Well it worked!!!! After a pipe wrench, 2 different oil filter removers, The drive a screwdriver thru the filter trick, WD-40 and a handmade filter remover I got from the internet. Tried all these but the clamp did work!!!!!! Thanks again!!!! God bless TH-cam....
Anytime friend, never know what you’ll come across I hope to post more informative automotive content in the very near future, I’ve recently been getting in the swing of things at a new workplace.
Dude! You're a genius! Or maybe whoever taught you this is, but regardless I owe you a beer or a Happy Meal or something. Working on cars for 50 years, never had this happen. (Filter was on less than a year but someone else did the previous oil change. Safe bet they forgot to oil the seal.) Tried several suggested techniques, no success. Starting to think I'd have to get it towed to a shop but $6 muffler clamp did the trick. Again, thanks for a great tip!
@@combustiontherapy2222 It worked! Since the placement of the filter is so awkward on an EP3, this was actually the only option that could work. You are a godsend my man!
Since you have a ton of room you can just grab it with a big pair of slip joint channel locks. Smash and turn. About half the time of your muffler clamp hack.
Awesome video, I am more concerned about how did an oil filter stay on long enough to able to get rusted and which maniac went to town putting that on that hard lol
Was that a 2.75" walker clamp? Was this for a car owned by someone else, and if so how did the conversation about this filter go? ("So it looks like your filter was pretty stuck. Do you know how long ago it was put on there?") 😁
It was a customer vehicle the conversation definitely would’ve gone something along those lines 😂 Thankfully it was a car I purchased to repair & resell that had been sitting for quite some time, over 2 years to be exact through heavy snow storms etc. One winter that it sat we had record snow fall amounts, the military was even called in to help with snow clearing efforts. In the end after some missed maintenance and needed work it was a fine little car with a mere 142k on the clock.
@@nemedities Successfully used this trick today, measured new filter - it was between 2 3/4" and 3". Since old one was already squished from attempts to get the filter off, I went with 2 3/4. Filter was a Wix 51036 on Chevy 4.3. So measure your replacement filter and unless its exactly the clamp size go with the next smaller size.
The wonders of editing… iirc I ensured the clamp wasn’t slipping on the filter which in turn loosened the filter prior to recording the segment, I wanted to show you guys regardless
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Well it worked!!!! After a pipe wrench, 2 different oil filter removers, The drive a screwdriver thru the filter trick, WD-40 and a handmade filter remover I got from the internet. Tried all these but the clamp did work!!!!!! Thanks again!!!! God bless TH-cam....
Anytime friend, never know what you’ll come across I hope to post more informative automotive content in the very near future, I’ve recently been getting in the swing of things at a new workplace.
Dude! You're a genius! Or maybe whoever taught you this is, but regardless I owe you a beer or a Happy Meal or something. Working on cars for 50 years, never had this happen. (Filter was on less than a year but someone else did the previous oil change. Safe bet they forgot to oil the seal.) Tried several suggested techniques, no success. Starting to think I'd have to get it towed to a shop but $6 muffler clamp did the trick. Again, thanks for a great tip!
This video had me amazed... speechless, and people have struggled with this dilemma for generations!! Count me in, I have subscribed!!
You lucky you have so much space to access your filter. I have to go through my passenger wheel well to get to mine on an older nissan pick up.
NOW THATS KOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!!!, NICE JOB BRO....GOD BLESS, STAY SAFE!!!
Good hack😂 this helped me and my dad when we had issues getting the filter lose!
Great idea!
Clever! Never thought of this
Thanks for watching! Catch you in the next upload
Good idea! But I would recommend not hitting the sockets with the ratchet!:)
Awesome video! Another option before I stab mine with a screwdriver as a last resort...
Give it a try, the screwdriver trick is great until the filter tears all the way around leaving a sharp edge to work against.
@@combustiontherapy2222 That is how I envision this ending... But I will definitely give this a try first
@@benghazi4216 Good luck with it man
@@combustiontherapy2222 It worked!
Since the placement of the filter is so awkward on an EP3, this was actually the only option that could work.
You are a godsend my man!
@@benghazi4216 I feel your struggle, the engineers are at it again ⚙️
That's great and all when you have all that room to spin but my 14 ram has no space for something like that
It worked great for me
Thanks for a simple and inexpensive idea
Glad it helped!
Genius bro!!!! Tnx
Since you have a ton of room you can just grab it with a big pair of slip joint channel locks. Smash and turn. About half the time of your muffler clamp hack.
There will come a time when that won’t do it for you ;)
Oscar for genius!
Good thinkin!
All these brute force methods are great -if the filter-can doesn't disintegrate.
Very clever repurpose of a muffler clamp. Stuck oil filters are a big headache.
You got that right my friend a PITA they are indeed
Awesome video, I am more concerned about how did an oil filter stay on long enough to able to get rusted and which maniac went to town putting that on that hard lol
We both know Newfoundland is the answer, always...🪨🤯
@@combustiontherapy2222 Hahaha
better than ramming a screwdriver through the filter!
That oil filter was begging to get tapped out!!!
Just jam a big screw driver through it and loosen it take out the screw driver and remove by hand
I just use a drill, then leave the bit inside the filter, then turn.
Was that a 2.75" walker clamp? Was this for a car owned by someone else, and if so how did the conversation about this filter go? ("So it looks like your filter was pretty stuck. Do you know how long ago it was put on there?") 😁
It was a customer vehicle the conversation definitely would’ve gone something along those lines 😂 Thankfully it was a car I purchased to repair & resell that had been sitting for quite some time, over 2 years to be exact through heavy snow storms etc. One winter that it sat we had record snow fall amounts, the military was even called in to help with snow clearing efforts. In the end after some missed maintenance and needed work it was a fine little car with a mere 142k on the clock.
Never said clamp size.....
@@nemedities That’s going to depend on the filter you’re trying to remove.
Working on it now. The clamp idea seems to be the best out there. Thanks for the advice!
@@nemedities Successfully used this trick today, measured new filter - it was between 2 3/4" and 3". Since old one was already squished from attempts to get the filter off, I went with 2 3/4. Filter was a Wix 51036 on Chevy 4.3. So measure your replacement filter and unless its exactly the clamp size go with the next smaller size.
Why does the filter move just before the wrench is about to be turned?
The wonders of editing… iirc I ensured the clamp wasn’t slipping on the filter which in turn loosened the filter prior to recording the segment, I wanted to show you guys regardless
Thank you for your honesty.
I am anxious to try this and will post
my experience.
if nothing else made me LOL
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You like your filter wrench?
Video needs some editing to make it shorter. Next time remove footage that is unnecessary.
Appreciate the feedback thanks for watching! Let me know if you found this trick useful and would like to see some others I have up my sleeve…