Thread: TD5 oil filter removal

Hi Noddy.
When mine was removed for the first time it was stuck very tight. I took the pipes off that go to the turbo to give a bit more room and then the only thing I could get on it was an old adjustable piston ring compressor which I lined with rough emery to give grip.
Then it was a matter of straining like mad for that first bit of give, slacken off the ring compressor for another go and eventually it unwound.
What a pig of a job that was and I reckon those that first assemble the engines on the line just wrench them up tight because they can as there are no obstructions to getting a good grip on them!
Then it up to us with exhaust, turbo and other stuff in the way to somehow undo them.
One of our club members has made a small device out of metal pipe just bigger in diameter than the filter which can be just slipped under and up the filter. In the side of this he has drilled a hole then welded a nut on it and then a bolt goes through the nut, through the hole and digs into the filter.
Then he can exert pressure against the bolt to loosen the filter.
I'm hoping he'll make me one as it certainly helps make the job easier not that it's going to help you at this time though.
Alan H.

Thanks AlanH -- round two will be tonight! Tickets available at TicketTek!!!

The problem is you cannot get enough leverage and grip. My old canvas strap is really good for fitting in there, but on this one I cannot get enough grip on the filter. Will try lining with some emery.

I have never heard of an oil filter dropping off, so am not sure why this guy did it up so bloody tight!