[V8] Oil Change woes!!! Filter stuck!

[cobram at juno.com]

Change your thinking on this one, and you might find a better solution. 
What's holding the filter on?  It's not just the central threads, but the
rubber washer, somebody probably put it on without wetting it down with
oil first, and put a little too much torque on it, thanks to the nut
underneath it...was the guy a "retard" as you put it, I doubt it, but
whose more to blame, the guy you KNOW is probably an idiot, or the guy
who hands his keys over to one?

Work on the rubber gasket, if you can get to it through the holes, pick
at it with a pick, and pickle it in silicone spray.  You want to get the
silicone to penetrate the gasket so that it'll break it's death grip. 
You might be able to get a small saw in there and hack away at the
gasket, being careful of course.  No such thing as a reverse thread on an
oil filter, that would be r.......

BCNU,
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