I saw a advertisement for a K&N oil filter that uses a wrench to screw it on and off, but from the picture it looks like the part where the wernch goes (looks line a head or a bolt) seems like its too week and might break off.

Has any one used this ever?


http://www.knfilters.com/oilfilter.htm

 

Wow, I've never overtightened a filter before. But I've worked on other cars that needed channel lock pliers. Sometimes the filters are in odd positions, so maybe that wrench nub might help. But I wouldn't use a wrench on it, I'd use a socket/rachet.

Jae

 

I figured this would be great for a freind who wants to start doing his own work on the car and this would save him a couple of dollars on tools. He has to buy everything as he owns nothing right now, so I figured this would save him $15.

 

don't see how this would save money?
oil filters should be hand tight and not require and tools to install or remove, Also i am certain a K&N filter with the added extra of a nut head on would cost more than your average filter

 

It's always good to snug it with the filter wrench.

 

If they should be hand tightened, then why woild K&N make that type of filter.

 

I have in my lifetime done a few hundred oil changes, always hand tight, never had a problem, no leaks, no filters falling off. I have a whole selection of oil filter sockets and few adjustable filter wrenches, I use them to loosen the filter, never to tighten.

After a few thousand miles, when its time to change the oil,the filter always requires a little more force to twist off then it was put on w/ because the gasket sticks. The only use i could see for that nut, is a oil filter that is in a odd location, where its difficult to get a hold of, then it may come in handy to get it loose. I have had to change a few filters that must have been cranked on w/ a filter wrench.....sigh...and have needed a filter wrench, channel locks, pipe wrench, ect to get them loose. And on the really bad ones the flimsy hex sheet metal at the end of that K&N filter would be no use, it probably would crumbled.

 

My friend did the oil change with no problem on his own for the first time ever. It's a 2003 Nissan Sentra. He used a fram filter, which has a rubber grip, besides that theres no room for an oil filter wrench.

On a side note, whoever did his last oil change tightened the oil drain plug so F****en tight!

 

good chance that the last person to change the oil on your buddy's car was a "quick lube" type place, they have a habit of cranking the drain plug on so f**ing tight, I dont get it, its like they are trying to hold universe together w/ that bolt. On my fathers car, i once had to use a breaker bar w/ pipe to break the nut loose after a oil change at a shop.






admittedly, i have had the oil on my max changed quite a few times by oil change joints in Brooklyn. $20 and i don't have to crawl under my car on a freezing cold or wet day.... Oil and (cheap) filter when i do it myself cost at least $17. But when i change my oil after them that nut is always cranked on tight.

 

Theres no way in hell that they give a damn to let out all the oil, or refill it to the proper level. They pour 4 quarts in and ship you right out the door. I never give in the car for that reason.

 

:ditto:
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a quick lube place once broke the drain plug on my older car, im not sure why they used such force but they either stripped the bolt, or the thread on the oil pan. (i dont have that car anymore btw) they did not tell me about what happened and put this device on:



Next oil change i took the car to a private shop and the guy refused to change oil saying that my drain plug has been repaced and if he takes it out it might not go back in properly and leak

i went back to the shop and screamed my *** of at the manager. i told him of an instance when the dude that changes oil offered me synthetic for 20 dollars if i paid him cash under the counter... he denied everything of course but then gave this free universal drainplug so i could safely change my oil one more time

Oh and the reason i could not prove that these kok sukers did this is because i had no receipt that i "bought" the universal drain plug HAHA

 

That oil plug is scary! To drain the oil, it looks like you have to unscrew it completely, leaving the 'wing' part inside the oil pan permanently! Then you have to use another one after it drains! D'oh!

Another reason why I've never had anyone change the oil except myself.

 

No actually the "wings" have no thread on them so u cant loose them inside the pan, but it IS impossible to get the plug out once u install it because the wings have springs on them and once inside they spread. one way street