Aug 23, 2006· Just buy a small can of( goof off adhesive remover) at Walmart paint section for 3 bucks and squirt some around the rim of filter it will seep onto the rubber gasket and you can very easily unscrew even the tightest filter immediately .In the future rub clean oil on the new gasket and only hand tighten the new filter .normally filter should be tightened only about one half turn ...