[V8] oil filter schnanaagins!

[J123fs at aol.com]

I too have had the dreaded dual sealing gasket issue once......what a mess,  
but when you own an old Audi I think you always must have enough oil dry or  
kitty litter to sop up at least 5-10 qrts of oil......In Fact I think it states 
 that in the owners manual! What with Pentosin, flushing fluids, ect.
I also had a stuck filter on my first V8- and two gaskets to boot! 
No leak though, but it took me close to four hours with tin snips,  
needle-nose vise grips, and a dremal to get it off.
First the filter wrench completely roached the filter body into a crumpled  
mess which came off in one inch strips. When I got to the base- I cut it off  
with the dremal- not fun. Especially when you look up into the minimal space 
you  actually have way up in there. 
But, I was NOT going to let the car beat me!
That night I was meeting my SCCA buddies for some Karting, and my  shoulders, 
back, neck where completely useless to try to steer the kart (which  if you 
ever have driven an "real kart" not a amusement park one you would know  how 
physical they really are!) much to the joy of my friends who didn't let me  
whine too much when I explained my lack of pace due to the four hours of  Audi 
"therapy" !!
Jack
 


There is a follow up to this procedure (besides several beers)  ;)

About 36 hours after this procedure, your starter will fail, which  will 
require removing the re-installed oil filter which will now be hopelessly  locked 
into place by some unseen force - preventing spillage, but requiring an  
extension to remove, and enough torque to make that nice inexpensive Mahle  filter 
will be garbage.

Been there, screamed bloody murder about  that!

John