A Simple Oil Change?

[Miller]

Woke up this morning full of cheer. The sun was shining and I was looking forward to a day of razzing about in the escort and generally just relaxing. So anyway I decides to take ten minutes to change the oil before I go out (cos it hasn't been doen since I got the car). So after draining the engine I go to spin off the spin on filter....... it turns out it had other ideas and wanted to stay put.

 

I have just come in after 4hours of fighting with the thing and Ive admitted defeat, this is what it looks like now.

 

 

The rest of the filter:

 

 

 

Assorted things I have broken in the process of trying to get it off (filter wrench, socket wrench, long nose plier thingys, a file that I punched through the filter and to add insult to injury the bonnet cable pull)

 

 

Not been the best day I cant belive how bloody tight its on there.

 

Can anyone suggest what I should try next, and has anyone else ever had a similar struggle with one? Cant believe ive been defeated by a sodding oil filter

[Guest MK1gaz]

lol , i've also done the oil filter fight before and lost !!!!!!! . You need to get a long screwdriver/chisel and bang the edge of the filter round , if that don't work your fooooked !!!!!!!!

[antz]

new oil pump?

[Chris!]

new oil pump?

you mean new block

[antz]

new oil pump?

you mean new block

 

what on earth are you on about?

[Fiesta Steve]

Looks like a Pinto, so filter screws to the block Antz

[antz]

i stand corrected and will go sit in the corner

 

(i know jack shit about pintos)

[Noodles]

Fook thats tight I take mine on and off with my hands

[Chris!]

i stand corrected and will go sit in the corner

 

(i know jack shit about pintos)

[Mr Sam]

yet the other day mk2kev had his coming loose

 

hope you get it off

[glenbo]

CANT YOU GET A BIT OF HEAT ON IT WITH ONE OF THOSE PLUMBERS BLOW TORCHES OR SOMETHING

[mk2 stu]

lesson learnt........... do filters up only hand tight!!

[Vista]

Looks to me like you're going to need to get a cold chisel into what's left of the rim and tap it round. Don't hit the chisel too hard or you'll end up cutting through what's left of the rim rather than shocking the filter remains into turning.

[Miller]

Thanks for the replies .

 

Well, I cut the rest of the casing off and attacked it with a chisel afterwork and got the bloody thing off. The threaded bit where it goes into the block came out with it but ive screwed that back in complete with a fresh filter.

 

 

Heres the remains of the old one.

 

 

Well Im glad thats sorted, can go out for that drive this weekend