Oil Filter Removal Help
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Oil Filter Removal Help
Oil Filter Removal Help
Have an '03 EXPY without the oil filter remotely located in an easier position like those trucks with the tow package.
As a result, the oil filter is just forward of the cross member and REALLY difficult to get out.
Anyone have any tricks?
The filter wrench that I've used in the past has been pretty successful in getting out the most stubborn of oil filters.
But this time, there is just no room to for getting enough leveral in there.
Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions or better tools in getting that stubborn filter out.
I've already put an order in for relocating the oil filter so I don't have to deal with this, but in the mean time, I need to get this oil filter off!
Have an '03 EXPY without the oil filter remotely located in an easier position like those trucks with the tow package.
As a result, the oil filter is just forward of the cross member and REALLY difficult to get out.
Anyone have any tricks?
The filter wrench that I've used in the past has been pretty successful in getting out the most stubborn of oil filters.
But this time, there is just no room to for getting enough leveral in there.
Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions or better tools in getting that stubborn filter out.
I've already put an order in for relocating the oil filter so I don't have to deal with this, but in the mean time, I need to get this oil filter off!
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I haven't gotten around to change my oil a 2nd time. I've heard from others to get the dealer to change it the first time, that Ford puts them on really tight, after that you can do it yourself easily.
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Ugh. They must have torqued that filter on TIGHTLY from the factory, but I'm having a really hard time.
I'm just short of stabbing it with a screwdriver and prying it off that way.
I want to avoid purchasing a metal end cap filter wrench simply because I'm going to relocate the filter and wouldn't have a use for the end cap afterwards.
I'm just short of stabbing it with a screwdriver and prying it off that way.
I want to avoid purchasing a metal end cap filter wrench simply because I'm going to relocate the filter and wouldn't have a use for the end cap afterwards.
