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'97 oil filter issue
Folks, my first of many oil changes on my "new" 1997 E300D. The filter is stuck on the plastic perch. From many prior experiences, I'd break the plastic perch if I horse on it too hard ( I've busted too may things in the past by brute strngth.)
Is there a trick to this? I'm setting out to literally cut the filter off the perch unless y'all have some voodoo magic to share. THNX! |
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Wrap a plastic bag around the filter element, hold it in your hand, and tap the protruding plastic shaft on the workbench.
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I've had more trouble getting aftermarket filters off than Mercedes brand and upon closer examination I saw the Mercedes filter has a ring of felt or some other soft material where the filter touches the shaft of the holder which helps explain that. The aftermarket ones just have a hard surface there which gets stuck really tight. In any event, you have little choice but to yank away until it comes off...if it breaks then you are in trouble but I have really gone at mine in the past and it hasn't broken (yet).
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Marty D. 2013 C300 4Matic 1984 BMW 733i 2013 Lincoln MKz |
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I had the same problem the first time I changed oil in my '96. I had to yank a lot harder than I expected but the filter eventually came off.
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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I always put mine in the empty box the new one came in and then tap it on the concrete floor to release it.
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Terry Allison N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama 09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA) 09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.) |
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Once you tap, you will never go back to pulling on the filter.
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Thnx guys. Impatient as I am, I hacksawed the stuck filter off. Yes it was stuck on the top,as Mike says. Dont know if it was an MBz filter, made in india is all I could see. We'll give it a good tapping next time. Pulling would have been disasterous, which is why I posted this.
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