Stuck oil filter

[badasshybrid]

A rubber strap wrench will take them off with no problem at all. Put it on near the seal and turn.

[Razzman]

I have to agree with Ed, i broke one trying to get mine off.

[wolfeman131]

I couldn't quite believe this thread when I first read it last month. I thought, "poor fellow Moomba owners that have to deal with this kinda stuff."

I joined the club this afternoon with the same dang problem with the oil filter. I cranked until I almost passed out and the mounting bracket began to bend on me. I left it for the night before I my temper got the best of me and I broke something. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning with bracing the bracket, but I'm preparing myself to remove the lines & bracket and slap it in a vise.

[kaneboats]

Welcome to the club. Now shotgun two Yeunglings, swear at the old lady, bust your knuckles a few times, get oil all over the place and then change the filter!

[wolfeman131]

I'll take you up on the Yeungs, but skip the other ones if at all possible.

[zegm]

A rubber strap wrench will take them off with no problem at all. Put it on near the seal and turn.

Well Not exactly! I had this issue a couple of years ago while performing my first 10 hour oil change. I had a very good oil filter wrench and it wouldn't budge. I put a section of pipe over the handle and felt it turning and thought Ah.....it is off. Nope! I bent the metal handle of the oil filter wrench, two steel arms 3/16" thick each!!! . I took it to a dealer and well.....Lets just say that I actually ended up getting getting a replacement motor! Yes after just 10 hours on the factory motor they had to ship one from Indmar and replace my motor. I now put on my own filters and haven't had this issue but when it says hand tight don't take that to mean hand tight with a man doing it. Don't take it to mean hand tight with your wife doing it. I quantify this as hand tight with my 13 year old son doing it. Check for leaks and off we go.
I really believe there is a thermal expansion problem here. Dissimiliar metals?

[zegm]

I couldn't quite believe this thread when I first read it last month. I thought, "poor fellow Moomba owners that have to deal with this kinda stuff."

I joined the club this afternoon with the same dang problem with the oil filter. I cranked until I almost passed out and the mounting bracket began to bend on me. I left it for the night before I my temper got the best of me and I broke something. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning with bracing the bracket, but I'm preparing myself to remove the lines & bracket and slap it in a vise.

I was able to crank so hard on mine (with the bent oil filter wrench mind you) that I twisted the filter housing. If you can't get to it easily I would recommend that you take it off and put it in a vise. Luckily for you V-drive guys you won't end up damaging your engine block if things go wrong. And trust me things can go wrong!!!

[wolfeman131]

had to go with Razzman's advice and pulled the whole dang thing off. THANKS Razz for the idea!

bent the heck out of the bracket



Had to put it in a vice, tried the oil filter wrench, tried a second oil filter wrench, tried a strap wrench then pullled out the big ole' bad boy (should've started with this one) 18 inch pipe wrench. It took 2 of us cranking to get it to begin to budge. Noted once it was off that the gasket looked as dry as the new one in the box.

[MartinCaron]

I ended up braking the filter mount this weekend...

[zegm]

I know someone who took an air chisel to the ring on the end/opening of the filter to try to get the oil filter off and ended up digging a deep groove into the cast iron engine block rendering the engine useless.
Luckily that person is no longer in the Inboard Boat Repair Business!

tidbit of the day!

Purolater:

German for Oil Filter!

Quiz of the day:

Knockinwell (probably spelled incorrectly)?