[craig baconator]

I have had a few times where I had the oil drained out and almost gave up—of course, I have never bought an oil filter wrench so that did t exactly help. I use rubber gloves for extra grip and turn by hand. Only hand tighten without the gloves and oil the gasket and this one will hopefully be your only tough one.

once on a civic I was having a hard time and the neighbour suggested to me punching a screwdriver through it to turn it out. It worked but that is a point of no return.

 

[craig baconator]

Lol
Same here. I punched like 20 holes on that thing.
I had to remove it with a sharp wood chisel.

Get a rag and use it to wipe clean the oil filter, use carb cleaner or any solvent if it's really dirty.
Use a rubber glove and make yourself as flexible as possible, get under there and have a good time.

Don't forget to oil the seal of the new filter or you will be going through the same thing on your next oil change.

Ahh the good old chisel trick. I have a steel cold chisel for that. I’ve had to go ape on some nuts sometimes that are stripped.

 

[craig baconator]

I always did my 1st gen from the top side, you can actually see the threaded adapter when you go to put on the new filter.

Whaaat? You can reach from the top?? I’ve been doing it the hard way all along 😭