I have had my issues with oil filters too. I remember my Mitsubishi Eclipse; it was in car show conditions.
Took it to one of those Wiggly Lube and the dumb <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" /> ,(pardon my French), took the old filter off and left the gasket in place, his fault because he changed the oil before, he screwed the new filter in and when he cranked the engine oil exploded everywhere with a force that I have never seen.

They had to pressure wash the underneath of the car thoroughly for at least an hour. I mean, oil was everywhere and you had to see their service bay <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> by the time the pulled the car out of there the engine had spilled all of its liquid guts in that bunker. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

Never the less, I do the oil changes on all of my toys, push lawn mower included, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> and the best tool I have found to remove the oil filter is this one:


take the little red things off and it doesn't matter how stubborn the oil filter is, this thing put such a monkey grip on it that you can flip the car upside down if your bicep and you arthritis lets you. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Javy