Which oil filter removal tool do folks recommend??

StewMcGrew said:
And enough swearing to embarrass a sailor?
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On a serious note - I had an RS in for a service, which proved to have a stuck oil filter. Best efforts with the correct tool simply rounded the hex-shape on the filter base. My solution was to drill 2 holes in the tool and insert chunky self-tappers through the holes, into the filter. It was a bit messy, but the filter finally budged! :okay
 
malcopopolo said:
Grow a pair and undo by hand. They should never be that tight when fitted or removed.
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I don't understand this attitude. With a hot engine and a bike one will own for a few years, why would one not spend a few quid on a tool to make the job easy?

Fine, if you get a new bike or are a mechanic faced with an odd filter, then figure out a way to get the job done

but if you have the chance to plan and make it easy for a few quid it seems dim to insist on either potentially burning hand or bodging it for the sake of claiming to have balls
 
The last bike i had was in at a well know BMW dealers and had the filter fitted the previous year and honeslty im no weakling but i could not get it to budge, i had to carefully use the screwdriver method and even then it was mad how much this bit into the filter before it would come off. So even the best respected garages either overtighten or the things just seat themselves on there over the year i dont know, im guessing they have been installed wrongly as when ive done it myself to the correct torque then gone to take it off the following year it comes off no bother.
 
malcopopolo said:
Grow a pair and undo by hand. They should never be that tight when fitted or removed.
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on cars (I guess since the advent of slippery synthetic oil) they unscrew themselves…. I was in a dealership a few years back where I used to work and the best tech left (after I went) was doing up a filter on a V12 jag and tweaked it with some grips.... I said WTF are you doing !!! (I'd worked on them there for 8 years and never seen anyone do that before) he said, oh, we've had lots fall off lately so it's how we do it now...

with the placement on the 1200 boxer lump and the fact they rattle like a tractor I'd not want it undoing itself...
 
As the op is concerned not to have the wrong tool,
check to see if it has flats or flutes before buying would be best, as both have been encountered depending on filter manufacturer,
i have both tools but at the price it has been handy on the various bmw bikes over the years,
i went over to the mann filters equivalent to mahle from ECP that fit the bmw i 3 car battery support engine, good quality and great price when on discount code,
 
Thanks Roamer, yes good point. Im currently away from home so I had the better half send me a pic of the new BMW filter prior to buying and mine is the 12 flutes so got the correct tool for it. I belive i now have both types also :)

A nice idea also in another post is the two self tappers from underneath through the tool handnt thought of that. I see that Jim Bade of JVB productions on his video for the Twin Cam that the removal tool of his has two nicely placed holes on the bottom that would probably be for this very method if required..
 
Cook1e said:
2 screwdrivers and a tommy-bar! :thumby:
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No please. Don't put ideas into peoples heads.
I've had two BMW's in where the owners have gone down this route and the screwdriver has punched through the filter and carried on into the thin casing where the filter is recessed.

Cook1e said:
On a serious note - I had an RS in for a service, which proved to have a stuck oil filter. Best efforts with the correct tool simply rounded the hex-shape on the filter base. My solution was to drill 2 holes in the tool and insert chunky self-tappers through the holes, into the filter. It was a bit messy, but the filter finally budged! :okay
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Insert a sheet of folded in half sandpaper into the filter tool. Hit the filter tool forcing it and the sheet of sandpaper into the filter. Then undo.

Encourging people to drill holes into the filter which then leaves them unable to ride the bike anywhere to get it fixed isn't a good idea.
Plus have you ever tried to remove a stuck filter base after the filter body has been torn away.. :D
 
Steptoe said:
No please. Don't put ideas into peoples heads.
I've had two BMW's in where the owners have gone down this route and the screwdriver has punched through the filter and carried on into the thin casing where the filter is recessed.

It was a joke, but I see your point...

Insert a sheet of folded in half sandpaper into the filter tool. Hit the filter tool forcing it and the sheet of sandpaper into the filter. Then undo.

I think I tried that, as you posted the advice once before.

Encourging people to drill holes into the filter which then leaves them unable to ride the bike anywhere to get it fixed isn't a good idea.

True. Your way's better.

Plus have you ever tried to remove a stuck filter base after the filter body has been torn away.. :D

That was my fear. I guess the sandpaper trick could so the same, but probably less likely to.
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Mr Steptoe is correct, he's been doing this for a living for a long time. Never pay any attention to my advice. :okay
 
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned one of these?

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