02GF74
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 08:20 AM |
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Oil Filter wrench sockets - any use?
Anyone own and use the oil filter wrench sockets like these:
and are they any use at removing stubborn oil filters? (the oil filter casing is pretty thin metal so I would expect it to deform fairly easily on
stubborn filters)
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t11
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 08:35 AM |
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oil filter tools
Hi ...yes very good set, we have both sets at work and they are used all the time, they will fit almost everything...........
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 08:58 AM |
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I would guess that unless cash ain't an object, you would need to be doing allsorts of different cars regularly to justify buying a set
though?
But then I am a stingey git! 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 08:59 AM |
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They are designed to remove and refit the plastic oil filter covers on later engines , you will probably find that you don't use them that much.
IIRC there was a magazine article recently testing various oil filter removing tools , it may have been PPC?
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 09:27 AM |
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I have one of these and they are amazing
Draper oil filter removal tool
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Chippy
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| posted on 26/8/12 at 09:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
I have one of these and they are amazing
Draper oil filter removal tool
They were the type that were recomended in the PPC article as being the best buy, and most useful. Cheers Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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MRLuke
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| posted on 29/8/12 at 11:03 AM |
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Call me a yobbo but I use a screwdriver and a hammer if a filter is being stubborn.
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nick205
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| posted on 29/8/12 at 12:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MRLuke
Call me a yobbo but I use a screwdriver and a hammer if a filter is being stubborn.
That's OK for the older disposable can type filters, but a lot of cars these days have a paper filter element in a permanent plastic housing.
Those type of cup sockets are the only reliable way of removing and replacing the plastic cover to get at the filter element. VAG cars have used this
system for a good 10+ years.
To answer the OPs question, they're well worth having, but unless you're servicing lots of different vehicles I'd just get the
specific ones to your vehicle.
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02GF74
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| posted on 29/8/12 at 04:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
To answer the OPs question, they're well worth having, but unless you're servicing lots of different vehicles I'd just get the
specific ones to your vehicle.
they are £ 24ish on the bay so not a huge sum of money. plastic filters? not seen them but then my newest car engine is 18 years old.
so are they no use for the metal cannister type filter?
the screwdriver method does not fail but it is v.messy plus on some cars, there is no room for that hence why I was thinking of this filter set; my
concern was that they can bend/muller a metal cannister filter as what happens when using the jubilee clip method.
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MRLuke
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| posted on 29/8/12 at 06:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by MRLuke
Call me a yobbo but I use a screwdriver and a hammer if a filter is being stubborn.
That's OK for the older disposable can type filters, but a lot of cars these days have a paper filter element in a permanent plastic housing.
Those type of cup sockets are the only reliable way of removing and replacing the plastic cover to get at the filter element. VAG cars have used this
system for a good 10+ years.
To answer the OPs question, they're well worth having, but unless you're servicing lots of different vehicles I'd just get the
specific ones to your vehicle.
Learn something new every day 
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BobM
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| posted on 29/8/12 at 09:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
they are £ 24ish on the bay so not a huge sum of money. plastic filters? not seen them but then my newest car engine is 18 years old.
so are they no use for the metal cannister type filter?
the screwdriver method does not fail but it is v.messy plus on some cars, there is no room for that hence why I was thinking of this filter set; my
concern was that they can bend/muller a metal cannister filter as what happens when using the jubilee clip method.
I use one but didn't bother getting a full set, they're only a few quid each and I only need the one. They're such a snug fit
there's v little chance of damaging the canister and I wouldn't use anything else. The filter on my mid-engined ZX10 car is almost
impossible to get at but I can get one of these on it with an extension bar and ratchet, would be impossible with any other type.
Not very Locost but very BEC
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