Oil Change blues

rebornafordman · 13-03-2006, 04:38 PM

This will be the silliest thread for this week:

I normaly get an old bloke i know to do the lube service on my cars but hes really busy at the moment so i changed the engine oil and filter myself. Didnt have any trouble getting the oil filter off but i found it a challenge getting the new filter on and getting it tight. I can only get one hand in there and i struggled to get it as tight as i would have liked.

Has anyone got any tips or devices they use to overcome this problem?

Jet-Star · 13-03-2006, 04:41 PM

You should only do your oil filter up firmly by hand anyways.

Blue Ice · 13-03-2006, 05:10 PM

I only do mine hand tight. My old man took the car in to get serviced a few months back, oil, plugs ect. Well, the time i went to change the oil after that, the filter was so tight i had to stab it with a screwdriver and wind it off. They must have done it up with a stilsons pipe wrench or something...

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rebornafordman · 13-03-2006, 05:25 PM

Yeah i must admit the old filter was on VERY tight.

rebornafordman · 13-03-2006, 05:32 PM

Just while were on the topic of oil filters:

I was told the best filter you can use on the ford engines is the motorcraft type reccomended in the owners manual. Finer micron filter or something.

Anyone have any further input or experiences with oil filters?

Kenaz · 13-03-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rebornafordman

Anyone have any further input or experiences with oil filters?

Yep, they're all the same so just buy the one that's cheapest.
That's my philosophy

Jet-Star · 13-03-2006, 08:31 PM

^^ Actually, Cheeper brands like Wesfil/Cooper Aren't as good as say a Ryco, Ryco & other decent brands have an Anti-drain back valve that stops the filter from draining when the engine is off.

svo347 · 13-03-2006, 08:37 PM

I use hard driver synthetic filters @ $22 a pop

Psycho Chicken · 13-03-2006, 08:41 PM

There are filters cheaper than ryco?

Blue Ice · 13-03-2006, 09:38 PM

I tend to use the Ryco ones or the Valveoline ones. Seem to work pretty good. Using Shell Helix Ultra for the oil. Done a touch over 4thou k's since i put it in, still a nice colour, only just starting to change.

Hunter · 13-03-2006, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jesse06

^^ Actually, Cheeper brands like Wesfil/Cooper Aren't as good as say a Ryco, Ryco & other decent brands have an Anti-drain back valve that stops the filter from draining when the engine is off.

Yes this is correct... I found that out when I took my EL into get its headgasket done and the mechanic informed me that the filter on it was infact a piece of ИИИИ. Old guy before me had been using some generic no-name filters. I ended up with a lot of sludge in the head too...

Blue Ice · 13-03-2006, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunter

Yes this is correct... I found that out when I took my EL into get its headgasket done and the mechanic informed me that the filter on it was infact a piece of ИИИИ. Old guy before me had been using some generic no-name filters. I ended up with a lot of sludge in the head too...

How many kays has your EL done? Mines done around 164thou if i remember correctly. Still pristine alloy in colour in the head.

GLI-PSI · 15-03-2006, 10:39 PM

at work you see alot of cars come back for the next service , ones that you have done the previous one too and have done the filter up hand tight yet need a filter remover to get it off. do not know why they stick like it , maybe the heat ect of 10k of driving , 15k in the case of ba's and au2-3 from memory. i only use motorcraft filters on the eb but since i can get them $4.50 a pop anyhow. cheaper then i can go to repco and get one of there filters or supa cheap ect.

cArSiK · 15-03-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenaz

Yep, they're all the same so just buy the one that's cheapest.
That's my philosophy

lol how wrong you are Kenaz!

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Try a Purolator PureOne oil filter , about $12 a pop but they are just about the best filter money can buy.

moody · 16-03-2006, 12:03 AM

gauranteed ryco make 60% of all the oil filters and sell them to other companies lol.......eg...valvoline and toyota genuine

INJECTED_250 · 16-03-2006, 12:03 AM

Man, ID love to see 2 engines one fitted with a ryco filter one with a dearer type, change the oil and filter every 5-10k , till both engines have done 200,000. I bet if u striped the engines you wouldent be able to tell which engine had had the dearer filter.. i agrea with kenaz... althoug cheaper than ryco may be a worrie... do they even have a filter in side them? or they just a steel can with a seal for that cost

Aaron_EF8 · 16-03-2006, 01:29 AM

I buy Fram filters usually, because I like the look of the NASCAR they sponsor :P

Madhatter · 16-03-2006, 06:38 AM

Well, mine has pretty much always used valvoline, pretty much because its the deal we have with suppliers, engine wise its very clean. A well maintained (make sure you stick to the maintenance guides) vehicle with combination of LPG and good oil have resulted in a pretty clean engine. Next to no build up on the head at all, very little carbon inside the engine as the oil is usually still pretty clean when it comes time to change it (im talking still a honey colour).

Spend more time on petrol and that all goes to ИИИИ though

Good thing im not one of those people who worry because their oil comes out black