jim968

Just in case any of y'all are still struggling with this, I wound up with the perfect oil filter tool for our cars, mostly by accident. Was changing the oil on the pickup for the first time DIY, & found the filter to be in an impossible spot. Took the new filter to Advance Auto Parts (big box chain store) and matched it to a 3/8" drive cup-type 'wrench' (that's what they call it; it's actually a big, shallow socket). Got home, and noticed that it also matched perfectly to the filter on the Porsche.

It's made by AmPro, part number is T70402, it's a 76 mm 14 flute, takes a 3/8" rechet to turn it. Cost about $6.00. Now if it'd just catch the oil coming out of the old filter... .

Jim, still not clear about the engineering 'advantage' to upside-down filters... <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />

TheJonesBoy

I have a better one. Use the leather belt you are wearing! Wrap it around the filter, but don't buckle it. Pull it the other way (cinching it tight) with 1 hand while turning the filter with the other. Make sure it doubles over by at least a quarter turn, or you will just be pulling, not torqueing, the filter. Also make sure you are going the right way! I have gotten off every "impossible" oil filter like this.