Re: Oil Filter Wrenches etc.

["Psychos 'R Us" <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Okay, I have tried three or four different oil filter wrenches none of 
> which has been any good for removing the larger of the two oil filters 
> on my ur-quattro. It is extremely difficult to get at. I am fed up 
> puncturing the filter with a screw driver and turning it with the 
> handle of the screwdriver (20 degrees at a time!). I am contemplating 
> buying the wrench advertised in the Automotion catalog; it looks like 
> a spring that wraps around the outside of the filter and tightens 
> around the filter to grip it, when you apply torque to the end of it. 
> Has anyone tried it, does it work? Hot engine oil running up my sleeve 
> has never been much fun.

Sears has similar device -- the "spring" is a metal band. The contraption 
works by tightening up when you turn the handle. Yes, it works but it 
does need some "free play" to tighten up to begin unscrew the oil filter. 
If you have really tight spot on, this thing may not work.

If the place where oil filter resides is really hard to get at, then you 
should look into one of those oil filter relocater.

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