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Originally Posted by brian2sun
Do the much cheaper and easier filter 1st and see if you still have a problem. Sounds like you have the original filter (which on most vehicles, they should be changed every 15-30K). I change mine every 2 years or ~24K. There is no change interval listed by Toyota for our filters so there's a joke that it's a "lifetime" filter, but obviously no filter stays clean for life.
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I take my maintenance seriously, but that (24-30k) seems a little overboard to me. I did mine at 65K more or less, and I guess I could do it again as I just hit 130K. I've never had a fuel problem.
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