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Originally Posted by madwi
Wonder if changes cause my ham hands can fit through with no issues. But I agree it needs to be level to not make a big mess.
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This was on a fellow local Z owner's car. And to be fair, my hands fit fine. It was just extremely difficult to get any leverage through the opening on the oil filter that was superman torqued by the idiot dealer. I actually have an oil filter socket that fits right on the end of the filter and would have taken it off with almost no effort (it has been amazing for several impossibly tight oil filters I have changed). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use it with the ZSpeed shroud installed because the opening does not extend past the end of the filter meaning there is not enough room. After that experience, I was worried that the bigger filter I like to use and a thermostatic sandwich plate might be even more troublesome. Although I'll admit that the oil filter problem should only be a problem once - you don't need to torque it down much.