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Yeah, good luck. I had to special order one for my 5.0 through NAPA since there were zero anywhere near me. The one I received, although supposedly the "Right" size, rounded out while using. I had to wrap metal tape around the filter housing to remove it. Yours, on the other hand, is easily accessible from below and removable with any manner of strap wrench which gets small enough. A screwdriver and a hammer will also work.
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In 50 years I've never used any kind of wrench to tighten any kind of spin-on oil filter and I've encountered some which were are lot more inaccessible than any of the X150's or X100s. Hand tightening is always sufficient.
Richard
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Like Richard, I hand tighten a new filter after first smearing some clean oil on the threads and the rubber seal.
The XK 4.2 is awkward to access and, despite hand tightening, I found the filter would be seriously difficult to loosen at the following oil change. I used a chain wrench for this although a strap wrench is likely to be equally effective.
The XK 5.0 is a lot easier with the filter housing on top of the engine although it requires a fluted wrench.
The problem doesn't stop there. My XK and F-Pace have different sizes!
Graham
The XK 4.2 is awkward to access and, despite hand tightening, I found the filter would be seriously difficult to loosen at the following oil change. I used a chain wrench for this although a strap wrench is likely to be equally effective.
The XK 5.0 is a lot easier with the filter housing on top of the engine although it requires a fluted wrench.
The problem doesn't stop there. My XK and F-Pace have different sizes!
Graham
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