Yuh I won. Took 3 days to do the oil change. For when I had time and tool runs. Snapped an oil wrench which I returned and bought a pair of channel locks. Ended up using a saw zaw, heat gun, hammer,and channel locks to get it off. Probably spent a total of 8 hrs trying to get it off.
Guessing you did all the below and it was heat or chemicals that were the culprit of the seal not releasing. But for newer members who have not done many oil changes.
1) Clean the seal surface with a clean rag.
2) Put oil on the filter seal before screwing it on. (Or you may be in for a fight.)
3) Tighten the new filter as much as you can with one hand.(If your like the Hulk or Popeye stop when very tight.) Do not over tighten like its a big nut. You do not want to stretch, squeeze out, or damage the seal.
4) When possible use a quality filter wrenched for that diameter filter. Once you crush the filter in, it looses all its integrity. Personally I use the below pliers (I do not go past hand tight and change oil every 3k miles.). If the pliers did not work, or started to really crush the filter. I would grab higher up with a filter wrench.
Glad you got it off! Keep an eye out for oil cooler leaks, all that jarring could send some marginal o-rings and seals on the oil cooler system to the breaking point.
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