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

[Greg Furstenwerth]

450$ later and the filter is changed. I took it to the shop and they
used my tool and a airgun and got it off. A interesting side note the
post that the filter connects to came off with the filter thats what I
was dealing with :/

Greg

Matthew Yip wrote:

>Craftsman also makes a breaker bar/1/2" rachet combination that's
>great for breaking things loose and then fliping the head over and
>using the bar as a "speeder wrench".  
>
>I had a similar issue with the oil filter on an '84 GTi although the
>filter (being shorter) remained mostly intact.  I ended up using a
>strap-type filter wrench and the aforementioned breaker bar/1/2"
>rachet combo and a 3' helper bar to get the damn thing loose.
>
>Matthew
>
>--- "Korn, Bob" <Bob.Korn at Fike.com> wrote:
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>>A 1/2" breaker bar should provide significantly more torque, get
>>the
>>biggest 1/2" Craftsman from your local sears store and give it a
>>try.
>>If you break it, just take it back and they will replace, of
>>course,
>>don't mention the 6 foot pipe you had over the end of it..........
>>;-)
>>    
>>
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