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5th gen T4Rs
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| jahdai42 |
08-02-2020 01:21 PM |
Help!!! filter housing stuck
Looks like whoever changed the oil last over torqued it. The tabs sheered off using the filter tool and now I cant remove it even with an impact hammer.
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| Daikon |
08-02-2020 01:31 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by jahdai42
(Post 3526799)
Looks like whoever changed the oil last over torqued it. The tabs sheered off using the filter tool and now I cant remove it even with an impact hammer.
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Buy a new housing before you continue. Chances are it will break even more.
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| flyrv9 |
08-02-2020 01:37 PM |
Try a strap wrench - but yea, get another housing first. You're going to need one anyway.
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| jawkdna |
08-02-2020 01:47 PM |
If worse comes to worse, you can get yourself a cordless dremel and carefully cut in open and break it out, assuming you have the factory plastic one.
Also spray some penetrant like PB Blaster up around the threads and let it creep in and sit for a few hours or even a day. That could help get those threads loose.
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| jahdai42 |
08-02-2020 01:55 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Daikon
(Post 3526803)
Buy a new housing before you continue. Chances are it will break even more.
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first thing I did was to get one of the metal ones from Advanced Auto. It is only a block away.
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| ElectroBoy |
08-02-2020 02:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by jawkdna
(Post 3526815)
If worse comes to worse, you can get yourself a cordless dremel and carefully cut in open and break it out, assuming you have the factory plastic one.
Also spray some penetrant like PB Blaster up around the threads and let it creep in and sit for a few hours or even a day. That could help get those threads loose.
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This. Hit the threads with penetrant. But before attacking with a dremel, first try a persuader.
Get large channel lock pliers or a pipe wrench. Pull slowly, the rubber gasket was probably not lubed before installation and it binds. If the cover breaks apart, use the dremel.
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| DougR |
08-02-2020 03:44 PM |
I started doing my own oil changes after the dealer performed the "free" ones. The oil filter housing was very tight when I did the first oil change. I used a cheater pipe on a 1/2 inch breaker bar with a 27 mm socket on a Motiv oil filter wrench, which is a high quality forging. If I had not used the 27mm socket, I think the oil filter wrench could have been damaged by the 1/2 inch square drive. I had a new Toyota aluminum filter housing on hand to install.
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| jahdai42 |
08-02-2020 04:22 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by ElectroBoy
(Post 3526840)
This. Hit the threads with penetrant. But before attacking with a dremel, first try a persuader.
Get large channel lock pliers or a pipe wrench. Pull slowly, the rubber gasket was probably not lubed before installation and it binds. If the cover breaks apart, use the dremel.
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Definitely going to try this tomorrow when I'm not so pissed.
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| 57HotrodVW |
08-02-2020 05:28 PM |
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| 17Jetta |
08-02-2020 05:37 PM |
36" breaker bar works every time. Pro tip, don't let anyone do an oil change but yourself.
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| dipNrip |
08-02-2020 05:53 PM |
The filter only needs hand tightened. I check with torque wrench but never moves after I hand tighten.
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| yota1976 |
08-02-2020 06:04 PM |
Is it hard to replace the factory plastic housing for an aluminum one? I might upgrade to that later.
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| Twilghtzone |
08-02-2020 06:09 PM |
Replace plastic with aluminum ? Easy.
Just put a little anti-seize on the aluminum threads before you put it on.
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Personally I would never put antisieze on the threads of the filter canister- many antiseize compounds have particulate metal in them.
The threads are on the engine oil side of the O-ring. They get oiled by default- don't need metal particulate picked up into the oil.
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| jrandom |
08-02-2020 07:15 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by yota1976
(Post 3526911)
Is it hard to replace the factory plastic housing for an aluminum one? I might upgrade to that later.
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Just make sure the center tube is the right length, I am pretty sure the part number listed here on the forums has a center tube that is too long, EDIT - it’s the opposite it is too short. It is super easy to swap from your old plastic housing.
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