Oil cooler fix/oil filter stuck

[02Oilburner]

Hello everyone! I have a little problem. I have oil leaking around the oil cooler now that the weather has cooled so I bought the oring and gasket kit and was attempting to tackle it today. here is where the problem started!! The jack***** who changed my oil last time tightened the sh-- out of the filter it and I cant get it off! Ive tried lots of different things and it is just stuck. It now has a freaking hole in it so I cant drive it until I remove the filter and replace it. My question is can I remove the oil cooler with the oil filter on it? If anyone has a right up or pics that would be great also. Ive found some instructions on the oil cooler project but they are not very good. Thanks for you help!!!

 

[JRJ04]

get a filter wrench to get the filter off.

be sure and use some brake cleaner to clean the surface off the filter off first so that you'll get a nice tight grip with the filter wrench.

 

[02Oilburner]

I BROKE a filter wrench! Maybe ill get another one and try again. I would like to remove oil cooler and put it in a vise to remove filter. I just dont know if it will come out with the oil filter on.

 

[BIG JOE]

Spray penatrating oil* on/around the oil filter gasket seat area.. wait 10 minutes.. fit the oil fiter wrench at the TOP of the filter... put slow but steady grunt to it... it'l break loose.

THEN.. go 'bout the bidness of dealing with the oil cooler..

* PB Blaster (Walmart) works Really good

 

[02Oilburner]

Will Do Big Joe! Ill Let you guys know how it turns out.

 

[bigrigr]

X2, what Joe says! PB blaster is good stuff. To clarify, you want the wrench just under the "crimp" on the top of the filter. As far as you can go without touching the oil cooler adaptor. The filter is much less crushable there

 

[WD40]

I would be number 3 on what Joe & bigrigr said, good luck, these things can be killers.
Doug

 

[02Oilburner]

I finally got the project finished! I got the PB Blast stuff but it would not budge the filter. Filter had a hole in it so I poked hole in bottom of filter to drain the rest of the oil. Then I just took the oil cooler out with filter attached and used the old screwdriver stab method. Filter came off and I changed o-rings and gaskets. Reattached oil cooler with a new filter and now no leaks!! Thanks everyone for the help!!!

 

[dpantazis]

did you pull the oil cooler caps and change those orings?

did you take any pictures along the way?

glad the stabbing worked for you.

 

[02Oilburner]

did you pull the oil cooler caps and change those orings?

did you take any pictures along the way?

glad the stabbing worked for you.

Yes, I pulled the oil cooler caps and changer those orings. I got the o-ring kit from dieselorings.com. Guzzles is great website. I would of liked to take pictures but I was so freakin dirty and pissed off I didnt think about it. I tryed for 2 days to get oil filter off I also put a coolant filter kit on while the coolant was out.