christi

I'm like 2quarts low, and it's not coming off to refill it with oil... any ideas how to get it off??

Icemark

crud build up or old gasket.

To get the really stuck ones off you may need a wrench like a slip wrench or something to get more leverage.

hybridracer

turn it?
if that doesnt work, turn it really really hard.
j/k
Um really though did you turn it as hard a possible?

christi

Yeah, I did... It won't budge. I think the guys at walmart who changed my oil last (I woulda done it, but we had no pans to put the oil in) put it on too hard

christi

OK.. it is NOT coming off. Whether I use my hands, and all the strength I have, or I use that wrench Icemark said.... It won't budge... Any other suggestion??

scathcart

Large set of channel-lok pliers after the engine is warm. Worked on every car that came through my oil change.

SaabGuy

If you are worried about breaking the cap, you can always detach the filler neck from the engine. Then you can put the whole thing in a vise and really give it hell!

Cheers!

go for a hard run and get things nice and hot... spray some penetrating lube under the the oil cap onto the where it meets the filler neck... give it hell...

doesn't work? repeat above.

worked for me... for some reason i couldn't undo the cap after i changed the oil last... and I usually don't tighten it that much

Silkworm

I know this sounds sexist, but get a guy with big hands to help you.. Seriously, the guys at the local oil changers think it's funny to do this to people.

PaulC

Silkworm

and for immediate oil needs, you may be able to stick a long funnel down onto the oil dipstick opening and fill that way..

PaulC

DEZERTE

lmao

downwinddave

Dont use vice grips! Some idiot used a chisel once on mine.
Use a strap wrench,,,no marks.

twiztedjeckel

take your hood off and actually climb inside the engine bay. put one foot on the one of the strut towers and the other on top of the fan shroud to maximize your leverage. then start reefing on it like there was no tomorrow.

christi

lol, gee, thanks guys for all the information It finally got off, and I did a stupid move in the process, but lets not go there..... you'll all laugh and call me an idiot

Anyway, thanks

ponykiller

were you turning it the wrong way?

christi

No.. nothing like that..... Just something REALLY stupid. I already got a smack from one of the forum members on here (forsakenrx7) for doing what I did.

But anyway, I appriocate all the advice you guys gave me to get the sucker off.

twiztedjeckel

did you some how manage to half *** cross thread it putting it back on? alright out with it already

darkwaveboi

did some guy see you bending over the hood and come up and slap yo ***?

jimmyv13

You can't say that and not tell us what you did, it's not fair. Come on, it can't be that bad.......... can it?

christi

I dunno... it's not that bad, but I really don't feel like being flammed or whatever for saying what I did. Twisted knows what I did, and I'm still wondering why he hasn't replied... lol

deadRX7Conv

Lefty loosens righty tighty-- Just kidding. You have enough common sense to know that already.

In times of desperation, oil can be added through the dipstick with a funnel. Never run two quarts low.

christi

I believe the only reason why I *WAS* running ~2quarts low was because I could NEVER get that stupid oil cap off... I've been trying for a week.