I've always done the oil & filter changes on my cars & must have removed a hundred oil filters in my time but I met my match getting this B£$%%"y thing off.
I jacked the car up & put on 2 axle stands at the front. Dropped the cover off, got a 32mm socket on the plastic filter housing but there was no room to move the ratchet. I used one of those flexible adaptors & eventually heaved it loose. It must have taken me a good hour to get it to move. I couldn't get the socket & ratchet into a position where I could give it a good hard pull.
I greased the thread of the housing when I put it back & tried not to do it up very tight to give myself an easier time when I next change the oil.
Is there an easier way?
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