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Originally Posted by ElectroBoy
What
@ 00Sebby
said.
And if you have the metal replacement housing it will be even more apparent that you will tighten until it bottoms out and it will not turn any more. The plastic ones will accept a little torque after being fully seated but not the metal ones.
I can almost remove my metal one by hand.
To make sure it stays in place when undoing the oil filter drain I hold the housing in place with big channel lock pliers.
Sometimes I do the
@ MeefZah
method, it’s just a little more messy. But I bet that’s how the dealer oil changers do it, it’s faster. |
2014 SR5 with 350K miles and all I've ever done is spin off the entire plastic housing. It's easy and not messy at all.
