Oil filter cap stuck

[CutthroatSlam]

Soooo you're that guy huh.... yes I turned it the right way....

Sorry, but: 1) you take your car to the dealer, which implies limited experience, 2) this forum is filled with similar types with limited experience.

So I had to ask to get that issue out of the way.

 

[Gstick]

This is why I wont go to a dealer for an oil change. I have heard this time and time again. They just muscle everything on/off using an impact driver. Maybe time for an RCI skid plate with a trap door and a fumoto valve.

2010-16 Toyota 4-Runner Front Skid Plate

The same thing happened to me at my local POS dealer. (stripped out skid plate bolts and busted off the metal tab on the plastic filter housing) Enough of that crap. I bought the RCI skidplate (best $300 I've ever spent) and I do all of my own service now.

Anyone know the OEM Toyota part # for the aluminum oil filter housing ?

NEVERMIND, I searched and learned that this is not made for our 4R's, (specifically) but many people changed out the center tube for it to work. I think that I'll just stay with the original plastic housing.

 

[Charlievee]

I just did a 5k oil change on my 2018, never did it before and found it only slightly more difficult than any other. I will bring it to the stealer for the free 10k just to get it logged for the warranty, but I will remove the skid plate myself. On the fence about just doing it myself when I get back from the dealer, so I know it's done right. I hate people working on my rides.

 

[DeadPool]

Glad to say I spoke with the service manager earlier and will be bringing in my truck Monday so they can address the missing body clips, the stripped bolt and the over torqued filter housing and will even let me watch them perform this.. he told me it's not the first time he's had this problem and they even just had a meeting about over tightening the filter housings. I will keep you guys posted.

 

[DeadPool]

Sorry, but: 1) you take your car to the dealer, which implies limited experience, 2) this forum is filled with similar types with limited experience.

So I had to ask to get that issue out of the way.

Nope just cheap why pay for a oil change when you can get one for free lesson learned though 10 years automotive experience... didn't you know deadpool was good with his hands?

 

[DeadPool]

great thread to be reading right before I go in for my complimentary 10K oil change...makes me just want to go ahead and do it myself..

Looking back I know I would now

 

[DeadPool]

Have them fix, then never go back. What is tight? The center cap to gain access to the drain port or the whole housing.

While housing, center cap came off with light tapping

 

[DeadPool]

EXACT same thing happened to me. I actually broke the oil filter wrench tool, went and got a better quality one, then broke the plastic housing while it broke loose. Luckily I was able to it off, it was just cracked.

Truck was stranded for a few days while I waited on the metal housing to arrive.

This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BHP68A/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I just swapped over the little metal cartidge piece in the middle. You just bend the little metal prongs to be able to spin the inner piece and remove, with spring. Then swap over and bend back. Super easy and oil changes have been 10x easier since.

I actually like the looks of the metal one compared to the plastic one

 

[pDubs]

Yeah, I mean it's up under my skids plates so doesn't really matter, no one ever sees it but me. It is however very nice and easy to remove, clean, and snug up when doing oil changes with a peace of mind it won't crack, it's also an OEM Toyota part.

 

[CutthroatSlam]

Nope just cheap why pay for a oil change when you can get one for free lesson learned though ���� 10 years automotive experience... didn't you know deadpool was good with his hands?

Hope you don’t break a nail, master mech.:bravo::lmao::lmao:

 

[Saker]

EXACT same thing happened to me. I actually broke the oil filter wrench tool, went and got a better quality one, then broke the plastic housing while it broke loose. Luckily I was able to it off, it was just cracked.

Truck was stranded for a few days while I waited on the metal housing to arrive.

This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BHP68A/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I just swapped over the little metal cartidge piece in the middle. You just bend the little metal prongs to be able to spin the inner piece and remove, with spring. Then swap over and bend back. Super easy and oil changes have been 10x easier since.

Very important little procedure is do as [MENTION=138974]pDubs[/MENTION] did and swap over the little metal cartridge piece in the middle. The aluminum one comes with a shorter piece. Easy swap.
I did this on mine a while back!

Toyota Lexus Scion Special Oil Filter Wrench Large Tool + filter cap 15620-31060 | eBay

 

[DeadPool]

Hope you don’t brake a nail, master mech.:bravo::lmao::lmao:

Oh no I'm a jack of all trades master of none... and it's break*

 

[78-FJ40]

My wifes Highlander's filter was stuck on there good. Dealer had 2 years of free oil so why not right?

I had to find the deep tool that had the notches to hold on to the filter. My original tool did not have these notches and kept slipping.

Do you have a link for that specific deep tool? I just received mine off of Amazon and it does not have the notches you reference.

 

[Dillusion]

Do you have a link for that specific deep tool? I just received mine off of Amazon and it does not have the notches you reference.

I believe this is the one. I bought couple on amazon so not 100% sure.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5MWPH9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It is metal too not plastic.


*edit
I'm 99% sure this is the one I got for the highlander the other one says Tundra which I bought it for.

 

[yardsale]

I believe this is the one. I bought couple on amazon so not 100% sure.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5MWPH9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It is metal too not plastic.


*edit
I'm 99% sure this is the one I got for the highlander the other one says Tundra which I bought it for.

Don't fool with this one, spend the $25 on the Motivx filter tool. Also available on Amazon.

 

[Dillusion]

Don't fool with this one, spend the $25 on the Motivx filter tool. Also available on Amazon.

I have a Motivx one also for when I had my Tundra and they are the same. Both are metal.

My Motvix one actually stripped a little where you stick your ratchet.

 

[Decipher]

Great info in an old thread. I’m trying to work through my stuck oil filter housing right now. Pretty much stranded at the moment with the tools I have. I love Toyota but this filter is a pain.


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[Decipher]

I was literally stranded, and the local POS toyota dealer told me that a new plastic housing would take a week to get. (original conversation was: "oh, we'll get you one for tomorrow, rush delivery"... tomorrow came, I called, and it was as if that conversation never happened. It wasn't even ordered) So I called Napa and I got a doorman metal one which I intended to be for a limited use until I got a toyota replacement. They had one in a town 2 hours away, and they had it delivered within 4 hours.



Well, once it was installed, I decided i didn't need to replace it. I've done 3 oil changes since then, and it goes on and off buttery smooth. So I'm using the doorman replacement, and I have no issues with it.



I did file some burrs off of the threads when I received it. It sure didn't look pretty.

But the threads themselves do not see any pressure. The entire housing is designed to properly place the O ring, and there is not a lot of torque required to do so properly.



Toyota makes an aluminium filter housing that fits. I had intended to get it, but I probably won't now. There's some threads on this forum about the proper metal oil filter housing from Toyota.



TLDR: I use the doorman parts-store replacement. I wouldn't recommend it based on the look of the casting, but it's been working fine for me. At a fraction of the price of the OEM composite housing.

Thanks for this. Like most people, I don’t really have time or options when my truck is sitting around. I found the Dorman part locally and will try it out. Toyota wants (brace yourself) $134 for the stock plastic filter housing. It comes WITH the filter element, though. [emoji23] The parts guy at Toyota and I had a good laugh. He also recommended changing that inner piece and said he’s seen issues where it hasn’t been done. So that was cool.

Anyways, the Dorman part number is:
917-016

I am on duty today so this will have to wait until tomorrow.





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[Jivewalker]

That sucks. I started doing my own at 5k intervals at 140,000 miles. When I did, I discovered that none of the zerks on the slips or the spiders had ever been greased, they still had factory black paint on them and I had to pick it off to get the grease gun on!

I'm still using the plastic housing and using correct torque values with a cheap $10 filter wrench from NAPA, pennzoil brand i think. The plastic housing is fine if you do it correctly. the metal ones and the valve look nice if you've got the cash to upgrade, but I'm fine with the stock. Just putting it out there.

 

[Decipher]

I’ve been doing my own since owning my truck (56,000 miles when purchased, now 103,000). I have absolutely no idea why my filter housing is seemingly seized on there. I know I torqued to value. The only thing I can think of is maybe the plastic swelled over time. I have no idea but there’s no logical explanation since I’m the only one who wrenched on it.


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