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Originally Posted by Endlessblockades
Cool. I became aware of these in a weird way - via a snail-mailer from my city offering a free Fumoto valve to reduce oil spillage into the gutter/storm drains for people doing oil changes in the street. Must have been targeted by zip code LOL. Used in on my 2nd Gen and bought one for my 3rd gen when I sold the 1991. No more issues with stripped plugs, messy draining, buying washers, etc. Set it and forget it. I'd like one on the transmission, too, but I don't think they make one with the correct thread pitch/depth/size or something.
Edit - to make matters worse (for purists), I'm running a K & N oil filter that I believe is "good for at least 10,000 miles" I won't wait that long, but I like that they have a 1" nut on them for easy removal.
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I second both of these things. Have had these valves on both my RAV4 and 4R for for a combined 7 years and have never had an issue--I'm not a rock crawler though. The only complaints I have are that the pan drains reeeeally slowly if the oil isn't warm, and that I'm not positive it lets everything out without removing the valve entirely which kind of defeats the purpose... I change my oil every 3-5k with full synthetic so I'm hoping there isn't too much sludge that's collecting in there. Next oil change, I'll probably just remove the valve entirely once it seems to be done draining to be sure--might be something I do every few oil changes.
I've also use those K&N filters but I swap em with every oil change which is probably overkill... I stopped buying them from Amazon since a lot of folks have reported being sent counterfeits.
Now if only someone could up with a solution to the oil spilling everywhere when I unscrew the filter...