bullet bob
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Never torque a filter, good-n-tight works great.
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Oil Filter Wrench Size
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Export threadI ONLY install oil filters by hand!
Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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Are you saying that tightening an oil filter ISN'T a contest?
ohiodave53
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Like you I have only ever tightened filters by hand and feel whether it be a lawn and garden application or automotive. Never a problem with leakage/loosening. But then I read the post that followed yours about using a torque wrench to install the filter. Crazy stuff B & S.I ONLY install oil filters by hand!
Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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I used to work as a boat mechanic and one day, a ski boat came in for an oil change. I asked when it was changed the last time and the customer said "Well, that's the thing....". Three years. Then, when his son tried to remove the Fram filter with a screwdriver, he shredded it. To be fair, the top of the filter was more than an inch below the floor of the boat and there wasn't much space between the engine and edge of the floor as it dropped into the bilge.
I tried all of my tools without success and then, one by one, a MAC, Cornwell and Matco driver showed up, offering some of their filter wrenches and none of them worked. I decided to give up for the day and that night, I had a dream about this and solved the problem.
Car, truck, boat, tractor, whatever- if the filter doesn't want to come out and the can has been destroyed, stick the ends of a needle nose pliers into the holes in the filter's base plate and use an adjustable wrench to turn it.
I tried all of my tools without success and then, one by one, a MAC, Cornwell and Matco driver showed up, offering some of their filter wrenches and none of them worked. I decided to give up for the day and that night, I had a dream about this and solved the problem.
Car, truck, boat, tractor, whatever- if the filter doesn't want to come out and the can has been destroyed, stick the ends of a needle nose pliers into the holes in the filter's base plate and use an adjustable wrench to turn it.
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I've changed oil filters on lawn tractors, farm tractors, automobiles, boats, semi-trucks for 60 years and have never used a tool to install any filters. Now, I have had to use one to remove a few, that some clown either over tighten (probably used a tool) during install or never lubed the rubber seal. Hand tightened them until snug, then give it another 3/4 turn = done!