I have a stubborn oil filter, an insert type filter with the stupid plastic housing that I can't get a good grip on... A followup & appreciation: the plastic filter housing successfully removed. Seems like the trick this time was cleaning the oil and grime off the filter housing with some iso a...

I have a stubborn oil filter, an insert type filter with the stupid plastic housing that I can't get a good grip on. I've broken several of the band-type filter removal tools & reread this thread a few times just to find hope of getting this thing unstuck. Seems like most of the posts are about ...