Re: Oil Filter Wrenches etc.

[steveb@newkla.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

>      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.

I bought a cap wrench made by Hazet that fits nicely on the top of the
cap and can be used for installation as well.  Before I found the Hazet
wrench I never found another acceptable alternative.  

I did have one situation arise where the filter seal attached itself to 
the mounting flange.  I couldn't even break the thing loose with the 
screwdriver thru the filter technique and was left with the oil filter
base attached to the flange!  I found a pin wrench that had the pins
separated by the width of the outlet holes.  I was able to remove the 
base with the pin wrench ...

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)