Hey Everybody,
This is definitely a newbie question - but how do I go about properly cutting open an oil filter? I'm only fifteen years old but I have changed oil tons of times (I work in three different shops), but this is my first time doing it at home on one of the family vehicles. I have all kinds of cutting tools but I don't think using an angle grinder would be the smartest idea because of the sparks...hacksaw? My parents have always bought new vehicles with service programs so I've never had to do it, until now...the service plan on my sister's 2005 Jeep Liberty ended 25,000 kilometers ago but she neglected to get the oil changed or ask me to change the oil until now
This is with a standard OEM filter and dino 10w30 oil...I'd like to see what the inside of the filter looks like after that, or what's left of it anyway...ridiculous.
Anyway, I have three filters sitting here (I got them for free) a Carquest Red (Wix), a Quaker State (Purolator) and a FRAM (yeah, right). Which one of these (other than the FRAM) should I use for this oil change, or should I go to Napa and spring for the Carquest Gold? Oil is Castrol GTX 10w30 (hey, she bought it, lol).
My last question is, the Castrol Syntec Blend 10w30 (semi-synthetic) just went on sale at Canadian Tire (where I work) and is now like $0.20 more per litre than the GTX...is it worth my while to go return the GTX and grab the Syntec Blend? Sorry for the long post, figured it was better than posting three different topics, though. Thanks in advance for the advice.
This is definitely a newbie question - but how do I go about properly cutting open an oil filter? I'm only fifteen years old but I have changed oil tons of times (I work in three different shops), but this is my first time doing it at home on one of the family vehicles. I have all kinds of cutting tools but I don't think using an angle grinder would be the smartest idea because of the sparks...hacksaw? My parents have always bought new vehicles with service programs so I've never had to do it, until now...the service plan on my sister's 2005 Jeep Liberty ended 25,000 kilometers ago but she neglected to get the oil changed or ask me to change the oil until now
Anyway, I have three filters sitting here (I got them for free) a Carquest Red (Wix), a Quaker State (Purolator) and a FRAM (yeah, right). Which one of these (other than the FRAM) should I use for this oil change, or should I go to Napa and spring for the Carquest Gold? Oil is Castrol GTX 10w30 (hey, she bought it, lol).
My last question is, the Castrol Syntec Blend 10w30 (semi-synthetic) just went on sale at Canadian Tire (where I work) and is now like $0.20 more per litre than the GTX...is it worth my while to go return the GTX and grab the Syntec Blend? Sorry for the long post, figured it was better than posting three different topics, though. Thanks in advance for the advice.