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Originally Posted by pDubs
Bought my 4runner used from a dealer who had just changed the oil. 6k miles later I go to do the first oil change myself and the oil filter must have been torqued to 150 ft lbs. Breaker bar wasn’t budging it. Eventually I snapped the oil filter wrench on my 1/2” breaker bar, had to order another filter wrench. Take 2 resulted in finally breaking the housing loose but cracking it. That’s the only reason I went metal, was $25 on Amazon with 1 day shipping at the time and the truck was stuck in the garage.
OP I noticed same thing. Threading it in until the o ring starts making contact is easier to spin. Been 3+ years and ~40k miles later and zero issues.
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I had the same experience. After my last “free” oil change, I did my first oil change at home. I swear they put that housing on with an impact wrench. I broke one of the tabs off the plastic housing getting that thing off... Now I need to come up with a replacement.
