5 Ways loosen engine oil filter 

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

Non of these help when you're under the car

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

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!

What cars are you working with where the oil filter is so free you can get two hands easily on a wrench to loosen it.lmao this is such an unrealistic demonstration.

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

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

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.

Lets just put oil filters in the worst spots possible

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

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

Thanks but none of this will work on tight spaces

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

I thought it was gonna be 5 ghetto ways not 4 tools and the one everyone knows & try hitting that screw driver upwards while under the car and no swing room vertically or horizontally. Waste of time

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.

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

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

What a bunch of BS, anyone can remove a filter on a bench using these methods.Remove them when u have very limited access!!!

how many screwdrivers does it take to unscrew a oil filter? Just one you only need a little leverage. Where in the fuck do you think oil filters are? Usually in tight spaces where huge ass pipe wrenches dont fit.

You should of made this video while the filter was in the truck or car

It should be a rule if all you can do is play stupid music, and not say a word stay off of RU-vid.

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

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, 👍🏽

Must be nice to have all that room to maneuver.

Don't have a belt. No room to beat it off. Don't have a long enough screw driver to poke a hole. No money to buy a wrench. No wrench. Don't have any of the tools in this video. So I guess I'll be without a car for a long time. Out in the boonies. No one to talk to. Fml.

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

Wow if I had much open space like that I would do it with my teeth 🦷 but when your space very limited under the hood with no room best tool is oil pliers

a pipe wrench? I highly doubt anyone will have even remotely enough room to make that work.

None of these ideas work in a very confined space. It's a joke the way you show the filter out in space where you can get two hands on it.

These are all stupid because you can't do this on a vehicle there is no room for this type of a take off.

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

Instructions very clear my car is now in the shop

Be honest here no1 is removing an oil filter with both hands

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

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

Yeah like we all have this kind of space in our cars hahahahahahaha

Who in the hell has the much room to use those tools? I can barely fit my hand in there

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.

Happy Music Method Five appears silence

Ima try the last one I'm sure I'll have plenty of room to make enough force to put a long ass screwdriver in with a hammer

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

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

My oil filter is a mangled piece of metal now *N O T H I N G I S W O R K I N G*

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

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

What's with all the dislikes for this video? Some of you are turds. This video was very useful. Thank you for the options.

Do this under the dam car and see if it's that easy

if you plan on using #5 screwdriver method, you're better off drilling a hole through the can first and then inserting the screwdriver through it

Man I literally have tried everything and mf still wouldn’t come off matter of a fact the filter tore when I used the screw driver I’m gonna try to use sand paper to grip it better

Funny your option 2 you write most effective... its the worst of them all, if the oilfilter sticks, the tool totally loose its grip, it cant compress on the filter as it is made to do, and even if there is a little dirt on the outside of the filter it looses grip, the tool is just so waste of time....

You show me what car a monkey wrench that big would fit enough to even get a quarter crank let alone spin all the way around.

Wallace and Gromit hands.

No Filter will be on an Angel that EZ ... Make more realistic

Lots of ways to loosen an engine oil filter on a workbench. Impossible to apply one of these on my Susuzi Bandit GSF 600 S though :p It is build soo badly it is impossible to reach with any tool. Not even with my hand. It's impossible to grab it so I wasn't able to remove it. I'm afraid I should go let it removed by a professional suzukidealer.

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

non-sense, not true to spacing. bs

Wish I could change my oil BY THESE STUPID PEOPLE KEEP OVER TIGHTENING THEM THAT I CAN'T GET IT OFF NO MATTER WHAT I DO!!! So I have to bring my CLASSIC CAR To the mechanic so they can get there GREASY HANDS ON MY SHIT

After 30 mins of frustration and failure, I kept using my hands and it finally worked just be patient

These methods work effectively if your filter is located in a clear place with enough space. If your car does not have this enough space, dont try any of these methods. Its a waste of time if you do

you need to find a job.....too much time on your hands

The music and display of this video made me feel violated

You missed several types like the strap wrench or you see the end of the filter with the multi sided area? That is for a "cup" type that is the most effective not the octopus type since that is what it is made for. Type one, hand method, should be all that is necessary if the tard who last did the oil change put the filter on correctly. Never, never ever should you use a wrench to install the filter. Even on the side of the filters it shows to screw it on until contact then 1/2 turn or 3/4 turn depending on the manufacturer but properly tightening and PRELUBE the o-ring before installing and you will be able to remove it by hand.

Well I thought it was going to show me hacks. Everyone has the right tools and a perfect world. You want to impress me? Show me how to get an oil filter off of a compact car when there's only a half inch of space that you have to work with. When its slick as hell and you barely have enough room to get your fingers around the filter much less a pipe wrench. Show me how to do that without using a slip on sleeve wrench & I will like & subscribe and be your number one follower.

If you put your filter on this tight ....you need the screwdriver through your head....Had a 1998 Fierro Formula and the shop put the filter on this tight and the screwdriver method didn't work....had to find one of those tightening claws to remove my filter....Should only be hand tight

Most oil filters have very limited access.this video is not to help full sorry.

lol all these comments trashing on the video but honestly i did my first oil change and i didn’t have a clamp so i just hammered in a screwdriver with limited space and it worked without any damage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

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.

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.

great until you have a heat shield and an alternator each side of it and the only way to do it is with that octopus yoke

Great video if your engine block looks like a workbench!

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.

Method 5: I'm poor so I gently tap a metal spike or long screwdriver into the can until it goes through, then twist. NOT RECOMMENDED but effective when you're 15 and DEAD BROKE.

I was pretty desperate and had no useful tools so #5 was the go for me. This method is pretty dodgy and is guaranteed to destroy your oil filter but god damn it works very effectively. Wouldn't recommend unless you absolutely had to and it gets oil everywhere. Be sure to check the new oil filter is the correct one for your vehicle before you destroy the current one.

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!

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

The last step it is too dangerous,man

I see you are not taking the filter off the sump where there is no room to work why not do video taking the filter off a real car. Most off the wrenches fit on the filter but there is no room to move the handle and loosen the filter,and how do you tighten the replacement filter with ascrewdriver.

Doing 💩 and hearing that music make my time here in the bathroom so happy

#5 is dumb as hell. If that threaded piece the filter goes onto somehow gets slightly bent or something else you are screwed. I would NEVER do that even as a last resort.

If you have no room then method 5 is THE BEST....as all of these shown are in the open? Not real world or application.

These examples are USELESS!! You don't have all that space while underneath the car. I want to see you remove the filter when the car is on the ramps and you hardly have space to work. THAT would be useful.

um.. they make oil filter pliers... 25 years prof mech and have never used anything else.

I always use my belt never fails

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

I did a Honda Odyssey timing belt once, the guy used all Honda parts, so the oil filter (last post of the job) was a Honda filter... it had a torque spec on the filter... so for shits and giggles I got a filter socket and an in. lb. torque wrench and torqued it to spec... and I learned something.... even three quarters of a turn past touching is too much... at least on that particular vehicle...I forget what the spec was exactly but it was a fart in the wind...

Can I still re-use the filter if I use the screwdriver method ??????????

Filter pliers??? really? use them everyday you showed bunch of garbage.. noteven filter cups with 3/8 insert