Oil Filter Wrench

Nice! Is your Taco a stick too? I have an 09 Taco 4 cylinder, 5 speed stick. With that drivetrain, It will probably outlive me lol.

 

Here is a video of the Toyota "permanent" spin on oil filter if you truly don't know what the other members are speaking of.
Permanent is of course referring to the hardware elements not the replaceable filter media or o-rings.

Toyota Camry: Oil Change & Filter Replacement - YouTube

 

It's a 2005 SR5 Pre Runner. I don't think they offered a manual transmission in the US in 2005, but Im not 100% sure.

 

Well, I skipped a "page or two" of this, but I agree with PriusCamper.

EVEN ME, with a crushed right arm, I manage to remove the oil filter by hand with no wrench....of course, I have several "babies" I have to pick up all day long...some of them with fur and tails that top 85 pounds...which has forced me to keep my arm power up to snuff..

Of course, in a few years, my daughter will probably be picking me up -- but then I only weigh 117.

If you need a wrench the filter was installed too tightly.
kris

 

Try a plastic razor blade and acetone.

 

Yeah I don't see the point of second-guessing the engineers, always torque them. I recently converted our 3rd gen to spin-on: the filter torque is 13 ft/lb or 3/4 turn beyond first contact. I put a silver sharpie mark at 6 o'clock, then torqued it, and the mark ended up around 3 o'clock.

 

This is the direction that I will take. I should be due for an oil change in February, so the metal cap, Toyota PN# 15620-40030. It is listed to fit the Scion iQ 1.0L. However, I got out my thread gauge pins and micrometer. It is a perfect metal replacement for the plastic housing found on the Gen 3. I did run into some issue getting it ordered though. Since Toyota dealers online want (require) a VIN when ordering parts, they are hesitant (won’t) order a part not listed for your VIN.

 

I'd like to do this, but my suspicion is that the replacement filter are going to be more expensive than a regular low priced oil filter and while it might be less wasteful, in the long run it will be more expensive? How much do replacement filters cost?

 

I had already cracked one of the plastic housings when trying to change the oil and filter on mine, and was down to the extra housing I had on hand, I chose to spend the $25(12 plus 13 shipping) for the metal cap. I did find out after the fact that I also needed the cap. Either overnight from Toyota, or in stock at the local parts store. Be warned though, the aftermarket cap, Dorman PN#917-016P, is 25:99 at AutoZone, or $7.49 at Oreilly Auto Parts. But AutoZone wants to sell you 5 of them at a time. But AZ will also price match with proof of the lower price.

So $32 and I don’t have to change the housing currently on my engine, or $100 and I have to change that housing.

 

Or I could buy a $3 oil filter at Walmart and throw it out every 10K miles and after 100K miles I'd of still spent way, way, less.

 

Whether I have the metal casing or the spin on adapter, the filter still has to be replaced. $27.99 gets me synthetic oil and the cartridge or spin on. Every second oil change its $34.99 to change the filter.