mondeo mk3 oil filter removal tool?

x in the city

lads...

anyone know where I can get one of these, will halfords have anything.?

also, side note:! Is the front Air Con pipe a PITA to remove (as having to remove 99.99% of the front of the car to gain access) ?

cheers.!

Mycroft H

Try get a wide mouth vice grips anything else is just useless, that includes all the strap ones and chain link ones....


As a very very last result you can put a screwdriver through it and remove it that way. But only if you can't remove it any other way

OldmanMondeo

If it is a diesle Mondeo you need a 34 or 34mm spanner to remove the cover for the paper element filter. No need to remove anypipes.

x in the city

Its a 01 petrol...

I have a oil wrench and it wont fit, what size is needed?

The AC pipe is leaking, I am wondering if its easy to remove. Its the one under the front bumper

Henry Ford III

Oil filter should only be hand tight.

nellocono

Hi X in the City,

Just out of curiosity, I have recently bought a Mondeo and am looking at servicing it myself...Where/what parts did you get for it? What type of oil? I was looking at Castrol Magnatec 5w30...

Just need to figure out how to do it now

x in the city

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Oil filter should only be hand tight.

there is a yoke , cover whatever it is called covering the oil filter.. :rolleyes:

anyone. ?

x in the city

nellocono wrote: »

Hi X in the City,

Just out of curiosity, I have recently bought a Mondeo and am looking at servicing it myself...Where/what parts did you get for it? What type of oil? I was looking at Castrol Magnatec 5w30...

Just need to figure out how to do it now

5/30 is correct.

you might need HT leads, I changed mine, huge difference in performance.

as for the oil, well there is a mondeo specific tool needed to access the oil filter (which is paper), manufacturers sure don't make things easy to do eh. $$$$$$$$

Harcrid

The Mondeo takes a paper element filter so it has a housing over this which needs to be removed. Although it’s supposed to be only hand tight, a lot of mechanics seem to screw them on with all the force they can. I changed mine for the first time recently and had to use a generic Aldi oil filter removal strap on the housing with an extension bar to get it off.

okane1

36mm socket to remove the oil filter plastic cover. Ensure you fit a new o-ring when re-installing the cover, o-ring will come with the new filter. Think you tighten it to 8nm (its written on the plastic cover)