Alan Yamada <AYAMADA@nwtel.ca> wrote: >this last oil change went without drama after i used my dad's oil filter >wrench, which looks like a 1/2 inch wide swack of metal that wraps around >the filter and is levered tighter by the action of the handle (flip it ^^^^^^^ >around for tightening) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Unless it's very different on the EV, one should *never* use any kind of wrench to tighten an oil filter! If you do, you are apt to have a bear of a time trying to get it off three months or so down the road. Instead, simply *hand tighten* the filter. Check your owner's manual to be sure, but a common recommendation is to hand tighten until the filter's gasket comes in contact with the engine then turn an additional quarter or half turn. - Scott '91 Westfalia Camper ========= Scott Sminkey, Sustaining and Specials Eng. Whittaker Xyplex, Inc. sasminkey@eng.xyplex.com 295 Foster Street 508 952-4792 fax 508 952-4887 Littleton, Massachusetts 01460
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