Video Transcript for What to Know About the FloTool GRIPTECH Adjustable 3-Prong Oil Filter Wrench

Today we're gonna be taking a look at FloTool's GRIPTECH adjustable 3-prong oil filter wrench. This 3-prong oil filter wrench is awesome because it works with a 3/8" ratchet. What's nice about that is you can use extensions and swivels and stuff to get this into some crazy locations that you wouldn't be able to get your traditional filter wrenches in such as your pliers style or your band style. So I really like the versatility that these have. This filter wrench works by using your ratchet to turn the mechanism in the middle. Now when this turns, it's going to turn in here, that's going to bring these three prongs closer or further away, depending on which way you're turning them.They have a maximum spread of 3-3/4" and a minimum spread of 2-3/8".

This can be used to loosen or tighten as the gear will allow it to clamp in either direction. I do recommend not using a filter wrench when tightening down your filter. However, I recommend doing that by hand cause you could potentially damage the filter when using a wrench to put it on. There are rubber grips on the end of each prong to ensure it doesn't slip on your filter when taking it off. We'll now connect it to our 3/8 drive ratchet.We're not gonna place it onto our filter.

These wrenches are only designed to work with spin on type filters. You don't wanna use them with cartridge style filters that go inside of a housing. Once you tried it on we can just begin loosening our filter here. And you see as I turn it counterclockwise the jaws tightened up, grip the filter and pull it off with ease. Once you've got it loosened I recommend you take the wrench off and just go the rest of the way by hand.You of course wanna wait to take your filter off, until you've properly drained your oil out of here at least enough to where you can position your oil pan underneath your filter.

If you cannot position your pan underneath the filter while the oil is draining, then you may need to wait the oil finishes draining, reinstall the plug and then move on to your filter. And that completes our look at FloTool's GRIPTECH adjustable 3-prong oil filter wrench.