Originally Posted by
Top_Fuel
I'll throw this out there...
The
original oil filter from the factory is usually a bear to remove. It's like they don't put oil on the gasket and then over-torque it with a filter wrench. If you do it yourself, a setup like
THIS will make the removal process easier. If you use a strap wrench to remove the original filter, you may end up crushing the filter. That's how crazy hard it is to get the thing off. I only needed to use tools to remove the original filter. Now I can do it by hand.
So if there's one benefit of having the dealer do at least one oil change, it's that they get to be the ones to remove the original filter.
Good point. I was taking the the plastic shield off along the bottom of the rad support to get that tiny oem filter off until I got a filter socket.
We had one car that was serviced at a different city. Someone at some shop took a sawzall to the plastic to make it easier to access the filter. I don't know if they did that to all the cars down there or maybe just did it cause the rad support was pushed back from hitting curbs? I found that out after the car was brought back to me with unrelated problems.
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