Hi
Can anyone tell me the best way and also the best tool to use to remove the oil filter on a TP

Not sure about this model or anything, but most oil filters, once the car is apart, and the oil filter reachable they are removed by hand.

by hand mate and grip your teeth.:bowrofl:

The best way is with a oil filter wrench from repco/autobarn for about $15. TP oil filters are easiest to get to from underneath the car.

As long as its doesnt have an oil on the side which makes it a hassle its usually pretty easy to whack em off by hand. Just simply turning them couter-clockwise.

PS: Obviously make sure you have a bucket below it and don't stand/lay under it. (Sorry if that sounds obvious but some you would be suprised how many people make a mess haha)

Thanks for the info,I have been trying to remove from the top and not from underneath the car,should make it easier now

If you've got a replacement on hand...and it's stuck fast. Get yourself a long screwdriver and a hammer. put the screwdriver on an angle on the filter (making sure that wen struck...it will spin counter-clockwise). hit it with the hammer, it should start to come off.

I did this with mine when I needed to tsake mine of, it wasn't going anywhere, and the wrench couldn't fit around it. Just screw the new one on by hand, tight but not too tight.

some oil filter tools loose the plastic insulation on the hand grip -- so sparks fly

and rule of thumb is not to use the tool to retighten the new filter on

Never hit a filter with a hammer to punch a screw driver through it also, as you can then break off the thread and then you have no oil filter

The oil filter on the verada was a peice of cake...

180sx is a barsted :P so we put a oil filter relocator kit on it, oil filter on that is now ontop of the strut tower :D