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What is the best way to remove the oil filter of a R32 gtst

I have tried this stupid spinning clamp thingy, but it does not work too well as its a very tight squeeze and not alot of room, plus it doesnt really grip to well

If anyone knows the best way to remove it please let me know........

Im worried if i try with my hand and get it off, when i put the new one in, it wont be as tight and could slowly fall off

if anyone has done this with success then please let us know how...

thanks heaps guys

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You have a bit of room in the 32's, you could always get a claw tool, they are pretty good with a ratchet. But may anana try the old ways ie multigrips, screwdriver lol bit dodgy.

And when you put an oil filter on its only meant to be done up with your hand anyway, as tight as you can.

I found an awesome tool at autobarn i think it was (of all places) its a metal band style tool but with a threaded adjustor to tighten it once you have it slipped onto the filter. Works a treat. By the way your not supposed to tighten as tight as you can with your hand. You'll just have the same problem next time. Spin it till it grabs then nip it up just a little more, till its firm but not over tight. Check for leaks after you start the engine.

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I found an awesome tool at autobarn i think it was (of all places) its a metal band style tool but with a threaded adjustor to tighten it once you have it slipped onto the filter. Works a treat. By the way your not supposed to tighten as tight as you can with your hand. You'll just have the same problem next time. Spin it till it grabs then nip it up just a little more, till its firm but not over tight. Check for leaks after you start the engine.

Oil filter is suppose to be hand tight, not torqued.

if all else fails you can bash a screwdriver through the filter, one sometimes has to resort to this if previous owner or mechanic overtightened it.

there are a few different tools you can buy to remove filters, some work better than others.

With my skyline i've never had to use a tool to get the filter off, but other cars i've had to. i just removed my hicas including the solenoid in the engine bay, and there is now more room to get to the oil filter!

Take it to a mechanic and invariably they will weld the farker on. I tried everything to get mine off, including my filter wrench, which is now useless because I bent it so bad. Hopefully my mate will get it off with his wrench, otherwise its the screwdriver trick, if that fails, an oxy torch :) hehe.

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Well when you think about, you genrerally undo an oil filter with a ratchet right? So youd have to be realllly stupid to overtighten it with your hand or built like the hulk.... the thread does stop......

After the thing has been on the engine for a while the heat & vibration will tend to make it harder to remove.

As an aside don't the K & N filters have a lug on the end that fits a 1/2" drive on your socket set?

Also, the screw driver trick works, but remember there is no going back once you start. The metal skin of a filter is actually quite thin, so be careful.

yeah, i've had to punch a screw driver through one before on a GTI-R. bitch of a thing. didn't have a hammer either, and the screwrivers was one of those cheap arse 2-pieces ones which lasted all of about 3 whacks with a massive socket in the palm of my hand. stuffed the screw driver. lightly damaged the socket. got oil everywhere. but got the bugger off!

my advice is whilst it's bad to overtighten, it's worse to undertighten as an oil filter popping off makes a massive mess and may root your engine if your not quick enough to realise.

After the thing has been on the engine for a while the heat & vibration will tend to make it harder to remove.

As an aside don't the K & N filters have a lug on the end that fits a 1/2" drive on your socket set?

Also, the screw driver trick works, but remember there is no going back once you start. The metal skin of a filter is actually quite thin, so be careful.

No idae about the K and N filters, i just use a genuine nissan one. AT work we have oil filter tools, so instead of using my massive guns of steel i just get a oil filter tool on a 3/8 rathcet and off she comes in a few seconds....alot less f**king around :)

Yeah im not really a fan of the screwdriver thingo, leads to cuts if you arent careful lol

And the deal with mechanics making them tight.... if a car goes out with an undertightened oil filter, comes back with oil leaks, then we get in the shit for it.... Its safer to NOT lose your job over something so trivial, when most people dont know where their oil filter is let alone how to change it.

but yeah oh dont forget to make sure the seal from the old oil filter is not still on. otherwise oil goes everywhere and it gets messy.

yeah i took my car to the mechanic in my local are and asked him to do a oil change and to change the filter. anyways i got home and spoke to my naighbour whos and aircraft technician and he showed me how to do all the stuff myself. i went under the car to check the filter and it turns out that it wasnt replaced at all and that it was severely bent outa shape. it took me a solid hour to get it off. this mechanic is old and he really doesnt remember much about anything so i cant hold it against him ;)

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