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

[Dave Head]

You can buy a propane or butane hand torch cheap at Home Depot or Lowes 
- any hardware store.

Greg Furstenwerth wrote:

>you know I dont really know about the filter coming out from the
>adapter. If it did its way to much work to take everything apart I dont
>have that kind of tools. I guess I could get them if I had to but I dont
>know. And then where could I get the adapter to replace it if I did
>manage to get it off?
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>Ontop of that I cant get my hands on a torch I dont think I will have to
>speak with dan hussey and see if he can get one.  Thanks for the ideas I
>sure hope I can get this thing off this way. If I have to get to the
>adapter if there is even one I have to get past the alternator taking
>that off and who knows what else.
>
>Thanks,
>Greg Furstenwerth
>93 V8 Q
>North Bend, WA
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>Kent McLean wrote:
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>>Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
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>>>Ok I just have to ask this due to the fact I had my tool welded and I
>>>broke the welds trying to take off the filter. I think it was cranking
>>>600-900 pounds of pressure on that @#*$%#. 
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>>I suspect someone put the oil filter on without lubing the gasket.
>>Then a long interval between oil changes and heat from the engine
>>causes the rubber gasket to bake onto the mating surface.  But
>>your filter seems *way* to stuck.  Counterclockwise is the right
>>direction.
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>>You might try hitting the portion that threads into the engine
>>with a torch, get it good and hot, and try again with your tool.
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>>Another thought: My '89 200 had an adapter into which the oil
>>cooler lines and oil filter attached, with the adapter bolted
>>to the engine block.  Does the V8 filter thread into an adapter?
>>If so, maybe you can pry the remains of the oil filter out of
>>the way, unbolt the adapter, then have at it on the workbench
>>(or just replace the adapter).
>>
>>-- 
>>Kent McLean
>>'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
>>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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