removing oil filter on a merc 25 4-s ?

[madog99]

We picked up a new 2006 25hp 4 stroke last year . Good motor so far and have no complaints except the oil change . We have bought 3 different tools to try to get at the filter as it is buried . The cap style unit fits the filter fine but the motor housing prevents getting it on to the filter . So we end up using big channel locks and crushing it and then use the old "drive a screwdriver in it" to remove ! Is there something we are missing here ? I can't believe it can be this difficult , there must be some tool that merc dealers use that we don't know about ? Looking at it today it is a stupid design for something that needs regular replacement . Or we are idiots ?

[moonshine]

did you try the strap type tool. usually it works in tight spots

[Haybay Larry]

There are fittings available that attach to the top of oil filters the dimpled edge on top that have a fitting for a ratchet that makes the job a breeze!
I think princess auto has them.
...Larry

[cgates]

I have a 40 f-s Merc and i use channel lockes but i just loosen it and then put the new one on hand tight

ps I'm no idiot

[Seabass81]

I have changed many of those filters . Alot of them are way over torqued . The best tool I have used for that application is the ratchet style that clamps down as you turn. There just isnt much room for anything else !

With that being said, I have had a few that still did not come off so i punched a large flat head screwdriver through and through and used that to turn it .

I would check what the merc dealer says but I have always put them on a hair past hand tight.

[cprince]

...so i punched a large flat head screwdriver through and through and used that to turn it .

There is a man with balls cast in Blue Steel!!!!!

Nice job MacGyver!!!

You have a fan in me.... I would have been too namby-pamby to do that. Especially if it wasn't mine!!

Craig

[CNs]

II have had a few that still did not come off so i punched a large flat head screwdriver through and through and used that to turn it .

I would check what the merc dealer says but I have always put them on a hair past hand tight.

Yup had a 30 hp couldn't even get a strap type around it. Flat head screw driver!