Help Oil Filter Stuck On To Block!!

[osofasts13]

well yesterday i went upon changing my oil, alittle bit over the 3000 miles but oh well who can get that timing perfect anywase. so i took off the oil plug, then went upon taking off the oil filter. at first i used a oil filter cap (socket style), kept slipping, so i switched over to a wrench type, it ripped a hole into the filter. so i'm like what the ****, i call autozone and they say use a screwdriver and hammer to try to twist it by prying it sort of. i do that and it rips my filter even more. now my oil filters f@#ked, all tore up and hasn't even moved yet. i go and by a different style filter remover, the circle strap style that tightens as you move it, i barely have any filter left to attach it to and that didn't work out to well. so now i'm stuck with a oil filter that is all tore up at the end, and hasn't even moved yet. what do u guys think happened, could it have gotten so hot that it welded it self on to the block. i have no idea how to take it off, no room, and the end part of the filter is about gone. :help this is on a s13 with the ka24de.:help

[deviousKA]

well i dont know if this is the problem but you dont really need to get your oil filter super tight in the first place. If you have room in there, take a chisel and a hammer, place the chisel on the base of the filter and tap it with the hammer.

[Rex]

If there's enough filter, get the biggest screwdriver you can find and hammer it thru the filter, then try to get it to "tighten" just a bit. This should help break loose the bond it's made to the motor. You should be able to now twist it off using the screwdriver as a handle.

If that doesn't work, make sure you're using the chisel/hammer method to turn the filter, not pry it away from the motor.

[Nathan]

Screwdrivers are where it's at...I've done that 90% of the time I've changed oil filters because it's just plain easier.

[deviousKA]

If that doesn't work, make sure you're using the chisel/hammer method to turn the filter, not pry it away from the motor.

yeah, dont pry it away, forgot to mention that

[Scott McLellan]

I've heard that a length of 3/8 inch cotton rope wrapped around the filter counter clockwise will work although I'm not sure if you have enough filter left for this. Once it is wrapped around the filter several times, put a slight amount of tension on one side and pull or pry down on the other end. For this method to work you would probly need to degrease the filter's outside so the rope grips. Another idea, if it is shredded to much, would be to tear it apart until you get to that last top piece with the circle holes in it and put a couple screwdrivers in those and put a third between them to twist it off. Maybe if it is torn down to that threaded part you could put some vice-grips on there or something. Just make sure any pieces of metal you might make tearing and shredding that filter don't get into the engine block. Just a question, do you put oil on the rubber seal on the filter before you put it on? Good Luck!