standard oil filter wrench. The access to the filter on my pickup is much worse. I can hardly get my hands on it, much less a filter wrench. Is there a way to do this that I haven't thought of, or don't know about?
The other issue is how do I prevent spilling oil from the filter when I remove it? The male threaded stub that the filter screws onto guarantees that the filter can never drain completely, and also that oil will pour out of it when it is unscrewed and lifted off.
Don't bother to tell me to have it done at a garage if I don't like it. I've thought of that already.
Stan
The other issue is how do I prevent spilling oil from the filter when I remove it? The male threaded stub that the filter screws onto guarantees that the filter can never drain completely, and also that oil will pour out of it when it is unscrewed and lifted off.
Don't bother to tell me to have it done at a garage if I don't like it. I've thought of that already.
Stan