Cutting Open an Oil Filter

[larryinnewyork]

Do you just hit along the outer edge where the seam or lip is ?
Hello all.

When I use a "metal" cutting chisel (not wood), I cut in a circle
"along" the filter Base.

The threaded base then falls off.

I then remove the filter element fron housing.

 

[HerrStig]

I screw the filter on to a bolt with the right threads and use sawsall.

 

[Provi]

Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
Get Longacre Racing Oil Filter Cutter I believe they can be had from Amazon.


Cheaper at Amazon and I love mine http://www.amazon.com/Longacre-Oil-Filte...l+filter+cutter

 

[rrounds]

You can see what I use in the upper left hand corner.

http://s949.photobucket.com/albums/ad338/rrounds/Oil Filters/?action=view&current=P1080973.jpg

 

[Vikas]

I still don't understand how one prevents the cut material contaminating the filter. When metal is cut, there are always going to be particles around.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
I still don't understand how one prevents the cut material contaminating the filter. When metal is cut, there are always going to be particles around.

NOT if you use a filter cutter,its the same principle as a plumbers pipe cutter,no filings.

 

[larryinnewyork]

NOT if you use a filter cutter,its the same principle as a plumbers pipe cutter,no filings
Or better yet, it's like using a can-opener to open a can of soup.

 

[Vikas]

Oh, thanks a lot, now I will never be able to have a can of soup in my life

 

[jmsjags]

a dremel works well and gives a nice clean cut.