Looks like the best way is to have the filter about belt high with nothing around it.

Here's what you do, attach the oil filter to a large table vice and then turn the entire car around it. Works like a charm!

If #1 worked then I wouldn't FUCKING BE HERE!

I'm glad I have all these very common everyday tools just laying around.

Only if you had that much space lmao

Now try these options in a cramped up space under your car when theres a million other parts in your way around it :(. Way too frustrating.

if only i had that much room to work around the filter then i could probably just do it by hand.

Don’t know what type of car you’re working on where you can fit all those tools. But for the rest of us none of that is helpful.

All of these tools work if you have enough elbow room. That's the problem. We don't enough elbow room down at the car.

I don't think I've ever seen a bench demo for an oil filter lol

I've never owned an effective oil filter wrench. They either slip (don't grab tightly enough) or require more clearance/space than is available. I've learned over the years to just not over-tighten them in the first place. Then you can remove it by hand pretty easily. When installing, just spin until contact, then another 3/4 turn and you'll never need a wrench to remove it.

Can I do the last method to tighten the brand new oil Filter?

Try using those methods when it's actually in the engine with tons of obstables in the way

How many vehicles have room for a large pipe wrench? Ridiculous!

they are never hard to loosen if the installer installs it right. First, make sure you clean the flat surface well. Then, and this is a must, put oil on the new filter gasket before installation. And third, most importantly, never, never, never, never, never use a filter wrench to install an oil filter. It says hand tighten only on the filter. Wait till the gasket makes contact with surface, and only turn 3/4 turn with your hand. Yep, only hand tighten and you will never have any problems getting them off.

great, now show me a modern engine bay that has enough space to rotate a spanner inside it!

Old school mechanic here, thats a few options there, but in reality, those oil filter are in some hard to areas in getting a those tools you displayed in there. Overall just don't be cheap and buy proper tools like oil filter wrenches to get the job done, it's fast and easy, and you won't damage your knuckles.

for the last method, have you ever heard about a tool called a drill?

good luck getting that big pipe wrench inside the engine bay.

Let's see you do these in a real life situation under the car and in a tight space

Thank you sir! Showed my little brother how to change his oil, my oil filter tool was too big, the place who changed his last used as much force as possible to tighten it down (as well as the bolt, what is it with car places using the hand of God to tighten bolts and oil filters?) but with your method #4, pipe wrench, pulled that sucker off in no time.

All the tranditional oil filters are easily accessible , have you tried to change it on the Chevy Orlando ??????

Must be nice to have all that room to maneuver.

News flash...filters aren't typically mounted on a work bench. 😯

Isn't that nice and convinient right out in the comfort of an open space and lit environment and standing up with lots of room. If I only knew.

hi that's very helpful video all of it made sense except last method you use a chisel & spike(rod?) after it punctures shouldn't you mention that hot(potential) dirty oil will come out? i think u could have used the same spike thing as the handle for twisting it off as well is that right? couldn't i use the rod spike thing u used to pierce can with as the handle for twisting oil filter off??? thank you i am doing my 2 nd oil change ever so yea anyway very helpful video thanks again:)

Many helpful tools of which I have none LOL. The octopus one is pretty neat. Thanks

All steps failed, I've thrown my vehicle out and learnt how to walk again, FUK IT!

Lol I've been using the last method for too long that octopus looks great may try extraction tape on my car as well thanks

Thanks but none of this will work on tight spaces

So how the hell do you fit that on a filter that attached to the engine theres hardly engho space for your hand unless your gonna pull the block out to change ar filter

Try doing it with a340cid and a torsion bar passing underneath the filter. My 5 year old grandson could loosen on a work bench!

I bought a set of oil filter sockets on eBay,quite cheap,a nod they fit over the end of the filter and allow you to use a ratchet to remove. They work very well and don't do any damage. I also have a pair of slip jaw pliers that have a 90 degree bend on the jaws. They fit into very tight areas and remove filters easily. Hammering through the filter should only be a very last option once all possible options have been exhausted!

The hammer method is for when you’ve tried like 2 things then get mad and say screw it 😂

What engines have room for a pipe wrench or the screw driver?. Plus a lot of diesel filters require enough tightening to need a wrench for 3/4 of a turn, and 10,000 miles later they're tighter

I have seen some oil filter brands now include a square nub on the bottom of the filter so you can get pliers on it. Pretty smart thinking, they should all come with that nub bit.

yeah like we have all that f****** room. smh

I successfully got it off using the rubber foam handle of my dogs fancy leash tightly around the filter with vise grip then used the handle of my ratchet to turn the vise grip pliers which were locked onto the linen and rubber strap/dog leash handle. Worked like a charm

I bought a special wrench for this, but it pinched right through the oil filter casing. After messing for an hour i dug up my giant pipe wrench which fitted after squeezing the filter a bit. I’m glad it started moving... Swapping the engine oil is the easy part of an engine oil change 😓

I tried on an ATV very little space to work. Drilled holes into the wrench and directly into the filter. Place some screws and NO slipping.!

When I worked at oil can henrys every once in a while we would put one on super tight and write TAF on it. When you got one that said TAF you knew it was gunna be Tight As Fuck lmao good times

I have dozen ways to remove stubborn oil filters in tight spaces.. Your lucky your filter was on your table, does your table needs lubricants?

all that's easy to do on a workbench but when you're under a vehicle you don't have a lot of space nor leverage I had a Lincoln Town car where you had to turn the wheels to get the filter off

Hammer and screwdriver worked for me, the walls started to tear so went through both sides, came loose.

i have the metal strap and it crap on a peugot 307

Brilliant video, thank you .needless to say, I had to go with the undesirable method as i did not have the tool 😅 it worked .Now, I promised myself to buy the tool.

The last one seems the most effective. Why not start there?

We did it thank you. We loosened it by hand!

That was a great video, man.Thanks for posting it!!!

Thank you so much I was super frustrated with how I literally hand spun out the oil plug no tool but the filter was just a pain. I ended up using #5 used a pick tool and hammer and spun it off with the force of the hammer. Thankkkkk youuuuuuuu! Saved me working on it the next day.

In my case I had none of these tools, other than a screw driver. But I didn't feel like getting showered In oil. Channel locks for the win. My dumb ass took my vehicle to Walmart to have the oil changed and holy shit did they over tightened everything. Never again. I ended up using channel locks on my filter due to where it's located I just fit them around the top of the filter and cranked on it till it came loose. I do enjoy this video. Because it helps explain what tools are out there, and how to use them to a degree. I understand this isn't under a car in tight conditions. But it gives you an idea of what tools could potentially help you in a scenario where someone else screwed you over.

Can you give us some information about the "Octopus"? Like, brand, or manufacturer, or model?

That screwdriver one is the only one that I was able to do but it worked so thank you very much

where can I get the tool that looks like its got exshaust clamp on it at? and how much is it?

They sell universal ones that have 3 claw type grippers and you use a socket wrench. As you loosen it the claws grip the filter.. I paid lile $10 for it.. Basically looks lile the 2nd one.

Thanks for showing all the options appreciate it.

My engine is td27 so difficult to change

the last one was the best!!!!.....professional fo sho!!!

yeah because the oil filter is placed is a table every time and not underneath the car behind metal

These are all good bab but when your in a tight spot their hard to use I usually take leather gloves

You'd probably never find the room on a vehicle to use that pipe wrench.

Never seen that Octopus tool before, thats cool. And who can forget the Screwdriver through the Filter method. Been there.........

Well I have a stupid question. I couldn't get the filter off and just changed the oil anyway. Now if I get the filter off, but not drain the new oil....will all the new oil start coming out of the oil filter hole?

I couldn't get mine off my truck because it was too large a diameter for my oil filter tool. I used a medium-small ratchet strap with both hands and worked like a charm.

sure when your oil filter happens to be on a work bench, but what about in inaccessible area under a car?

Great video. ...Definitely the last method is the worst method. So what do you think which is the safest method among first four methods?

have you ever had a oil filter fall off driving down the road, I have twice, hand tight, thank you Mr. Mechanic

Instructions very clear my car is now in the shop

That's why you tighten oil filters by hand. Sometimes they still are hard to remove. I had to use a large pair of pliers to remove my oil filter thankfully I had room to get them in there.

4:04 I don't know why But the music in the background fits well what is happening

wow if i just took my engine out so my filter wasn’t it the worst spot imaginable i might be able to use these tips, 👍🏽

Amazing video...helped me a lot.. build one with the chain

You have to get to the Filter which is allways a tight spot ?

Non of these help when you're under the car

I had service one toyota ute Not much for any tool.. Didn't work any of the tool....

I remember when I was a kid my dad and I change the oil on a station wagon. We had to use the screwdriver method. It peeled the can right off of the base. The mechanic shop had put the last oil filter on so tight that we had to use chisel and Hammer to slowly work the base off of the engine block. What a nightmare

Ive got a chain extractor. It grips like a hog bite. Then i use a string to tighten it back on. Chain is by far the best one ive ever used.

68 firebird screw driver not working

Similar to the pipe wrench, a 12" channel lock wrench - works great!

But what if the oil filter is recessed and hard to get to, and you can only reach it from the bottom, like in a Hyundai Elantra?

Pipe wrench used is easy to use if nothing is in the way. Demonstrate it on a vehicle, be hard to get at for most.

I just use an old serpentine belt...just make a choke loop in the appropriate direction on the filter, cinch it up tight then continue to wrap the remaining loop in the same direction until al slack is rolled up the pit screwdriver in loops end and pry or just jerk it til loose then continue to pull while it unrolls....or make a loop of old bycicle chain then stick a Phillips head through both ends and pry

Me after trying to open the filter with hands 4:40

screwdriver method for the win baby, i always take mines like that!!!!

I had to resort to the screw diver method and the metal on the filter tore off the entire bottom of the filter

Option 5 worked today Thanks

I finally gave in and bought myself a filter wrench specifically for my oil filter.

some Oil filters are located too far in be tween components my brother

If you have to use the last method, poke a hole in the bottom of the filter to let any potentially hot oil drain first. Then go to the side.

I will be doing the screwdriver method..So it can be empty..I will be buying the strap wrench..Only because I can’t tighten it up fully by hand..First time changing my oil..Thanks for sharing

Yeah.. We all had that kind of working space that fit all of your special tools...

In the last resort, drilling a hole with a drill is a better option than hammering on oil filter which could damage the oil filter mounting or its threads.

Thanks man. Pipe wrench works for me

Great video if your engine block looks like a workbench!

Great video!

Where can I buy the octopus option?

What's the oil change interval on angle iron?

Simple pair of channel locks works very well.

I only have a jar lid opener.

number #5 it's works for me all the time