Oil Filter Removal.

[toodlepip]

The oil filter on a Synergie - isn't it a devil to get at ? It's the same as the Fiat Uyllesses which I am ashamed to admit I never changed purely because I couldn't get anything on to it to turn it.

 

Same with the Synergie. Angled downwards I have tried a strap wrench and there isn't enough room to get the spanner on to it to tighten. I normally use a chain wrench, I had a half hearted go at it and it kept slipping off.

 

Bit stuck now. What do you use, and how. I have been going at it from the top, and can't get underneath it well enough to try it from there.

 

My usual last resort method is a long screwdriver through the filter and turn it that way, but I am a bit reluctant in this case.

[paul.h]

For the metal canister ones I have a strap wrench, a chain wrench and a 3 legged wrench that clamps over the end - they are all a bit awkward but are used depending on which works best or fits in the space - the 3 legged one works best since as it is used it grips better and tends not to slip but it has to be held in place until it starts to grip - it is similar to this http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cht719-two-way-three-jaw-oil-filter-wre

. I have also seen ones like a large set of pliers that grip the canister and are probably quick to use.

[toodlepip]

Thanks for that, the space available really is awkward. I was having a look at the 3 legged one at Machine Mart. I might give that a go.

[Johndouglas]

Here's my collection of canister removal tools. What works easily on one engine won't be so easy on another. Your engine is probably similar to that in my daughter's Xsara, in which case the tool to use is the red handled pliers, most easily from underneath.

 

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/Johndug/filterwrenches.jpg[/url]

[toodlepip]

Thanks, an impressive selection. I have always managed with the chain one, but not this time.

 

The problem is that the filter is angled downwards at about 30 degrees and is underneath some hoses of some sort, so the chain one and the strap one can't get any purchase.

 

Keep trying. Thanks for the info.

[paul.h]

Looking at John's photo, to anyone having no experience of filter removal could think they are a set of torture implements.