Oil change disaster advice needed

I'd point you towards some Highlander forums or other Toyota makes with aluminum housings, but it probably wouldn't change your mind. And I don't mean that in an arguable way, I mean even though it happens, it won't be enough to turn the average person (you or me) away.

 

Sorry bruh, dont have this. But what I do have a shit ton of experience getting apart galled aluminum hardware.

 

You've galled this housing or seen others do it?

 

WooHoooooo!!!!

 

Just picking a post to reply to here with a thought. I think the underlying problem with the housing is, there are no instructions anywhere to lubricate that new o-ring. Am I correct? What I do is 1.) lubricate that o-ring while in the housing, and 2.) lubricate the inside walls of what the housing screws into (Mounting, engine, whatever it's called). I imagined a twisted 0-ring from first day I changed my own oil in this 2020 Tacoma, it's just logical, if that o-ring goes in dry in my opinion I think that o-ring could get bunched up or pinched during install.

 

Most of the filter kits come with install instructions, on the topic of lubrication there should be plenty of residual oil inside the housing. You should still lubricate the o ring with new oil, but unless you cleaned the housing out with solvent and an air gun its not going to be dry when it goes in even if you forget. Not twisting the o ring is good and I think this is were most people would mess up.

 

you mean like getting spark plugs out of an aluminum head? i experienced that once and it sucked since i was changing the plugs on a girlfriends 2nd gen T-Bird. got them out but i thought i screwed up big time getting the first one out.

 

Yup, I believe there’s even a torque spec for the valve cores in the tires nowadays.....
Times have changed and these are some crazy days we’re living in.......Lol

 

I just used to use my 1/2 impact gun to install those cores, now the boss makes me do it right.

 

4in pounds...who would have thunk it...

$24 Lisle 2" Torque Wrench, Factory Original

https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18810-Valve-Core-Torque/dp/B0014DGRFE

 

And we also have to tell people not to eat dessicant packs, stick their heads in plastic bags, and pour hot coffee in their laps.

Dumbness abounds.

 

I like to think of them as darwin award winners in the waiting

 

GOOD LUCK @Rannyhill I hope you come out ahead! I'm out! Your thread is officially jacked.

 

I'd like OP to weigh-in and let us know if he's seen his truck yet. I'd especially like to know if it looks like it has a drain plug in it or, if it does, does it look new? I still am suspicious about the convenient nick on the o-ring. If OP see's the engine and believes it is the old plug I'll be a believer in the o-ring thingamadingy.

 

I've got a question. Let's assume the oil change was executed perfectly but the supplied/new o-ring was defective with a nick in it. Let's also assume that the nick was such it is reasonable for someone not to notice it. What would everyone's expectations be then? Would we all be thinking the dealer alone should make it right or do we believe it is a warranty issue from Toyota because their oil filter was defective? The reason I ask is that if we begin leaning toward Toyota why would the dealer be the one coming up with the solution rather than Toyota. Because the solution seems to be coming from the dealer I lean more to side that implicates their culpability rather than the filter manufacturer.

 

You would somehow need to prove the part was defective preinstall, Toyota would certainly deny it was otherwise and blame the installer.

 

I own one and use it often.

I had 40$ credit with snap on and needed to use it when I left my job.

I honestly like it, mine is much wider and provides better grip. So I've simply used it for 10 years and not one of my cores are over torqued haha.

 

It doesn't matter. Part of the procedure is running the truck and checking for leaks. They didn't do that.

 

Impact guns dumb everyone down, so it’s a close call on that 3%

 

Anyone that uses an impact gun on an oil filter canister is beyond the 3% threshold and is a moron.