Who has installed an oil filter relocation kit and what brand did you use? I'm tired of feeling like I'm going to snap my hand off my wrist trying to change my oil. I don't screw it on that tightly, but I've changed the oil twice since I bought my truck and both times (the first time I blamed it on the dealership, but I know I didn't overtorque it) I had to drive a screwdriver through the filter to unscrew it. I'm definitely looking into filter relocation kits, but I know that with some things, experience is better advice than a sales pitch on Summit.

So if you've installed an oil filter relocation kit, please post up and let me know what you used and how you like it.

Thanks!
Woodrow

 

Do you change it from the top or from the bottom? When I bought mine new I couldn't get it from the bottom. So I pulled the intake, stepped up on the tow hook and could put some more torque on the filter to loosen it up.

 

That's one thing to try. I couldn't get to it from the top, mostly because of the intake and the fact I had it up on ramps for oil draining purposes. I reach from under the front bumper straight onto it, but it's weird having my arm extended straight forward and trying to rotate my palm-forward hand counter-clockwise with any force.

I then looked at my dad's 4x2 '08 4.6 F150 and found that he actually does have an advantage over my truck... but only that one.

 

stop being such a ***** and start hitting the gym man... or you could just use a non slip towel when taking it off.

 

how tight are you putting that filter on?

pre-lube the gasket with a light sheen of oil, then run the filter up until the gasket makes contact. THEN BY HAND ONLY tighten the filter about 1/2 an additional turn.


using a wrench is wrong. the only time a wrench should ever be used is for the very very 1st oil change ever...because a robot on the assembly line torques that sucker onto the motor.





a relocation kit will only lead to issues. I'm a fairly big buy at 6'3" and 260 lbs...and I can/did easily change the oil on my 2006 F-150...and now my 2008 Expy.

 

I just take off the intake and it's really easy to do so. My first time I didn't think about it and tried doing everything on the bottom like I had for my other trucks and it took me almost an hour trying to get everything situated without taking off my hands from the tight spaces.

 

Agreed. It may not feel tight but if you go tighter thats what you get. We have a guy at our shop and for the life of us we cannot get him to stop over torquing the damn filter. TYLUS is right, never use a wrench to tighten.

You shouldn't have to remove intakes either.

 

The toughest part is finding a place to mount the relocated filter. Solve that, and the rest is easier.

 

I know you don't have to just makes things easier for my hand/arm room. and it only take a min to take it off and put it back on.

 

I change my 06 filter with ease...

 

Why can't you use an oil filter socket on a 16" extension? You can get both at autozone for less than $20...

 

I don't understand the problems some have with getting the oil filter off the 5.4. I just reach down from the top with my strap wrench and break it loose, then I slide under to spin it off. I slide the new one in, give it a 1/2 turn after it contacts the block and done.

Seems easy enough.

 

That's funny. I'm 6' 3", 270 lbs, and wrestle half ton drums day in and day out for a living. The problem isn't gripping the filter- it's managing to spin it off without losing a hand.

I've been working on and around cars for about seventeen years, now. VERY early on was the only time I ever used a wrench to install an oil filter and my dad made sure I was part of the process of extracting the center chunk of the filter off the side of the block when the filter collapsed inside the wrench.

That's one of those lessons you only have to learn once. I always rub oil on the gasket and I'm very cautious about my oil filters- even more now that I somewhat understand hydraulic pressures and how surprisingly little it takes to restrain the low pressures of an engine oil system... but this filter baffled me twice so far. I did notice there wasn't a lot of space for a potential relocation kit, but figured the engineers at Moroso, Canton, and the others who do this for a living had possibly figured out something.

I was more attentive when installing this oil filter and will hopefully have better results when it comes time to change the oil again. Last time I was doing three oil changes on my back in one evening after work so I was just trying to knock 'em out and get to bed. I suppose it's entirely possible I accidentally overtorqued it.

That's kinda funny, though- the whole reason I don't take my oil to a quick lube type place is because I don't want them to just try to knock it out and move on to the next guy in a hurry, and here it bit me in the ***. :P

 

There's no need to relocate the filter. I use the socket wrench/extention/oil filter socket and have never had an issue getting the filter off. Hell, you don't even have to have more than your head underneathe the front end anyway to see what you're doing. A good amount of oil on the gasket does wonders when you put the new one on.

Like was said, you should always put the oil filter on by hand and stop once it's good and snug, no need to twist as hard as you can; it ain't going anywhere.

 

What does this oil filter socket look like? I'll pick one up.