What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Install tonneau cover and a flux capacitor decal, now I don’t need OTT

 

Now you can arrive at destination even before you started driving there.

 

‘tis the season. Cosplay with Cosmoline.

 

Mount some axes and AK-47s on the truck and you can play "Zombie Apocalypse".

 

I've been posting about this issue for some time. Anyone who uses the motive filter wrench needs to use a socket over the top and not an extension. The extension will strip out eventually.

 

Cosmoline is a super old school term… Oem used to cover frames with it fir travel on boats abroad…

 

Hit a deer…not looking good. Limped it home, can’t open the passenger side door or the hood (of course).

 

I turned my ratchet wrench into a breaker bar by adding a 2ft aluminum tube...worked fine with slow turn and did not damage the filter wrench.

What I learned...it doesn't take much torque to get a proper seal...I hand turned the aluminum housing until it clicked/locked in-place.

The reason why I came to this conclusion, I did the last oil change and didn't think I torqued it much at all.

My guess is...the engine vacuum must cause the filter housing to create snugness...because I did not think I gorilla tightened it! lol

I put some oil on both o-rings before installing. The o-ring needs to be put where you see it in this photo.



I believe it snapped into place from the clip seen here. The new aluminum housing has less winglets so aligning the housing wrench is not as tricky.



The housing wrench I used is in this photo...as is the Fumoto Valve I installed.

 

Wait until you hit 60 and see all the fun stuff that happens!

 

Great tip
So it’s not that the filter housing gets over torqued. I use an annually calibrated torque wrench. It’s the o-ring that dries out, even though it is lined with oil upon installation. It simply hardens due to the engine’s heat cycles.

I use a 24” breaker bar to loosen the filter housing. It’s just the way o-rings work. Have seen this for decades in the aircraft industry

 

A nice alternative to Fumoto.
I can say, I’ve had a Fumoto valve on the FJ since 2008 and ZERO leaks

 

Thanks for the info.

 

There are folks that have had the winglets break off and I’ve seen pictures but struggle to understand how that happened. The new motivx design does not engage the winglets. I have both versions of the wrench. The one that doesn’t engage the winglets is much more difficult to use.

 

why the 2 different filter lengths?

 

2in lift and new 17in Black Rhino Rapid rims wrapped in Cooper AT3 4s, all done by Joe at ChiTown 4x4. It's a prefect set up, im in love with this truck now.

 

So, the plastic winglets broke off, or the aluminum?

Here is the fit-check with the plastic housing...both sides:





I'm having a struggle removing the filter wrench just now because it is a snug fit! lol

The plastic looks durable as I've taken some leverage action to remove it on previous oil changes.

This includes the 2 oil changes the dealership did during the initial 2yr ToyotaCare Service.

 

I bought the wrong size...initially.

They were still in the oil change box I left them in.

When ordering...don't do what I did...buy the wrong ones. lol

 

Nice job. Can you tell me the part number you purchased from Rough Country? Thank you.

 

I’ve seen pictures of both metal and plastic housings with broken tabs. Can’t recall if smaller or larger tab failed. Below is link to thread on topic of replacing housing. Post #80 shows plastic tab failure.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...plastic-oil-filter-housing-with-metal.545972/