Anyone know where to buy a GR86 oil filter removal tool?

On the side of the filter it says “tighten 3/4 turn, after contact gasket, (tightening torque 12-16Nm), I will need a tool with 15 flutes/sides and what looks like 78 or 79 mm dia, but it’s difficult to measure because it’s an uneven number of flutes/flats!. The Subaru number on the side of it is 15208AA170.

I once had a lot of trouble removing an oil filter after the dealer fitted it, I crushed it with a chain type tool, so rammed a screwdriver through it, to turn it and just managed to turn it!  Ever since then, I always used a proper multi flute/sided tool.

Edit: There are some 79mm dia with 15 flutes on eBay but they are all from china and a few, probably chinese, from the US.

Try and find a reputable eBay seller with good feedback. I bought a cheap Chinese 64.5mm removal tool for my Yaris a few years ago and it still works. It was only around £6 and I was expecting it to break on the first use.

24 minutes ago, 1.33 said:

Try and find a reputable eBay seller with good feedback. I bought a cheap Chinese 64.5mm removal tool for my Yaris a few years ago and it still works. It was only around £6 and I was expecting it to break on the first use.

Thanks, I messaged one guy on eBay about an 80mm one and without replying he blocked me from buying it, he lost out really cos I would have taken the hit if it was too big, hopefully he saved me the money because I found a 78mm one in UK and ordered that, so I will have to suck it and see, and then order a 79mm from china if that is too small.

It is a Scooby 2.4 flat four isn't it, GR86 is 2nd gen so it should be 79.2mm (80mm) 15 flute

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sourcingmap-Flutes-Filter-Housing-Remover/dp/B07DTFFB8F

Here is another option, i guess.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amtech-J1150-Rulers-Measuring-Transparent-Size/dp/B007ENEAT8/ref=asc_df_B007ENEAT8/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309808827530&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7408446934906370453&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9044994&hvtargid=pla-563723651005&psc=1&mcid=d583257875193c38aeb4339afa8e2bbf

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bahco-BE65F65120-Leg-Filter-Wrench/dp/B00T9FGYFM/ref=pd_bxgy_thbs_d_sccl_1/259-7987573-0740419?pd_rd_w=on1j9&content-id=amzn1.sym.46f507f3-7fc1-4bf4-9492-ed026d6e4f68&pf_rd_p=46f507f3-7fc1-4bf4-9492-ed026d6e4f68&pf_rd_r=0CH78E3HR741XNC8DR07&pd_rd_wg=gaCLm&pd_rd_r=dbe14677-c844-41fc-9981-d5c549752474&pd_rd_i=B00T9FGYFM&psc=1

2 hours ago, flash22 said:

It is a Scooby 2.4 flat four isn't it, GR86 is 2nd gen so it should be 79.2mm (80mm) 15 flute

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sourcingmap-Flutes-Filter-Housing-Remover/dp/B07DTFFB8F

Thanks, I will try that one. Unbelievably the 78mm one is out of stock!.  Hopefully you are right as the biggest reading that I got was 79.2, but the lowest was 78.3mm, but obviously I couldn't measure flat to flat, as there is an odd number of flutes/flats!

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE TRIED TO POST, HOPR IT WORKS!!!

Looking at the aftermarket filters, OD comes out at 82.5-85mm

use a piece of string or paper and mark it, then measure the paper/string - Divide by Pi (3.141) for the circ.

On 5/8/2024 at 7:38 PM, flash22 said:

Looking at the aftermarket filters, OD comes out at 82.5-85mm

use a piece of string or paper and mark it, then measure the paper/string - Divide by Pi (3.141) for the circ.

But the previous link that you gave, says to measure thus:-

well it gets you in the ballpark

Thanks guys, as I wasn’t too sure of the size, I went for the cheapest 80mm socket for £8.99, and is a very close fit on the filter, although I haven’t actually used it yet:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270792742578?

The filters are not tight (and shouldn't be). I removed the factory installed filter in the 86 by hand without much effort. 

If it helps, here's the measurement - across flat to ridge.

There are 15 ridges / flutes.

1 hour ago, APS said:

The filters are not tight (and shouldn't be). I removed the factory installed filter in the 86 by hand without much effort. 

Well as I wrote in my first post “I once had a lot of trouble removing an oil filter after the dealer fitted it, I crushed it with a chain type tool, so rammed a screwdriver through it, to turn it and just managed to turn it!  Ever since then, I always used a proper multi flute/sided tool.”  This was in reference to my Toyota dealer and my Corolla.