So, it seemed that my oil filter canister had decieded to weld itself to the engine block. After juggling around turning the steering this way and that, I finally had enough to get in there with my biggest torque wrench, (everything else had failed to move the oil filter canister).

And then this happened;



      

Anyone got any ideas? I've tried a load of different sockets, metric and imperial, but none fit. The 3/8th's end of a socket is far too small and a 1/2" drive too big to fit in the square hole.

How easy is it to cut these buggers off, and am I even likely to get it all off if I do take an angle grinder to it?


Any help, anything at all would be greatly appriciated as I'm starting to come towards my wits end with this car 

TheBoy wrote on 17. Jan 2011 at 17:46:


I always do But only now I know how tight it is... First time off it was a socket job  Equally, if it is tighter than it should be then I would revert to a socket

Thanks all.

I knew I wad going to be in trouble when I had to use a 28" long bar on the sump plug, which must have been torqued up to a greater value than the wheel nuts! 

I tried a 24mm regular socket on the oil filter canister, but that just started slipping, chewing up the end of the canister. Then I tried a 24mm impact socket, but even with the steering turned to the maximum one way or the other, there just wasn't the room, either with breaker bar or torque wrench, to turn the housing. Hence using the torque wrench with the 3/8th's adapter on the end.

So, how do I get out of this problem?

Well, the houysing is now split so chisel the end off and remove the whole lump from the block

Thanks all.

Here's the bit that I want to be sure of before proceeding.

I've already bought all the bit's needed to convert to a regular 'spin-on' type oil filter, so I want to be certain that I'm not going to end up with any of the old canister stuck in there preventing the new one from getting a leak free seal.

I've not yet driven the car on the road, (besides bringing it home from the dealers), so I've never removed a canister type oil filter before. How do they attatch? If I just cut or chisel the broken canister away, will all the bits just fall out?

Have you read this guide?How to Convert Your Oil Filter

The aluminium casting is bolted to the side of the engine block. It is held in place by a hollow bolt (which might have a hex head or might have a hex socket). If you can get the bits of cap out then the centre bolt shouldn't be too difficult to remove.

Andy B wrote on 17. Jan 2011 at 20:23:


but not the price of a replacement!

Welung666 wrote on 17. Jan 2011 at 20:36:


Believe me, it was stuck fast. Even with a 28" breaker bar I still had to put quite a bit of pressure on it.