Perfect tool. I’m a pro mechanic at a shop. I lost my old one and got tired of buying off the expensive tool trucks. A socket is a socket. It would be hard to break this if you use it for oil filter service only. I don’t see myself ever damaging this. It’s nice quality. But even still, worst case scenario is that it cracks. It was barely $5. So no harm no foul. Perfect for pros and weekend mechanics.
Works great on my Equinox. I got tired of getting a standard size socket stuck while trying to change my oil. Gotta love that Chevy requires a specific short socket to replace a simple oil filter. Good price with way less work than cutting an old socket down. Order on Amazon, drink beer, wait a day, change oil, drink beer.
Just what the doctor ordered. After a few years of doing my own basic maintenance on newer vehicles, it became apparent the automobile industry does not drug test their engineers that design vehicles for them. In this case, you cannot just fit a socket on the cap because it is too big. Some less-than-brilliant engineers decided an intake would look nice about 1.5 inches above and slightly offset to the nut on the oil canister lid. It was just close enough that one cannot fit a normal socket on the thing to remove the lid and get to the filter. This thing is short enough to get under the intake. Add one extension and ratchet and I am back in business. On a side note, I haven't been able to find the spark plugs yet.
Best price for the required socket to remove the cap on Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep's 3.6 engine's oil filter housing cover. The only question I have (and it's nothing to do with Amazon or this particular part): Why didn't FCA use a common sized fitting on their covers, knowing many owners would likely be changing their own filters? 24mm? Really?
It's always worth it to have the right tool for the job, and this is no exception. As the ad states, it's a 3/8" drive socket, but I had a lot of success using a 1/4" ratchet with a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter (see "Craftsman 4257") because the shorter wrench allowed for more room to work under the hood (and will help prevent you from over tightening the oil filter cap). This tool made doing the oil change on my 2014 Terrain a breeze!
Pros: fits my Equinox and Cobalt's oil filters, protects the cover from being damaged when removed using piers or a non-specialized tool, tight enough fit to work without slipping, makes the removal and installation process easier. Cons: needs a wobble joint attachment to operate effectively This is a great tool that I highly recommend if you plan on changing your own oil. However, you definitely need a wobble joint to be able to reach the socket with your wrench on many vehicle models. I would recommend this product as long as that limitation is born in mind.
This is a really handy socket to have for the primary filter on the 6.0. Space is tight down on the frame rail where the HFCM is mounted, and that smaller depth is perfect for getting a ratchet or breaker bar in there. Nice thing about this socket is it fits the oil filter cap as well, which is in fact the same cap as the lower fuel filter.
Needed to do an oil change on my 07 Chevy Cobalt LS and this socket fit on the oil filter housing perfectly. Doesn't feel like they cheaped out on the quality of this socket. Buy if you have the oil filter housing on your GM/Chevy vehicles from the same era that require a socket like this. (For people who want to know, the location of the 07 Cobalt LS oil filter housing is located under the hood, on the top driver side of the engine, under the engine cover on the driver side, it looks like a plastic canister where a socket fits on top of it, not alot of space to remove it so use a ratchet with this socket and maybe a rubber mallet to tap and get it started lol)
As Cinderella would say, "It Fits Perfectly!" I spun quite a few filters on and off of the engine of the old 2.2-L in my Saturn. I should have given this wrench to the young mechanic who I sold the car to for $150 -- that was some years ago when the engine blew in the middle of Missouri and I was stranded. The price of scrap metal had hit bottom along with the car, and my morale. He got a good deal even without this filter wrench, but if the wrench had been in my trunk instead of hanging in my garage, I could have talked him up to $160 for car+wrench for sure. And if the engine hadn't blown, I'd still be spinning filters on and off every few months with this sturdy unit. I said wrench, but of course this is really just the socket part. A big one. No straps to fiddle with. But you'll need to add your own lever to torque this big guy. Then again, if you are looking to buy a socket to fit the oil filter on a four-cylinder engine, you might already have everything else you'll need in your tool kit. Can't go wrong, if this is the fit you need.
Amanda Hudson
Great for pro mechanic, great for weekend mechanics.
Perfect tool. I’m a pro mechanic at a shop. I lost my old one and got tired of buying off the expensive tool trucks. A socket is a socket. It would be hard to break this if you use it for oil filter service only. I don’t see myself ever damaging this. It’s nice quality. But even still, worst case scenario is that it cracks. It was barely $5. So no harm no foul. Perfect for pros and weekend mechanics.
Xyza Yoradyl De Vera
Saves a headache
Works great on my Equinox. I got tired of getting a standard size socket stuck while trying to change my oil. Gotta love that Chevy requires a specific short socket to replace a simple oil filter. Good price with way less work than cutting an old socket down. Order on Amazon, drink beer, wait a day, change oil, drink beer.
Chyna Dolly
Glad to find this thing
Just what the doctor ordered. After a few years of doing my own basic maintenance on newer vehicles, it became apparent the automobile industry does not drug test their engineers that design vehicles for them. In this case, you cannot just fit a socket on the cap because it is too big. Some less-than-brilliant engineers decided an intake would look nice about 1.5 inches above and slightly offset to the nut on the oil canister lid. It was just close enough that one cannot fit a normal socket on the thing to remove the lid and get to the filter. This thing is short enough to get under the intake. Add one extension and ratchet and I am back in business. On a side note, I haven't been able to find the spark plugs yet.
Pankaj Kumar
This Is the Socket To Use For The FCA 3.6 Engine Oil Filter Housing Cover
Best price for the required socket to remove the cap on Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep's 3.6 engine's oil filter housing cover. The only question I have (and it's nothing to do with Amazon or this particular part): Why didn't FCA use a common sized fitting on their covers, knowing many owners would likely be changing their own filters? 24mm? Really?
Aabroo Fatima
Right Tool for the Job!
It's always worth it to have the right tool for the job, and this is no exception. As the ad states, it's a 3/8" drive socket, but I had a lot of success using a 1/4" ratchet with a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter (see "Craftsman 4257") because the shorter wrench allowed for more room to work under the hood (and will help prevent you from over tightening the oil filter cap). This tool made doing the oil change on my 2014 Terrain a breeze!
Amanda Rose
Great tool for home oil changes
Pros: fits my Equinox and Cobalt's oil filters, protects the cover from being damaged when removed using piers or a non-specialized tool, tight enough fit to work without slipping, makes the removal and installation process easier. Cons: needs a wobble joint attachment to operate effectively This is a great tool that I highly recommend if you plan on changing your own oil. However, you definitely need a wobble joint to be able to reach the socket with your wrench on many vehicle models. I would recommend this product as long as that limitation is born in mind.
Amber Hawkins
Nice socket
This is a really handy socket to have for the primary filter on the 6.0. Space is tight down on the frame rail where the HFCM is mounted, and that smaller depth is perfect for getting a ratchet or breaker bar in there. Nice thing about this socket is it fits the oil filter cap as well, which is in fact the same cap as the lower fuel filter.
Jose Luis Lopez
Perfect for change fuel filter on duramax 2017
Good product perfect for fuel filter on duramax 2017
Maggie Hart
Worked Perfectly For My 07 Chevy Cobalt LS 2.2l 4cyl
Needed to do an oil change on my 07 Chevy Cobalt LS and this socket fit on the oil filter housing perfectly. Doesn't feel like they cheaped out on the quality of this socket. Buy if you have the oil filter housing on your GM/Chevy vehicles from the same era that require a socket like this. (For people who want to know, the location of the 07 Cobalt LS oil filter housing is located under the hood, on the top driver side of the engine, under the engine cover on the driver side, it looks like a plastic canister where a socket fits on top of it, not alot of space to remove it so use a ratchet with this socket and maybe a rubber mallet to tap and get it started lol)
Lucky Day
IT FITS PERFECTLY - and who can beat the price?
As Cinderella would say, "It Fits Perfectly!" I spun quite a few filters on and off of the engine of the old 2.2-L in my Saturn. I should have given this wrench to the young mechanic who I sold the car to for $150 -- that was some years ago when the engine blew in the middle of Missouri and I was stranded. The price of scrap metal had hit bottom along with the car, and my morale. He got a good deal even without this filter wrench, but if the wrench had been in my trunk instead of hanging in my garage, I could have talked him up to $160 for car+wrench for sure. And if the engine hadn't blown, I'd still be spinning filters on and off every few months with this sturdy unit. I said wrench, but of course this is really just the socket part. A big one. No straps to fiddle with. But you'll need to add your own lever to torque this big guy. Then again, if you are looking to buy a socket to fit the oil filter on a four-cylinder engine, you might already have everything else you'll need in your tool kit. Can't go wrong, if this is the fit you need.