I've used the Fram suregrip filters the last couple of times I did oil changes in
my truck and my wife's car. I haven't had a problem with them. For stubborn
filters you can punch a long screw driver through it for extra leverage or get
the biggest set of channel locks you can get your hands on.
Doug Fedeli
ARubstello@aol.com wrote:
> I used a Fram suregrip oil filter (the one with the black crap on it for
> better gripping) and now I can not for the life of me get it off, I used both
> the wrench cap and the wrench thingy that goes around the filter. The black
> crap is coming off, not helping. Now I put this filter on and I don't think
> i put it on to hard. I suggest no one uses one of these.
>
> If this has happened to you and you have any advice please share, I think I
> will just have to take it to a oil place and let them do it, if they can.
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