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Gareth Richards
TryHard
Bristol UK
GTT-L twin turbo auto / Lexus GS300 SE Mk2

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 Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 06:53 pm, by:  Gareth Richards (Garethr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Much easier with a proper oil filter wrench -- like a big shallow socket which fits over the end of the filter.
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Dale Holan
TryHard
Alberta
2.5 GTT L

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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 03:20 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Graham Dollisson wrote on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 05:33 pm:

I use one of these, one handed. Just tighten it, then turn the filter, then loosen and readjust on the filter, then tighten and turn. Do that as many times as needed...usually only a couple of times. Then just spin it of with your hand. Pretty cheap too!!



Where the heck do I get one?
Scott Ferguson
DieHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L

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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 03:57 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
princess auto Dale.
Dale Holan
TryHard
Alberta
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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 03:59 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Are you serious they've got one just like that? I found one on Ebay UK but princess auto would be awesome.
Scott Ferguson
DieHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L

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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:02 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Yeah they've got a whole bunch of styles including both pictured above.

adjustable end cap or adjustable band.
Scott Ferguson
DieHard
Alberta
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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:03 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Can you get a hand around the filter? If you can use sandpaper to get a good grip. otherwise get a cap style wrench and go hard. If you're still stuck the offer still stands i'll come give you a hand.
Dale Holan
TryHard
Alberta
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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 05:29 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Wicked I found the princess auto one for $3.99.

I still have not admitted defeat yet!
Brian Kelly
Tinkerer
Colorado USA
JZZ31

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 Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:52 pm, by:  Brian Kelly (Whereswaldo583) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I've used sandpaper like Scott said. I usually use a pretty corse one and that gets the job done. As for putting a new one on, i put oil on the rubber seal, and in the threaded hole. It's a lot easier to get off that way. And try to loosen it before your hands get all oily too.
Dale Holan
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Alberta
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 Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 03:48 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
1/2 price! $1.99
Braden Murdoch
DieHard
NSW
Cressida 1JZ TT

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 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 03:45 pm, by:  Braden Murdoch (Ribfeast) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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I use this sort of oil filter wrench. The harder you turn it, the harder it bites in and grips. Just attach your ratchet to it and away you go.
Kyle Wathen
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Vic
GTTL

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 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 05:44 pm, by:  Kyle Wathen (Cspot) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Where did you get that wrench from Braden?
Dale Holan
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Alberta
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 Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 12:33 pm, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I finally got mine off. Used most of the skin from my knuckles and blood as grip.
Scott Ferguson
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 Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 11:46 pm, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
About time Dale!!! sand paper or wrench?
Dale Holan
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Alberta
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 Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 11:57 pm, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
A plier style wrench. crushed the •••• out of it getting it off.
Scott Ferguson
DieHard
Alberta
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 Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:08 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Hahaha, Congrats. Thought i was gonna eventually have to help. Stubborn helps hey?
Dale Holan
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Alberta
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 Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:18 am, by:  Dale Holan (Xtrax) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
That it does. I spoke to a local Aristo owner @ Rogers Video yesterday and he's going through the same issues.
Braden Murdoch
DieHard
NSW
Cressida 1JZ TT

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 Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 01:57 pm, by:  Braden Murdoch (Ribfeast) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I got the oil filter wrench above from Supercheap if I remember correctly. Clever design!

Well done getting it off :-)
Brian Timms
DieHard
New South Wales
TT Soarer Goodness.

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 Friday, November 09, 2007 - 07:40 am, by:  Brian Timms (Turbo_brian) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I had issues getting mine off the first time, took me over 4 hours of trying and fighting, but the hardest bit for me was the damn engine was at full running temperature when I started, so the harder I gripped, the more the bastard would burn me.

Anyway, after cooling it down for the time, using rags, sand paper, and anything else I had that was grippy I eventually turned to the old trusty screwdriver!!!

Get the biggest screwdriver you can fit in the general area, and get a rubber mallet and belt the friggin screwdriver through the filter.

once the driver is through the filter, a breaker-bar on the other end of it managed to turn it 2mm's.

Remove screwdriver, move it around 2mm, and drive the bastard back through the filter (yes, oil goes everywhere and it's damn messy).

Get breaker bar and turn filter again, this time 3mm and the seal is broken.

Remove screwdriver and gently grip filter watching for the nasty sharp metal at the bottom, and the prick turns and comes out nice and easy.

I have had to do this for EVERY car I have owned on the first oil change. I started thinking it was me under-tightening the filters, but I was told they should be loose enough to get off by hand with eventual fighting, but generally, if left longer than regular servicing intervals, they tend to start getting harder to remove.

I love that wrench idea though, much cleaner than my idea, but it doesn't vent the frustration and annoyance of belting a 35cm long scredriver through the damn thing!!!
Drew Rechner
Tinkerer
South Australia
JZZ30 TT

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 Friday, November 09, 2007 - 04:36 pm, by:  Drew Rechner (Drew1jz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Try going from underneath, its a whole lot easier
Scott Ferguson
DieHard
Alberta
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 Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 02:29 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Underneath is the only way i can go, arms don't fit in from the top.
Matthew Werner
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Qld
jzz30 TT

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 Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 02:00 pm, by:  Matthew Werner (Matto_888) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
we had to punch a hole all the way through my mates 1uz to get the filter off... took a sledgey and a ****load of !@*$#^ing but we got it..

moral of the story.. read the instructions.. only turn it one thread after the gasket touches hahaha

Werner
Ryan McDonough
TryHard
NSW
JZZ30 TT

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 Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 05:18 pm, by:  Ryan McDonough (Ryan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Scott Ferguson wrote on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 02:29 am:

Underneath is the only way i can go, arms don't fit in from the top.



I am a skinny bastard, so I am able to get it from the top every time. Never thought that it would be much of an advantage to me. :-)
John Khanh
TryHard
NSW
TT

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 Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 01:08 am, by:  John Khanh (Bigjohn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
How's this for a thread revival?

So on Wednesday, after 2 weeks of owning my TT, I decided to change the oil on my RDO. Boy was this one of the worst days of my life?

So I grabbed my usual handle type oil filter removal tool (handle with the tightening loop on the end). There was no way this was going to fit. So I put on rubber gloves and tried but the spot was so tight and the filter was stuck on even tighter!

My last resort (so I thought), was to puncture it with a screwdriver. This just went straight through and through the other side. It didn't turn, only ripped the filter more.

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Damn! This didn't work. So I jumped onto this page and found this thread. So over to Supercheap Auto I went and bought what I though was going to work. Looked great! Nice fit, but when I went to use it, it would tighten, then click and go all loose again. What the heck?

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This was now about 5 hours in.

A friend then came over thinking his ratchet strap was going to work wonders. It didn't. He couldn't get it into the tight spot.

We kept trying with the screwdriver and the hammer, and the extension bar. Eventually we stopped for a breather and a think. What it we tapped it at the base to crack the seal? Flat head between the block and the filter. A few taps and don't know if it worked or not.
So we tried to tap the lip/base of the filter in a downward motion to try and push it to turn it off... Half an hour later of this and it finally came out!

I was the happiest man in the world! I gave my mate a hug! He didn't even want to celebrate with a beer!


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John Khanh
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NSW
TT

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 Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 01:13 am, by:  John Khanh (Bigjohn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I think I may just invest in one of these:


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I don't ever remember my Limited V8 being anything like the TT for an oil filter removal. That one was straight forward!
Boris Siljanoski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
LS400 + Soarer.

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 Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 11:15 pm, by:  Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Try a set of Oil filter Pliers.

Basically a big set of grips that grip the oil filter then you have lots of leverage to turn.
John Khanh
TryHard
NSW
TT

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 Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 11:47 pm, by:  John Khanh (Bigjohn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Don't think they would fit in the tight spot of the TT filter.

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