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Question: Oil filter removal

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powbruce, Stockbridge, GA, August 02, 2009, 10:23
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When you are trying to remove the oil filter housing cap, do you turn clockwise or counter-clockwise? I would think counter, but mine isn't budging. I think the last guy who changed the oil may have torqued the hell out of the cap when he put it back on. Any advice...?

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, August 02, 2009, 11:21
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    Definitely counter clockwise to remove oil filter housing lid.

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