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Yeah, I have had one or two end like that. The filter on my bike is in a real fun location, so I usually use the K&N filter on it because the built-in nut on the end comes in handy, except when you strip it.
Best one was on an Alfa Romeo, the threaded shaft came out with the filter! My short term fix was to unthread it from the old filter and rethread the shaft into the new filter........yep that bad idea resulted in 5 qts of brand new oil waterfalling from the side of the not tightly installed new filter! Nice streak 1/4 mile up the block, shut it down in time = no damage but lesson learned!
Factory installed filters on Ford products are a hard removal. At the factory they install them tight and dry. The idea is that the filter stays put while the engine is being wrestled around in the warehouse and also when it hits the assembly line. A nylon strap type filter wrench is best to deal with these filters.
I just did this myself on my first oil change for my Subaru.
New cars's oil filters are usually put on by a gorilla.
Nothing like trying to find an angle to hit a screwdriver through, with oil squirting out every which way, then it's like a miracle when you finally get it to break.
Scarey stuff! I let a garage do my oil changes...and this little ma and pa place takes great care of their customers, and they charge less and do much more than Walmart...which Ive heard WAY too many horror stories about WM garages so I stay as far away from that as I can.
I think Trapper is right, sometimes factory installed stuff is put on so you have no choice but to take it to a dealership, or a shop.
85 Camaro with a small block chevy, I believe the previous owner over tightened, access is hard do to crossmember/clutch slave location. Oil filter pliers didn't work, do to access, eventually a scredriver, that I had to hammer turn, puncture a new hole, then turn, puncture new hole and turn, then it got loose enough.
Overall I think its a overtightened, and the car has sat off and on for a little while.
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