cant get my oil filter of i have tried but have ended up putting a hole in the side of it its on my datsun a12.. whats the best way of taking it out when its really tight

if you have already tryed a oil filter removing tool and it didn't work.
hit a big screw driver right though it and them leaver on the handle.

ill try that tomorrow things you learn everyday thanks for that

Hi budgiedagreat

Actually i learned this from my Father, that time i did not have oil filter removing tool and it was very tight, what he did was took a strong thread and a strong screw driver and surrounded the filter with thread and buckled the screw inside the thread and turned it tightly

no harm to filter at all

thanks
Regards
sumith

i usually get a new oil filter and skewer through the old filter with a flat end screw driver and twist it of(unscrew it) then just dont do the new one up as tight.

Those oil filter tools should get anything off! The 3 legged ones are the best

To prevent this from happening again:
* Put a thin coat of new oil on the new oil filter O-ring
* Tighten only by hand. Newer use a tool to tighten an oil filter. Tighten no more than the instructions (usually 3/4 turn after seal contacts the block). Usually you cannot tighten it this much by hand.

its the origanal filter so its pretty old and i know how too change an oil filter just this one is being anal

Change the entire pump if it's stuck on there. They're cheap as to get.

na my dad had the same problem on his ducati he knows how to take it off u gotta drill a hole sumwhere and it releives the pressure around something he will show me how too do it tomoz