i broke the tabs off my mother in laws last night. i did your tricks and it worked. taped it. blue towel tapped that on. But i used an impact wrench. its off. going with a metal one now. Thanks alot for the tips
Greg, my friend! I have been dealing with an epically stuck oil filter cap on my wife’s car all day. I gave up a few minutes ago and went to RU-vid. Very surprised to see your mug on the search results, but I’m glad I watched this. I will try the paper trick in the morning! Thank you!
Hey Drew - call me if I can help out. Those plastic housings are hateful if they get stuck. I used the dorman replacement housing that the big retailers carry - been happy with it.
@@gregfountlast year I bought a ‘15 Toyota Venza with 100K miles. It had one of those plastic filter canisters, but because I didn’t know the previous service history (and I plan on doing my own maintenance), I bought a new plastic canister. Check out the YT channel The Car Care Nut - he’s a Toyota master diagnostic tech. He says the plastic is extremely durable if it hasn’t been overtorqued. So far, 5 DIY oil changes on my Venza and the plastic canister is still in great shape. I’m not letting a shop do my oil changes anymore.
@@gregfount I torque mine to 18 ft/lbs as recommended. But when I don’t have my torque wrench, just tightening it up til snug is good enough! No need for an impact wrench. 🤨
This was the video we needed. The plastic around the cartridge started chipping off we were trying to pull on it so hard, for two straight days. Everyone just said to "give it some more muscle" when it wasn't coming off, but a couple of taps and a piece of paper, and I could have got it off with one hand. This worked flawlessly.
I just had this issue last week on my 2016 tundra. I used the filter cap and a mid torque impact wrench. Came right off and got oil in my eyes. No damage to the filter housing. Make sure you have adapters for the impact beforehand.
Can confirm, the paper worked for me. Had a plastic one stuck on and the toyota tool broke all the tabs going around it but hadnt stripped it out yet. Tapped around the seal on the housing itself(actually used an air hammer since I had enough at this point), put a towel in the toyota tool and it came off easy actually.
My Lexus has the same design except the cover is metal. I saw a RU-vid video the guy used an air impact wrench. Cranked up my air impact wrench with a 1/2 inch drive attached it to a 36mm hi impact socket put it on high output and work like a charm. The specialized wrench for the oil housing removal can be purchased on Amazon. I purchased the one made by SPURTAR. Very rugged and would except my 36 mm socket.
I too had the same issue on my 2009 RAV4. I broke the plastic ears off the oil cap trying to get it loose. I ended up using a Dremel tool to cut the main body loose then heated what remained with a torch hoping to melt the threaded part out. I don't know what that plastic is made out of but it wouldn't melt but it did finally break free. I did the same thing as Greg early on using a 2 foot prybar and impact wrench to no avail. I ended up replacing the oil filter housing with an aluminum one. The overall design that Toyota used has to be the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Nothing wrong with the standard type oil filter we, our fathers and grandfathers grew up with.
Also, WD40 is great for lubricating plastics. I’ve had excellent luck blasting it into the threading with just a good spray bottle. It also is miraculous when it comes to all those fouled up pigtails in the engine compartment and elsewhere. I buy the stuff by the gallon.
Daughters RAV4 was giving me same problem from being over tightened. Drilled 3 1/8 inch holes in filter cap wrench and drove 3 1 1/2 inch self tapping sheet metal screws through filter cap and got it off. Of course that was last resort because filter cap is ruined after that and new one at Toyota was $75 but I was to the point I didn’t care and with tabs broke on the old one it needed to be replaced.As far as the aluminum caps that are out there I would stay away from them for the simple fact that if the aluminum threads on the cap and the aluminum threads on the engine gall you really screwed, at least with plastic cap you certain to avoid that. Just my opinion.
Awesome! I think tapping around the base of housing with a punch and dead blow hammer was key to breaking it loose. You need to be light handed with a breaker bar - Using the cap tool is the best way to get it off, be careful to not crack the housing entirely. There is not a lot of clearance to get to the base of that housing with channel locks or another tool if the housing splits.
this happened to me with a 2017 Toyota Tacoma and nothing worked like you. My ears broke off too did not want to hack on it so can't drive it. I had to bring it to the dealer and they have seen this before. I opted to buy one with a metal housing. I think plastic can weld onto the threaded mounting point. I don't think this solely due to being on too tight. But always check not screw it on too tight. Maybe hand tight+ is all. I think this is a really a bad design.
I had a heck of a time with my used toyota sienna either dealer way overtightened it or never changed it I had aluminum special wrench like yours the motiv brand one i think and the hole to fit 3/8 drive started to strip so i put big socket on the bolt head of filter wrench and impact gun broke it loose i think vibrations broke it free. some other people said tapping on housing while loosening broke it free
Ok everyone, mine was a RAV4. So the 2 paper towels shoved in definitely helps and tap on the oil filter socket! But the oil filter housing with broke teeth, still slipped off and the using air I didn't have a big enough impact wrench to work it off. SO HERE's THE EXTRA TIP that finally got mine to budge. I had the car on jack stands, then took the floor jack and butted it up against the back of the socket wrench applying pressure onto top of the socket tool head (where direction switch is ). I had small piece rubber between the used the floor jack pressure against the socket wrench head. You will see the entire engine move up about an 1/2 inch into the engine mounts. Then using a extension bar level on the 1/4" socket wrench I think it's key to apply a very slow hard pull on it and it came loose. Thank god!
Old type filters are hand tightened. This new innovation gives a lot of possibilities for use of impact drivers. The local Walmart refused to change oil for my Camry because another national level auto club over tightened it.
Kudos to Walmart and that ethical service person for at least telling you. My concern is that some service centers are going to drain the oil, take a pass on swapping the stuck filter housing and charge the same amount.
This is my afternoon project .. already ripped all the tabs off and cracked the plastic housing. Will try tapping and paper to see if that works before replacing that OEM piece of shit with the aluminum aftermarket version 😂
Well, nothing worked on that thing .. so i cut it in half with an oscillating saw, then managed to split the stuck plastic part away from the threads with a saw/chisel combo .. unreal. The whole time I was thinking I really shouldn't have been doing it .. but I was careful enough not to trash any threads .. whooo.
These filter housings are a complete disaster and absolutely suck. With enough heat cycles they will still get stuck even if torqued to 18 ft lbs. lube the gasket and threads well and it will help. One solution is to use the metal Toyota OEM housing . In addition do not use the generic filter wrench that grip the tabs. Motiv makes a good one and even snap-ons blue point that the technicians use.
I had to use an air hammer the last time i did one...wasnt crossthreaded...put new filter cap on...hoping ir will come off next oil change...horrible design..
That sucks. Patience, once I cracked the housing, I got committed 👍. Do all the steps. Know that the plastic housing will be in the garbage can when you’re done. You got this!
Everyone is puzzled as to how toyota engineers became instant boneheads. I'm done with toyota vehicles after seeing how backwards their products have become.
