Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[tigers_gonads]

What size socket fits the cap ?

[amba]

24mm on mine.I use a fexi head ratchet spanner as its a PITA getting a socket and bar on it

[johnnydog]

I also use a flexi head ratchet spanner for the same reasons.
Because the cap always seems to be tighter on removal than when fitted, I also use an adjustable band filter wrench just to prevent the filter housing twisting on the block and any possible damage to the seal.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Just done mine again, and yes I am pretty certain it was a 24mm socket I use, with a ratchet handle direct onto that. I have just enough space to operate the handle repeatedly over a short swing distance to take the cover off, then replace it.

[biggriffin]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

[Nick W]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

[Andy B]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

[Doctor Gollum]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

And crack the cannister itself because someone broke their wrist tightening on.

At which point you buy the spin on adapter and a spin on filter

[Nick W]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

And crack the cannister itself because someone broke their wrist tightening on.

At which point you buy the spin on adapter and a spin on filter

The first time I changed the oil, I was prepared for the filter to be a pain, so had a strap wrench around the cannister not to break anything. I tightened the cap with a torque wrench to make it easier the next time. That didn't work, so I binned it in favour of a proper spin-on which are cheaper to buy, easier to remove, easier to fit and make less mess. I have no German heritage, so the cannister type makes no sense to me.

[Andy B]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

And crack the cannister itself because someone broke their wrist tightening on.

At which point you buy the spin on adapter and a spin on filter

The first time I changed the oil, I was prepared for the filter to be a pain, so had a strap wrench around the cannister not to break anything. I tightened the cap with a torque wrench to make it easier the next time. That didn't work, so I binned it in favour of a proper spin-on which are cheaper to buy, easier to remove, easier to fit and make less mess. I have no German heritage, so the cannister type makes no sense to me.

You all must be doing it wrong or sticking your tongue out of the wrong side of you mouth. I never ever had a problem in all the years & 100k miles I had an Omega. Cartridge/paper element filters were used on loads of makes of car .... not  just German manufacturers. And no torque wrench ever went anywhere near my oil filter. I certainly wouldn't swap to a spin on for the sake of it.

[Lizzie Zoom]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

And crack the cannister itself because someone broke their wrist tightening on.

At which point you buy the spin on adapter and a spin on filter

The first time I changed the oil, I was prepared for the filter to be a pain, so had a strap wrench around the cannister not to break anything. I tightened the cap with a torque wrench to make it easier the next time. That didn't work, so I binned it in favour of a proper spin-on which are cheaper to buy, easier to remove, easier to fit and make less mess. I have no German heritage, so the cannister type makes no sense to me.

You all must be doing it wrong or sticking your tongue out of the wrong side of you mouth. I never ever had a problem in all the years & 100k miles I had an Omega. Cartridge/paper element filters were used on loads of makes of car .... not  just German manufacturers. And no torque wrench ever went anywhere near my oil filter. I certainly wouldn't swap to a spin on for the sake of it.

I can only agree with that Andy

Never had any problems in changing the oil filter held within the alloy canister, with all my Omega's over 20 years.  The top has always screwed off and screwed back on without any problem using just a socket  and ratchet, or with my last 3.0 just the ratchet as the head just fitted perfectly into the moulded in 'nut' shape.

[YZ250]

3/8 ratchet, in the opening.

That's what I used on mine twice until I replaced it with a proper filter

You put another ally cap back on after you'd split it  ... 

The ratchet square drive exerts an outward force, and that ally cap is not man enough and lacks enough solid land to take it when tight, so as Andy said, it will split the cap. 
I also never had any problems with the paper filter in twenty fours years of Omega ownership, using a socket to remove the cap obviously. 

[Kevin Wood]

Happy to be back to spin-on filters here, and, as it turns out, the filters for the Jag also fit Mrs. KW's MX5 and my Westfield, so a one stop shop.

[Nick W]

Happy to be back to spin-on filters here, and, as it turns out, the filters for the Jag also fit Mrs. KW's MX5 and my Westfield, so a one stop shop.

It took nearly twenty five years before any of my cars and most of the other ones I worked on, used anything other than a Ford EFL90, or whatever equivalent was cheapest at the local factors. Less than half of them were Fords but you did have to be careful of the performance tax, as a 2.8i filter cost twice as much as one for a 2.0l - I still had the receipt in the car


While I'm not impressed with the Omega cannister filter because it was a poor solution looking for a problem, it is better than BMC's attempt on the A-series engine.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Happy to be back to spin-on filters here, and, as it turns out, the filters for the Jag also fit Mrs. KW's MX5 and my Westfield, so a one stop shop.

It took nearly twenty five years before any of my cars and most of the other ones I worked on, used anything other than a Ford EFL90, or whatever equivalent was cheapest at the local factors. Less than half of them were Fords but you did have to be careful of the performance tax, as a 2.8i filter cost twice as much as one for a 2.0l - I still had the receipt in the car


While I'm not impressed with the Omega cannister filter because it was a poor solution looking for a problem, it is better than BMC's attempt on the A-series engine.

Oh yes, as on the Austin A40 and numerous other Austin's and Morris's

If I remember correctly, with a green cannister hanging down from the engine and a long bolt with a head that you screwed the whole thing up with.