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Offline Donmystic1

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Oil filter removal
« on: February 24, 2016, 11:52:27 AM »
I have tried three of my bmw oil filter removal tools. All are slipping around the, filter when pressure is applied. Any tricks
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2016, 12:12:18 PM »
Hammer a big screwdriver into the filter at an angle. Get it through the bottom and the side of the filter and it should spin out pretty easily
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Offline drut

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 12:32:08 PM »
Drill a couple of holes in bottom of oil filter removal tool then screw self tappers through tool straight into bottom of oil filter.
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2016, 12:49:17 PM »
Thanks for the replys
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Offline Martin

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2016, 01:32:38 PM »
Next buy a filter that fits your tools, will save you the hassle.
Regards Martin.
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2016, 01:47:19 PM »
It is a 1991 K1 that i just purchased.
I have no idea what filter is in there until I get it out.
I have an OEM BMW filter to go back in.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2016, 05:55:38 PM »
Send pictures! Do you have to remove a lot of panels to change the oil?
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2016, 06:06:00 PM »
You really have to removal only the bottom panel.
I removed the left lower panel to access the spark plugs.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2016, 06:07:55 PM »
Quote from: drut on February 24, 2016, 12:32:08 PM
Drill a couple of holes in bottom of oil filter removal tool then screw self tappers through tool straight into bottom of oil filter.
+1 A classic and elegant solution.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2016, 06:12:41 PM »
Look forward to seeing pictures of your bike, and a ride report on how it compares to plain K100's. Those K1's are really beautiful.
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2016, 10:29:55 AM »
Finally!!! I got the #%&$  K&N filter out. Had to drop the oil pan heat the filter with my heat gun and use a pair of scissors type oil filter wrench to get it off.
I would highly recommend not using a K&N filter on any oil head application.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2016, 10:50:01 AM »
Quote from: Donmystic1 on February 27, 2016, 10:29:55 AM
Finally!!! I got the #%&$  K&N filter out. I would highly recommend not using a K&N filter on any oil head application.
Congrats on your success! Which model of oilhead are you working on, Don?
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2016, 10:56:26 AM »
A 1991 K1
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2016, 11:21:07 AM »
There is an even more special place in hell than where the NGK plug wire guys hang and that is where I hope they send the assholes who tighten a filter like it was a cylinder head bolt.

Oil the f*cking gasket and give it 1/2 turn after you feel the gasket touch. 
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2016, 11:32:37 AM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on February 27, 2016, 11:21:07 AM
There is an even more special place in hell than where the NGK plug wire guys hang and that is where I hope they send the assholes who tighten a filter like it was a cylinder head bolt.
Bad news—no special place! A recent HellOnline article states that oil filter torquers get the bottom bunks, NGK guys get the top ones.
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Offline Inge K.

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2016, 11:45:29 AM »
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2016, 12:23:33 PM »
I mis spoke. I have a K bike not an oil head.
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Offline jjs1234

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2016, 01:33:23 AM »
Quote from: Donmystic1 on February 27, 2016, 10:29:55 AM
Finally!!! I got the #%&$  K&N filter out. Had to drop the oil pan heat the filter with my heat gun and use a pair of scissors type oil filter wrench to get it off.
I would highly recommend not using a K&N filter on any oil head application.

Mine is stuck but I will just wrap it in sandpaper and give it a good twist  :bmwsmile
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2016, 07:40:38 AM »
Tried sandpaper, cloths and a piece of rubber mat. Nothing worked.
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Offline gazman

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2016, 09:38:37 AM »
Just like F14 said drive a big screwdriver through it an twist. . . . . Brutal an messy but works
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2016, 11:30:01 AM »
Tried the screwdriver and all it did was to tear the metal.
This filter was really stuck.
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2016, 12:48:55 PM »
Don't all the K&N filters have a 1'' hex on the end? Someone must have pulled out their 3/4'' drive breaker bar to install it
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Offline Donmystic1

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2016, 01:35:15 PM »
No hex bolt.

I have it out and a new BMW one in.

Took two days to finally get it out.
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Offline mw074

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #23 on: February 29, 2016, 08:00:44 AM »
I had one that I used a leather belt and a prybar to get it off. I have had a few that the pan had to be dropped to get the damn thing off. In every occasion, the filter had been installed by the dealer.
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Oil filter removal
« Reply #24 on: February 29, 2016, 08:19:55 AM »
Aside from a lack of filtration, would a K still build oil pressure and lube itself if the filter were loose or not present? Really don't see why anyone would crank down a filter on these that tight
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