18 cummins oil filter

New to me cummins has mire than enough
miles on factory oil and filter
Sunday
Truck was hot decided to dump oil
Looked at oil filter location
Grabbed every tool , filter cup tool and vice
grip imaginable to get into wheel well to unscrew
the filter , no go ..
Googled 1/2 hr — no secrets
monday
removed all intake ducts
Marked locaTion of filter
Got it to turn 1/4 turn
Turbo inlet open , figured i better cover inlet - this may
get ugly .
Monday afternoon , went to local car parts place
got A 15 flute cup tool , and a bigger set of Lisle
Filter pliers -
Monday Night -
Verified that clockwise is loosen when on top and
Counterclockwise is titen
Squoze my fat self under truck
Drilled a hole in oil catch plastic thingy
Used a wobbly extension with the fancy fluted cup tool.
Got it to turn 1/8 more -
Sweat 1 gallon .
Went inside , google more ..
thursday -
Truck oil filter still stuck on
Too dented up to drop off to some other dumbass to
destroy my fenders and chisel the oil filter adapter up
on my new if i bought today 80k dollar truck

[censored] was cummins thinking ??????

I go through the wheel well with a filter wrench and change mine. Not sure why your filter was too tight but mine was able to be removed.

I did start to change my oil and filter with only 5k also so if you are over the recommended 15k then that may be your issue.

6 k miles
Cummins must have used a 2’ wrench
Bastards

Somebody forgot to lube the gasket before they Twisted it on with that breaker bar! I recently had an experience with a skid steer that I purchased. I have never ever dealt with a oil filter that was so damn difficult to get off because it was not properly put on!

I changed mine again yesterday and no issues. Doing fuel filters today. Wait until you buy those from Chrysler. WOW. 2 fuel filters and an air filter would have been 220.00 if I didn't get a commercial discount. They were still 155.00

I've had two 5.9 Cummins powered Dodge trucks, a 1998 24 valve and my current 2006 Ram3500 4x4, both had the oil filter mounted up front on the passenger side behind the belt drive system.
Both of them needed to be turned clockwise to remove them from underneath the road side and tightened (lefty loosy, righty tity) by turning it counter clockwise .

Have had a 90 , 93 , 97 , 99 , 2007 and 11 and the new 18
Ive done this a couple times ..
wish i had my 93 ... or my 97 still

I have a regular band style oil filter wrench that I added a 2ft long handle to. I can be the guy to make them that tight..... and get em off!

I hated that new design, but like anything else you do it enough.... easy peasy! Throw three shop rags under the filter. This will provide a “bed” to drop the filter on and keep it upright. Grab another rag and shove it in the middle hole, turn that sucker sideways and quickly remove..... btw a little prybar magic can move that one A/C line a little making filter removal all that much easier

Btw the super long oil filter wrench works wonders for those goons that give the rear fuel filter the same treatment