changing engine oil on 550 xp polaris.

jessie

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can anybody help me want to change oil on a 550 polaris xp what kind of oil filter wrench do you use because it is very tight spot and where would you get the filter wrench?
 

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Use a strap wrench at the base of the filter. You can only do baby turns till loose enough to spin by hand. I have cap wrench but find that it will spin and damage filter or do nothing.:(:(
 

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Use a strap wrench at the base of the filter. You can only do baby turns till loose enough to spin by hand. I have cap wrench but find that it will spin and damage filter or do nothing.:(:(

You're a better man than me if you can get a strap wrench any where near the filter on an XP.:rant:
 
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