I can't get the oil filter off my 89 ford 150?

I did the screw driver through it trick, I'm losing patients. It's beat up good now and hard to grip, any suggestions?


ThanksI can't get the oil filter off my 89 ford 150?
Use an Oil filter strap wrench. It has a square tube that fits 1/2 inch drive ratchets, that has a nylon mesh strap( Similar) your safety belt. They fit every canister type filter and can have a ton of leverage applied to get your stubborn filter off. Napa Carries this type filter wrench. So does walmart in there auto motive section.


This type oil filter wrench is really handy on Bashes up filters. It fits all shapes and sizes crushed, Or in perfect shape. It doesn't matter.I can't get the oil filter off my 89 ford 150?
yep they make all sort of tools to do the job right and the way you have pick was not one..... sinse you have wreak it you have to fight with it to finish it off ....now most wenches wont fit the mess you have to take it off the best way you can piars and a hammer might do it... next time dont tighten it so tight and wet the seal before you put it on hand tight means hand tight screw it on and then turn it like one time and leave it dont tighten it has tight has you can becasue that is way to tight good luck and happy hammering
Well, the base of the filter should still be in tack. I never liked that ';stick a screwdriver through it'; solution myself. If you've purchased a quality loop type oil filter wrench and can dry as much oil as possible off the base of the oil filter, maybe you can try folding some duct tape back in a loop on itself to form double-sided sticky tape. Once you've made up about a foot or so of the double-sided tape, dry the filter base one more time and wrap the tape around it real tightly hoping it will be just thick enough to allow the oil filter wrench to fit over it. Now grit your teeth and put some torque on that sucker!
Do you have an oil filter wrench? The wrench will grip no matter how much battering the filter has taken. They cost about five bucks.
Walmart and other retailers usually sell oil filter wrenches for just a few dollars and are designed to grip the oil filter by completely grippping it on all sides giving you the maximum torque on the filter. These usually are the best devices for removing oil filters even when damaged.
stick a scerw driver through it then turn,if nothing then get a large strap