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Originally Posted by Calgary14
I wouldn't give up on oil changes entirely. I would take it to a shop who will be able to somehow get it off. Explain to the shop the situation and ask if they can put the new filter on but not so tight it takes hours to get off.
This exact situation happened when I first started changing the oil in my car years ago. Luckily I had a friend that had the tools to get it off. Ever since then its a non-issue since I'm the one replacing the filter. It's on tight but not extremely tight.
Oil changes are dead simple, anyone can do them, you just need to forget the first one and move on....
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Thanks. Yeah, perhaps the moral of story is that if your last oil change was at a Jiffy Lube, maybe do a quick check that the oil filter hasn't completely fused on before draining the oil or doing any other steps
As an update, I pushed the car to a neighborhood shop about 5 blocks away (props to the City bus driver who saw I was visibly gassed and got out and helped me push for half a block!) and they threw it up on the hoist today. Managed to twist it off using extra long bar for leverage; I'm happy I didn't completely annihilate the filter so they still had something to work with and it wasn't too complicated to remove.
It also didn't cost much more than what they would charge for a regular oil change, and it was well worth it by then... although to add insult to injury, I managed to ruin an older but still practically new pair of white running shoes by pushing the car out of the driveway and accidentally stepping in the oil drain pan I put under the car to catch any drips from the punctured filter
