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Originally Posted by old911doc
I recently acquired a 2001 Boxster S which still had the plastic oil filter can. It was on so tight that my Hazet oil filter wrench would ‘cam over’ at approximately 175 foot-pounds of torque. The cast-aluminum cap type wrench sold as ‘Craftsman’ at Lowe’s saved the day, and I was able to get the plastic cup off the engine, but I couldn’t get the tool off the cup.
My suggestion: under NO circumstance should you continue use of the plastic cup, and risk having either a permanently-installed oil filter, or worse, having the cup break off at its threads. Good luck removing the fragments. The aluminum spin-on adapter and filer should be fitted at the time the car is acquired.
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Oh My Gosh! What is it with these dealerships and shops whose employees crank on the oil filters with lug nut-level (or higher) torques! Hand tightening, it works. In over 80k worth of oil changes (@ every 3-4k miles) I have, after hand tightening, had one single solitary occasion where I got the slightest seepage and had to tighten it a smidgen more. The oil loss was infinitesimal—didn't have to top it off a drop.
And yeah, get the spin-on oil filter adapter. A definite upgrade.
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