I did the first oil and filter change on my 21 Taco at 1500 miles though toyota gives 2 free services. I prefer to do my own work as I know it is hard to find a reliable and knowledgeable person like you near me!
No fast lube tech will take the time to do a good job, it’s just volume for them. Your customers are very lucky to have you. If you ever visit Texas please look me up, my 1996 needs a complete inspection.
I still prefer the decades proven OEM spin on filter. Just tighten it hand tight with one hand and final small tightening with both hands. Worked for me for some 46 years now.
Finally a 5th Gen! :). My first oil change after the Toyota included services, I had to use a breaker bar to remove the filter housing. It was insanely tight. I swapped it for a oem metal one (a common modification) and now at least I don’t fear breaking it. Found the dealer had also totally stripped a skid plate bolt and snapped another, you know, because dealer. 🤷🏻♂️
I found the dealer broke my skid plate bolts at the 1st oil change as well. Needless to say I had them replace the bolts which was a real pain for them.
That’s they way to go. I have an 07 Tubdra with a canister and now a ‘19 Tundra with that cartridge. I’m swapping out the plastic housing for an aluminum. No reason to over torque anyway. Silly oil techs that do this….good job guys!!
The first time I tried changing the oil on my 5th Gen, I broke 2 oil filter tools and then broke the plastic housing itself. I wasn’t able to get the housing off. I put fresh oil in, then drove it to a pro who could get the housing off. It was way tight. Fail!
I had almost the exact same experience. I swear, as I was reading your post I wondered if I had written this and forgot about it. In fact, I couldn’t get my housing off, even with all my strength. So, I’m taking it back to the dealer with a complaint.
I have a 16 4-runner trail edition with 20k on the clock. I use it just to get the groceries. Now my 17 Tacoma now has 90 k on the clock and would love to bring it to you for maintenance but I’m in Denver Colorado. I love these videos. You do really nice work. Thank you for the videos.
Excellent video! Please more 5th Gen 4Runner vids if possible. Outstanding info given on this video! Any quick oil lube shop will never do a 4Runner oil change correctly. Listen to this video and ask yourself is my mechanic doing it like this because if so they are a good mechanic. The talent he shares and the ethics this mechanic has is top tier. Appreciate and watch every video you make. Thank you.
Amazing truck. Yeah I had a 98 third gen 4Runner with just under 100K miles on it and it still felt like a new vehicle everything was tight and quiet ran like a top.
@@thomasburr9244 I have a 2010 Toyota Camry 2.5L four cylinder with the 6 Speed Manual Transmission. I have 225, 711 on the clock. Runs so smooth. Just recently replaced the water pump and driver side wheel hub bearing. Other than normal maintenance, this car drives so well. I got a offer today Jan 7th 2022 from one of the mechanics at the dealership. I took it to the dealership to get an front end alignment after replacing that hub assembly bearing.
Nicely detailed video. For those of you looking for tips for your first oil change... especially if, like myself, you do not have the means to lift your vehicle... I will add this: Get the skid plate out of your way, by first removing plastic shield. Yes, there is a plastic retaining pin holding the shield, unless someone already broke it! Disengage it by prying up center part with screwdriver, then the outer (main) part of pin can be pulled out. It remains connected to the shield. The metal skid plate can now be removed more easily. I used a flower pot to hold the plate up while I removed the screws. You can figure out the two hooks in front after the plate swings down. The drain plug washer did indeed stick to the pan... so tightly that I wasn't sure if I was scraping on the washer, or a raised lip of the pan itself. Discovered that the pan definitely is flush with the drain hole, after a pair of pliars finally worked the washer loose. The newly designed Motivx tool worked well on the filter canister, without engaging and potentially damaging the plastic fins. Good advice to use a torque wrench to reassemble, in my opinion.
Always appreciate seeing things done correctly every step of the way. You sir know what you’re doing. I’ve watched many videos on how to do this job and not one showed how the skid plate was designed to just hang down🤙 Your explanation all along the way was very articulate and clear. Thanks very much for posting this. 😎
The skid plate is designed to hang down but it helps only if you have a lift , working with a floor Jack and Jack stands doesn’t give you much clearance, I have a 2017 sr5 and it helps removing both the plastic and metal skid plate out of the way
I just bought a new 23 four runner, plan to do my first oil change at 800km I always do my oil changes very early under light use as there is always minor metal wear in the first couple of changes. I keep my vehicles a long time, so the first few services are the most important. Just something I do and I never have had issues, plus maintenance for me is therapeutic kinda. Great video.
Thank you for this video. It will help me with my first oil change. I just purchased a 2024 Toyota 4runner off-road premium. and the dealership wants me to wait 10,000 miles before I change the oil for the first time which there’s no way I’m doing.
I don’t even own a Toyota 4Runner but I enjoy watching the oil change. Skid plates and that weird filter. I’d replace the plastic one with metal. 6.6 quarts, should stay clean for awhile. Now I want a 4Runner before they change the engine
I have a 1998 4runner 2.7 as my daily driver just turned 250,000. still doesn't use oil though I change every 3,000. it is the love of my life, after my wife & kids of course.
I cut the hangers off my 4Runners front skit. It’s easier to remove it entirely in my opinion. I have 140,000 and I’ve done at least 20 oil changes. I love my 5th gen 4runner.
I suspect those hangers are only present for those with a lift and swing it down for the oil change as demonstrated in the video. I guess there could be other reasons to swing it down but unlikely.
I have a 2021 4 runner Venture edition I will only take my truck to Toyota from now on. I did not realize the detail needed to change the oil on a 4 runner . No more quick lubes ... thank you for the detailed video
Last oil change on my 2019 4Runner Night Shade was at 15K. I purchased it for my wife in June of 2019 and she cannot drive anymore so it doesn't get driven often. I have a 2021 Tacoma TRD Offroad I purchased in July 2021 which has 975 miles on it. I have two vehicles that I have to alternate driving. The Tacoma is due first maintenance this month.
thank u for demonstrating that stupid plastic part to drain the the filter. I finally bought a user freindly Motiv tool to neatly drain the filter without mess. Also bought a toyota OEM aluminum filter housing due to cracking plastic housing that was damaged at oil change outfit. Now I do all my own oil changes on 2008 sequoia 5.7
I bought a new 2019 4runner and brought it in around 6500 miles for their free maintenance..........They actually did nothing except "inspect". I asked what about and oil change and he said no need for 10,000 miles and that I was old school. I asked what's more important miles or engine run time? No response. Took it home, changed the oil myself and will never go back unless something under warranty fails. I change it every ~5k or so. Oil is cheap compared to an engine.
My 2020 (wife’s), and my 2021 4Runner get oil changed every 5k. First one was 1k on both also. I like the TRD oil filters, they are expensive but use the synthetic fiber.
Even the Toyota techs at my local dealership over tightens the filter housing on my 2017 Tacoma. They cracked this housing on my brother's 4 Runner. We just change our own oil. The drain plug and filter housing need to be torqued to specs using a torque wrench or just snug to seat the o ring and drain plug gasket.
I first learned of toyotas plastic housing filters on this gen 4runner. it's not bad but I do wish it just use a spin on filter so I could run a wix on it. this just takes a teeny bit longer and correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that metal arrow on the housing supposed to line up with the ridge on the oil filter housing. I always thought it was a dummy proof way to get it right without torque wrench. it pretty much bottoms out barely a 8th turn after it anyways so it's basically as tight as it needs to be anyways at that position. also that Toyota oil is made by ExxonMobil so if you wanted to save a bit of money. just buy a 0w20 Mobil 1 oil from Walmart or somewhere and thats as close as it gets to oem Toyota oil without costing a fortune. or use any other reputable 0w20 like Castrol edge or pennzoil platinum.
That is a super nice 4Runner and it's a TRD. Those filter drains never ever come off for me. They are stuck solid. I wish they are as useful as Toyota planned. I even put the metal canister in a vice and gave it all the beans, nothing, wouldn't budge
It is not a TRD sub model, it just has TRD wheels. It’s an SR5 model. You can determine this by the side plate at 25 seconds into the video, plus it does not have TRD Pro skid plates or shocks.
For those with this oil filter set up, there is a very specific location to index the filter wrench. It’s easy to think it’s indexed correctly when it is not. Triple check to avoid breaking it.
I have always been told to tighten a bolt or whatever to a specific "foot-pound" or "inch-pound" point. Peter says "millimeter", How do these two terms correspond?
It's nice when a technician appreciates owner's immaculate care of their vehicle. So u know, 2019 Prius comes with canister like this, AND spin on filters. They go by ur VIN#. I wasnt sure which mine took & VIN determined it. Mine has spin on.👍 NOT a fan of plastic. That IS a nice 🚚 truck. Happy New Year!
It is cheaper for Toyota to make, since metal is more expensive than paper, and a couple of rubber O rings. A steel screw on oil filter has several parts which are machined, and have to be assembled liquid tight. Then they have to paint it. The steel ones are bigger and heavier to ship too. So the Toyota ones are better for Toyota's profit margin, and for the environment.
So just had a 2014 4Runner with the same issue, which the dealer mechanic severely over torqued to the point of insanity. Needless to say that the plastic housing broke,had to order new Assy. # 15620-31060 genuine part (metal). Used original plug which was still good.
Great video! I'm biased of course loving my 2018 4runner. So true on the oil filter housing, so many techs over tighten! I notice many images online people also align the metal tab on the filter housing, after its already tight with the drivers side "tab" on the casting. I've always aligned it with the tab on the passengers side and its been plenty tight, no leaks now I wonder if I’m too tight or too loose, no leaks so far and definitely past hand right. Keep up the amazing videos!
Yes, missing center plastic push pin from the front splash shield in front of the front skid plate. I changed my oil filter lower housing out for aluminum. Many owners end up having the plastic housing crack. I also installed a fumoto quick drain on my oil pan for easy draining without jacking or lifting in my driveway.
When it comes to oil, 0W20 from any of the major brands should work equally well as the Toyota brand. I would imagine that Exxon or one of the other major companies manufactures it for Toyota.
It doesn't matter on the oil filter, I torque mine to spec but it is always hell to remove. I think it is the composite, I am going to try a metal one.
If you have trouble getting the oil filter housing loosened, you can try a 24mm socket and the filter wrench instead of the 3/8" extension. Also it helps if the engine is warm too versus cold.
24 mm?? oh and i just gave up, couldnt budge it with car on ramps. Did oil tho. so guess its the oil change guys tomorrow for filter that i have. hope theyll do it for $20 lol
I own 2019 4Runner. When changing oil filter is one of the stupid thing Toyota engineers designed error. All they have have to do is make a door for easy access. Why they have a door access for oil plug and can't make one for oil filter housing?
With that logic why not change the oil every 1,000 miles? 100 miles? Or a similar analogy, my Rx prescription says take one pill daily, but instead you take three because you assume more is better. Simply follow the manufacturer’s recommended oil change interval for best results and least impact to your wallet and the environment. Judging oil by its color with out a lab analysis is alchemy. Assuming you know more about an engine than the people who designed it, tested it, and will pay if it self destructs because of their recommendations is lunacy.
I just did my 2017 tacoma oil change last week ,4 days later filter housing was leaking into the skid plate, o ring was broken when I removed it to look at it,had to do the whole oil and filter change all over again, cost me $60 each, twice in one week,bad design I think
On my '18 SR5 Prem.... replaced the plastic filter housing with the Toyota aluminum version, also replaced all the fasteners with stainless steel (ACE Hdwr had them all) as in my climate the fasteners become rusted and hard to remove, even though I use Never-Cease on all of them. My $.02
I had purchased a non OEM filter for my Camry. The plastic drain tool was threaded. So you screwed it in instead of having to push it in. Much easier to do.
Thank you Peter. Very helpful. Good advice as always. Time for a Kraut break here in Cold New York. Hello to the beautiful California coast. :) Peter It's O DOM IT ER :) Bratwurst on toasted bun with mustard and Kraut !!!
these days when I shop for new (used) cars, some of the things I avoid are interference engines with belts, these new style of oil filters, and TPMS sensors.
I did my Tundra oil change two times last year. I've owned it five years and had oils changes done at the dealer, but $85 for a dealer to change it versus $55 for two 5 quart jugs of Mobile 1 and a filter, I'm gonna save where I can. But those pesky oil filter housing are a bitch, I found that if they don't wet the O-rings with oil and over torque the housing they suck to get off. But ever since I've been oiling the O-ring and torqueing it to the right amount, they're way easier to get off.
I think a lot of over torquing beliefs come from how the heat over time seems to make the oil filters tighter and harder to get off. I have been doing my own oil and always tighten to spec but after 5k that filter is always a pain to get off on any vehicle me or my wife own.
The funny thing is if owners take their 4 Runners to a quick lube place for sure they won't replace the filter given the additional steps to get to it. Even the dealer techs might skip out who knows.
Any idea what would cause an oil light flicker only on the freeway after 60mph? The engine oil level is fine. Car model: 2005 Scion tC Manual transmission with 129k miles.
Very nice job with details explained. What is your opinion on the Baxter converter unit so you can use spin on filters? I understand you might need to cut a hole in skid plate to accommodate extra length of adapter/filter.
I’ve never been so interested in a simple oil change. Such a shame Toyota moved to the canister oil filter. I love the simple cartridge filter on the 1GR-FE in my taco. No need to remove skid plates either. C’mon Toyota, keep things simple!
@@CH-jq7xg no kidding?! I put the TRD skid on my wife’s 2020, so it’s the same, take it off every time. My 2021 I have KDSS, so I have RCI skid plates and a small door. That would have been nice to have a dedicated easy way to take the filter out. Way cool.
Hello Peter. I always learn something from your videos, even an oil change one. The screw in funnel is a new one on me. Is that available only at Toyota dealer, or tool truck item?
Hey guy 👋. I have a 2015 Toyota Tundra crewmax 5.7 4x4. I am having a front end shimmy around 55-70 mph. On and off not steady. The tires are new and a front end alignment plus tire balanced with road force has been done. The problem is still there a mechanic said everything is tight and looking good up front. What could it be?
I bought a 2019 Highlander even though I wanted a 4Runner. The 4Runner's steering wheel was to far to the left and my shoulder was smashed up against the door.
If you are doing your own oil changes, the cheaper Amazon full synthetic oil, of the correct viscosity, will work just fine, as will any other major brand fully synthetic oil. Paying twice as much for one brand of fully synthetic oil, over another brand of fully synthetic oil, is a waste of money. Heat and miles traveled is what ruins oil, mostly from contamination with combustion byproducts. The most expensive oil they could make can't stop it from picking up carbon particles and chemicals from the crosshatching scratches cut into the cylinder walls to hold a tiny bit of oil to reduce metal to metal contact as the piston rings travel up and down. Anytime you see oil in any gasoline engine which looks like black paint on the dipstick, it can't hurt to change it. Millions of lawnmowers, snow blowers, generators, and outboard motors fail prematurely due to lack of oil changes. Frequent oil changes are especially critical in engines without oil filters, in order to keep metal particles from wearing away the bearing surfaces and piston rings.
Excessive oil changes hurt the wallet and the environment. The best advice is simply to review the owners manual recommended maintenance schedule, using the correct schedule depending on your typical driving situation.
No oil in the filter housing before re-installation; is this not an issue on first restart? Great channel, have learned much, do all my own maintenance, RX 350 F Sport
