First oil change in 5.4 a royal pain

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Yea I was pretty P O'd when I tried gettin that factory one off of mine, it crushed and started to twist up before it finally came loose.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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"just get the K&N oil filter it has a nut on it so you can use a normal wrench on it!"

Why? I've never used any wrench on any vehicle after the first filter change.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by glc
Take it to the dealer for the first oil change. Let them deal with it.
They probably won't change the filter either

I used the screwdriver technique the first time I changed mine
 
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