Assured my wife I could get the oil changed in my 2013 Sportsman 550EFI before the kids are done with school.
Easy job and everything is going great, but the filter is stuck.
No big deal I run to NAPA and get the 65mm filter cap wrench.
No dice.
I decide to use the old screwdriver method. I get my hammer ready and hear a satisfying snap as I go through the first wall of the filter, I have to hit it harder to get it all the way through, but no big deal.
However, it still won’t spin.
I finally drill and drive some screws through the cap wrench into the filter. This works, and it comes right off. At this point I call my wife over to show her how smart I am. Only the smartest species use and make tools!
Fill it up and all the oil leaks out. Hmm…
Looks like when I put the screwdriver through the filter, I hammered it hard enough to put a pencil sized hole right through the case. Change oil, put a hole in the case. Any ideas for that?
Can anyone top screwing up an oil change worse than that?!??
Assured my wife I could get the oil changed in my 2013 Sportsman 550EFI before the kids are done with school.
Easy job and everything is going great, but the filter is stuck.
No big deal I run to NAPA and get the 65mm filter cap wrench.
No dice.
I decide to use the old screwdriver method. I get my hammer ready and hear a satisfying snap as I go through the first wall of the filter, I have to hit it harder to get it all the way through, but no big deal.
However, it still won’t spin.
I finally drill and drive some screws through the cap wrench into the filter. This works, and it comes right off. At this point I call my wife over to show her how smart I am. Only the smartest species use and make tools!
Fill it up and all the oil leaks out. Hmm…
Looks like when I put the screwdriver through the filter, I hammered it hard enough to put a pencil sized hole right through the case. Change oil, put a hole in the case. Any ideas for that?
Can anyone top screwing up an oil change worse than that?!??
