try throwing a rag around the filter, then using the loop filter wrench over it. it should give you a better grip. as long as it’s the appropriate size, i’ve found the loop wrenches work best by far. all about leverage. the best position for leverage is always to have your arm as close to perpendicular as possible with the tool doing the work. and it’s always pull, not push
[QUOTE=Colin;1970210]You’ll be absolutely fine, there’s nothing to worry about if you go over a little bit, even 5k km is no big deal. People are generally undereducated about oil and as thus are wasting a ton of it.
People make this huge stink about how you need to change your oil ever 3k miles, that’s BS. That time interval had to have been created by places like Jiffylube to get more business, or possibly even the oil companies. Did you even realize that the oil change interval Honda gave your car at time of manufacture was closer to 6-7k miles?
And that’s with conventional motor oil, if you’re using synthetic you can go even longer. I wait 10-12k mi before changing the oil on my new car (been using synthetic since I got it at 20k mi). There are all sorts of tests out there where people have sent their oil in at regular intervals to see when it starts to break down. The one’s I’ve seen have been fine up until about 15-18k miles and at that point it’s still not something anyone would deam dangerous. Just that it starts showing up on the tests.[/QUOTE]
i absolutely agree with everything this guys says
guy all you have to do is get the oil filter pliers they look like a beetles horns pput it on the filter and put a good amount of force and basically crush the filter to turn it …trust me it always worksss…and the reason they get so tight is because the rubbber o ring on the filter gets dry and there a lil harder to take off.before u put the new one on take a dab or some new oil and spread it around the o ring…and its okay that u didnt change the oil filter just make sure next oil change you change it… lol