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mondeo mk3 oil filter removal tool?

  • 24-06-2010 1:30pm
    #1
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭


    lads...

    anyone know where I can get one of these, will halfords have anything.?

    also, side note:! Is the front Air Con pipe a PITA to remove (as having to remove 99.99% of the front of the car to gain access) ?

    cheers.!


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  • #2
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Try get a wide mouth vice grips anything else is just useless, that includes all the strap ones and chain link ones....


    As a very very last result you can put a screwdriver through it and remove it that way. But only if you can't remove it any other way


  • #3
    OldmanMondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭OldmanMondeo


    If it is a diesle Mondeo you need a 34 or 34mm spanner to remove the cover for the paper element filter. No need to remove anypipes.


  • #4
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Its a 01 petrol...

    I have a oil wrench and it wont fit, what size is needed?

    The AC pipe is leaking, I am wondering if its easy to remove. Its the one under the front bumper


  • #5
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Oil filter should only be hand tight.


  • #6
    nellocono
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭nellocono


    Hi X in the City,

    Just out of curiosity, I have recently bought a Mondeo and am looking at servicing it myself...Where/what parts did you get for it? What type of oil? I was looking at Castrol Magnatec 5w30...

    Just need to figure out how to do it now :D


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  • #7
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Oil filter should only be hand tight.

    there is a yoke , cover whatever it is called covering the oil filter.. :rolleyes:

    anyone. ?


  • #8
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    nellocono wrote: »
    Hi X in the City,

    Just out of curiosity, I have recently bought a Mondeo and am looking at servicing it myself...Where/what parts did you get for it? What type of oil? I was looking at Castrol Magnatec 5w30...

    Just need to figure out how to do it now :D

    5/30 is correct.

    you might need HT leads, I changed mine, huge difference in performance.

    as for the oil, well there is a mondeo specific tool needed to access the oil filter (which is paper), manufacturers sure don't make things easy to do eh. $$$$$$$$


  • #9
    Harcrid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭Harcrid


    The Mondeo takes a paper element filter so it has a housing over this which needs to be removed. Although it’s supposed to be only hand tight, a lot of mechanics seem to screw them on with all the force they can. I changed mine for the first time recently and had to use a generic Aldi oil filter removal strap on the housing with an extension bar to get it off.


  • #10
    okane1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭okane1


    36mm socket to remove the oil filter plastic cover. Ensure you fit a new o-ring when re-installing the cover, o-ring will come with the new filter. Think you tighten it to 8nm (its written on the plastic cover)


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