YOU ARE THE MAN!!! I just spent an hour battling a stuck filter and your solution worked in under 3 minutes.

You just saved me from having to make second last minute trip to my auto parts store to get a filter wrench. This worked perfectly and easily within minutes. Easier than I thought.

I watched your video and enjoyed your efforts. I adapted your idea, I couldn't tie it up the same. I put a knot in the webbing and slipped the loop through the closed wrench small enough to wrap around the filter. Then I used the same leverage against the knot and loop to rotate the filter. It came off in 2 minutes. Thanks for the video!

You lucked out. because your filter edge is rough which has friction. Having a smooth filter here and anything and everything slips! Guess i will have to take screwdriver.

I borrowed a wrench from my neighbor. Thanks for the crafty technique, it may be useful sometime. Good to know.

Thanks for the video, this works really great. Like magic, no damage to the old filter, in case I couldn't"t remove the old filter. Yamaha Wave Runner oil filter has a very tight space to access the filter and not much room for a wrench. Your efforts in putting this video are greatly appreciated.

2 years later and I came across this video and it worked perfectly thank you👍👍👍

Dude that's awesome and I love my fram oil filters. It doesn't matter what kind of oily filter you use they're going to get stuck on regardless

😂😂😂. Funny. Once I used a braided belt. Yup rapped it around the filter as tight as I could put the buckle pin through the braid and pulled. Came right off.

I love your Ranger. I would love to have one like it. My uncle had one years ago. It was a little four cylinder standard transmission, and that thing was such a great little truck.

I wished I have watched it a week ago. I tried to remove over tight filter by oil shop on Honda CR-V. Tried lot but failed, finally I had to go to shop get oil change. Thanks a lot

THIS IS THE ANSWER!!! NO EXPENSIVE TOOLS, YOU"RE A GENIUS!!

Very helpful, I might try it on mine. Thank you so much

Square knot is great connecting 2 ropes together. The knot gets tighter the more you pull. I'm going to try your way to remove my oil filter.

as i service a lot of different vecihicals mostly family i have had problems removing filters and yr life hack works great thanks yr the man alright,,my son took his wife's Mercedes valente van to get the B service ,,i read the invoice ,,$683, for the oil change ,at first i thought well ok they put full synethic oil in ,,,but as i read futher i discovered its was $638,,for draining the oil and a further $345 for the oil ,so close on a thousand dollars just to change the engine oil ,,,no wonder they call it the,,, B ,,,,,service its B for bend over ,,,$200 for wiper blades,,,she has to have that van as it has rear facing seat s for the 3 children as its much much safer in a head on accident,,and they come first b4 money so yeah mercedes it has to be ,,thanks again for the tip ,,cheers peter

Ah! This works! I was skeptical at first and wasn’t sure I had the right material. Luckily had some tow straps laying around that worked nicely! This process was quick and easy. Thank you for posting it! Cheers! ✅

THANK YOU!!! I couldn't get my filter off my dakota, there was no room to get it off with the other methods. I couldn't believe this worked!

You just saved my ass. Whomever did the last oil change on the Scooby-Do Subaru needs their tools taken away. Thanks!

Worked perfect! You’re the man!!!

You can always use the Cowboy Dally! Tie the strap end to your wrench, screwdriver or whatever you have for leverage then take 3-4 overlapping wraps around the filter and Lefty Loosy. Cowyboy Up.

You are a life saver friend

Always tighten the filter by hand with a glove,leather or rubber,and it will be possible to remove it by hand.

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

What a genius 🤌🏾

Pretty good way to get it off, one thing I noticed is that the gasket from the old filter was still on the engine. I hope you noticed that too and removed it before putting on the new one. Like some previous comments get a different brand of filter like WIX or NAPA GOLD, which is made by WIX. Fram filters fall apart on the inside and if you are going to be leaving this filter on for as long as you did the one you took off in this video you probably were not filtering anything.

You can wrap some double stick carpet tape around the filter first for a very high traction grip.

Next time you can just use a short piece of bike chain/timing chain or motor bike chain welded to an old socket and then cut a slot in the socket the chain will just fit through and tighten on itself, these are handy when there is little or no room around the filter, so just use an extension in the socket and a ratchet., do NOT use this for install as you will overtighten and deform the rubber gasket and it will leak, use for UNDOING only.

Hope it's works for mine try it tomorrow ty Steve

This works with a spin-on canister but not likely on some cartridge oil filter caps.

Great info...thanks...just not possible on a 2003 Toyota Highlander when trying to remove it from above the filter. I've always hand tightened and loosened. I can't imagine why it's so tight this time.

Best video on here 😊

Thank you! Thank you!

I have been trying to figure out with my dad what kind of tool would be best to remove a stubborn oil filter - we've tried a bunch of solutions already and no cigar! I'll have to show him this and we'll see if it works :).

The man!

Great tip. I tried similar with a tie down strap and just lacked the leverage. Being 9 weeks shy of the 5 year anniversary of the suggested BiAnnual replacement, you can understand my need for leverage. The filter in question is for an air dryer in the compressed air system on my Mack Semi. The diameter of the filter is 5 1/2" and I just don't have anything that size with me.

If you can fit a drill in and just poke a hole through the filter. Put a screw driver through it and twist it off.

Cool idea

Life saver! Thanks

I do believe that is Lamp Wick...

Great idea!

My oil filter is too high up and in a real tight spot on my 2003 Mazda Protege 5. I believe it is stripped now because the oil wrench won't even take it off anymore. May try putting sandpaper in the wrench and see if that does the trick.

Worked great

Hahaha! It's going! It's working! Nice try. "That's the money" Good vibes and good job!👍

Just saved me! Thanks a bunch

Thank you so much sir it's a big problem for me..love from india..

You saved me a lot of aggravation thanks!

Saved me a trip to autozone, thanks!

Thank you! This worked for me.

AWESOME AM USING YOUR METHOD NOW!!!THX

For me, never had a problem as long as I hand tightened ONLY when installing the new filter. Own a 1993 Honda Civic Del Sol with very confined space to work in.

bravo buddy, bravo

Having problems getting the old one off my '94 XJS. Thing I can't figure out is that Jaguar very clearly emphasizes that a new one should only be put on by HAND tightening (about 1/2 turn after contact made). So, why is it so damn hard to get them OFF by hand (assuming the PO followed directions)?

Easy to avoid this problem by always, tightening 3/4 of a turn once the filter contacts the engine. But good hack

Could you use wide nylon tie or whatever in America..

Great video man it saved me 👍

Thank you

Get 16" channel lock pliers good for lots of things also

My Framoil filter is stuck too

Was definitely cool!

Pretty good idea 👍 Although I didn't have anything I could wrap around it, it did give me two ideas. After those didn't work, I resorted to just refilling, warming the engine enough to loosen it and just sacrificed the small amount of oil that spilled out while replacing the filter. Lessons to be learned - always hand loosen the filter first Buy an oil filter wrench just in case. Thanks for the inspiration ✌️

Genius!

That is a nice crusty 13mm spanner.

Maybe those knit work gloves that have a rubber palm .

I just use my good ol leather belt. Never fails.

Thankyou

Genius

nice one ..

thanks

Thanks you save me

Using a Fram was your first mistake

#1 PROBLEM: Cheap FRAM filter! 😡

Or, a person could buy a $10 wrench. The leverage from that combination wrench was next to nothing. If that crap Fram filter was actually stuck the tourniquet method here would be useless.

I hope the driver wasn't distracted.

This man just wrapped his oil filter with a tourniquet, that's hilarious lol. The best part is it works Glad to know my first aid training will pay off here

👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

PH3506?

I was not aware that using a screw driver was the caveman way of doing it? Have done that more times than I probably should have and had some tear and the sharp edges which can easily cut your hand. Neat trick to use when the strap wrench does not fit as well.

I looked up this video and I started to try your method, although I had a different idea while tying it, cuz my ratchet strap I attempted to use kept slipping, I tried one more time with both hands and I actually got it with my hands, tried so hard the first few times my knuckles cracked. My idea though, was to wrap the strap around it nice and tight so it overlapped across the back and the strap would bind on its self with tension, and tie it to the closed end, and looped through the open end and use the wrench like a pry bar to push it thus spinning the filter, maybe next time I do my oil I’ll try it out but figured I’d leave this comment incase it helps someone else with gettin it off, even though I got it by hand after 5-6 attempts. Cheers. Ah next video below yours! Dude did a variation of using a strap! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5ubfMmp2N-ulnk.html

that was not stuck

just used this trick and i used a 13mm wrench. to my suprise, it worked awesome! Thanks👍

best trick is to stab it with a screwdriver and twist it off. way faster. learned that from an old timer

Mistake number one.. Using a Fram oil filter

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Don't even have that.

That’s not a “square” ( better known to the rest of the civilized world as as “reef”) knot it’s a granny knot !!!

Orange can of death?

Lol just use a vise grip.

caveman approach :D

I’m a that a motor or an engine?😂

Drop your phone and use two hands!

no disrespect but please dont use fram filters. they are horrible. use wix filters.

Nice piece of jewelry to work under your car!!!!!!!!

Without watching, bet he is going to poke it with a screwdriver, or he is going to steal his wife's jar opener like I do. Me? I would have converted it to electric, so don't watch my channel. I must admit, I still turn and look over a classic girl when one drives by.

Buy a wrench.