whats the best way to get off an over tighten oil filter (small block in an a-body with manifolds) ihave already broken one filter wrench should i rip the metal off and then try to turn the threads off??? what to do ???? thanks

Drive a long punch through it as close to the base as possible and turn the punch.

lmao im not that stupid its a car i just bought not one that i have worked on before lol but thanks for the advice i will give it a try !!!

take a phillips screw driver in one hand get a hammer in the other, tap it thru then turn it. Let all the oil leak out and into a catch can..the pop another hole and turn, by then it should be loose enough to turn by hand

Are you getting the wrench as close to the block as possible?

punch through it and turn, or if it is not too oily, grab some course sandpaper, wrap the filter and use your muscles. Make sure that you add a thin coat of oil to the rubber gasket on the new filter to prevent this....and don;t put it on with a wrench, hand tight is plenty.

Got it off!!!!!!!!!!!! took removing the exhaust and putting a long punch through it and an oil filter wrench on it and reefing on both like a mother !!! lol why do ppl do these things????
will post a pic of the mangled filter later just for laughs thanks to all for the help

It's right up there with shops using an air wrench to crank down the lug nuts. "What, they're supposed to be torqued to a certain spec? " Just causes more trouble down the line and there's no need for it...

next time, try this trick my dad taught me.

use a belt. wrap a belt around it so it goes thru the buckle and back over itself . make it so when you pull on it, it unwinds. works EVERY TIME

I have run into oil filters that the belt trick won't work with even with sand paper in between. I have also run into filters that a punch through the body of the filter just rips the can.

In the most subborn cases a large slip joint plier grabing the base usually works and if you can get a purcahse on the base then a cold chisel tangentially on the base will bit in enough to allow you to tap it loose with a hammer.

We have had cars towed in from the oil change shops with just the oil filter base on. Everything else was tried and failed, nothing left but the base.

I use the cold chisel on the remaining parts and tap it loose with a hammer.

Easy 1 hour labor, 10 minutes work or less after pushing the car onto the rack..

Oh plus the cost of an oil change, of course I don't get paid for any part of the tow.

I use 2 filter wrenches together. Extreme cases we have used 2 strap along with a end cup style. When rookies here at work tear off the can I air chisel the base to rotate it around. either way will work one is messier. i've been a dealer tech 26 years,these methods will work.
Doug

At the risk of stating the obvious, the shards from a stabbed filter can be very sharp indeed. Use great care when taking the hammer and chisel to the nothing-left-but-the-base oil filter that got towed into your shop.

DAMHIK