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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Looking for some help as I’m feeling a little defeated 
I was overdue for an oil change so I figured I would do it myself and save a few bucks. I’m not an auto savvy person but I figured I could handle this. Things were going fine until it was time to swap the oil filter. Unfortunately I cannot get the oil filter off. Didn’t help that I mangled it accidentally turning it the wrong way tried the screwdriver trick and just mangled it even more. The oil filter pliers I got didn’t work either.
I can’t even drive it to the shop as I already drained the oil in my engine and don’t want to refill it with the damaged filter still attached. Should I just cut my losses and tow it there, or is there a way to pry the thing off without damaging anything?
Any advice is appreciated...
EDIT: Alright, I found a bunch of ideas on this page (scroll to the comments) -- https://jimsgarage.wordpress.com/200...ck-oil-filter/ fingers crossed for tomorrow! |
I have had this happen before. Depending on how much room you have, my solution was to totally mangle the filter until it came off.