Engine oil filter removal - Summit TX25, Solis H24, Solis H24+

[Roy Najecki]

If you have a Summit TX25, Solis H24 or Solis H24+ and are about to do your first engine oil change you will soon discover the challenges. As mentioned in a few YouTube channels, the engine oil filter could be very well sealed to the engine by a coat of black paint, and the fuel line to the fuel filter and the engine to frame grounding cable may be in the way. Also none of the standard cup type filter wrenches fit on the filter. I tried the 64mm x 14 flats wrench (which was too tight), and the 65/66mm cup wrench slipped over the flats of the filter. After purchasing four wrenches I did find one on Amazon for $17 that worked very well: the Spurtar 2 3/8" to 3 1/8" (60mm to 80mm). That wrench has teeth that bite into the filter.

To get a filter wrench onto the filter I had to loosen the fuel hose banjo fitting and pivot the hose away from the oil filter, and I had to loosen both bolts holding the grounding cable and pivot the cable away. Only then I had the room to get a filter wrench onto the filter. The photos in the Operators Manual doesn't show that these obstructions are in the way.

When it came to refilling the engine oil oddly the Operators Manual pg 50-5 doesn't show the actual location of the filler cap which is now on the very top of the engine. And the dipstick? Talk about a bad design. They should have had a tube extension like found on a car transmission fluid dipstick, so you wouldn't need a flashlight to get the dipstick back into the engine.

 

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“ Spurtar 2 3/8" to 3 1/8" (60mm to 80mm)”

Thanks for that tool reference. I’ll grab one.

I think I’ve posted about this before, but I suggest using a (utility) blade of some sort to cut as much of the paint seal as possible. It makes all the difference when turning the filters for the first time.