Use band type filter wrench. Go in from under the hood (not up from under
the chassis). once the wrench is on apply firm, steady pressure. At first
you'll get about a 1/16 of a turn movement. Loosen and reset the wrench and
proceed as before. Soon it will be turning 1/4 turn. Reset wrench again to
the right position for optimum leverage and continue with the steady
pressure. Trust me, it will suddenly break loose for you. The filter
always tightens way up on me too, but I have yet to fail getting it off with
the band type remover. It's as good as a done deal. Your problems are over
in this department.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
<Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 11:57 AM
Subject: DML: Oil Change Nightmares
>
>Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Some points brought up though.
I
>have a 98, 5.2L, basically stock engine.
> You can't see or get to the filter from the top, tried, failed. Unless
>there's some mystical way I'm missing.
> I've changed 4 filters on this truck. I've never yet been able to break
it
>loose by hand. I tighten them on by hand but engine vibration, heat
expansion
>and contraction, all work to make it impossible to loosen by hand. Had a
>mechanic change the oil once and heard nothing but 4 letter words out of
him
>as he tried 3 different wrenches on the filter. That thing cranks itself
on
>tighter and tighter by god only knows what physics.
> I don't have 5-10 minutes to play games with screwing the oil filter
off.
>I've never, in any car I've owned before, had to 'baby' removing a filter.
>After draining the engine of oil, the filter should be self draining as
well.
>It's obvious it's not on the 318. Not only that, but it "pressurizes" the
>filter in such a way that the oil "shoots" out of the filter (not seeps)
once
>the first "hole" is breached. It's not a gusher, but it's a pretty decent
>flow. Due to this phenomenon, I'm not going to punch holes in the filter.
>Did this once because I didn't have a wrench and man did that make a mess!
> My final solution was to take a rag and wrap it around the base of the
>filter after I "loosen" it so I can hand spin it off. The rag catches the
oil
>that spits out and is right there to wipe off the contact plate after the
>filter is draining in the oil catch pan. It's still not a totally clean
>solution, but I'm certainly not impressed by the engineering here. I've
had 4
>bangers, 6 bangers, and none of them had these problems.
> As far as filter choices go, if you're changing your oil and filter
every
>3K, so long as the filter cleans out the large particles, even the cheap
>filters will do. My personal choice is the teflon filters since they add a
>half mile per gallon to my fuel economy (no lie). I tried regular filters
>after using the teflon impregnated ones, and the preformance of the truck
>dropped noticeably... I could see it at the fuel pump. When Mobil 1
decides
>to add teflon to their filters I might switch, but since I don't go beyond
3K
>with my oil, I don't forsee ever having to worry about it.
>
>Shaun H.
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