Oil leak after self service

Well golly, something must be different.

You rarely if ever see whining about the 5th gen 4R or the Tundra filter set ups.

But not two days goes by without someone squawking about what a colossal pain in the ass this setup is on the third gen Tacoma.

Which is mind boggling, since the current 4R has two skid plates to remove to get to the filter and a cover for the drain plug.

 

That's my next move. The one drop isn't a big deal, just the upcoming trip for the holiday ~800 miles has me worried about it. Don't want to end up stranded somewhere due to this nonsense.

 

tighten another 1/8 turn

 

From personal experience, I make sure that I wipe all the oil from the metal filter housing and the mating surface on the truck. Then I make sure that the rubber o ring is not twisted but you can see the horizontal seam around the correct groove of the filter housing. When I tighten, I use a breaker bar to tighten but stop after i feel good resistance and then give it a good tug to make sure its not loose. The last thing i do is spray brake clean to remove any oil residue. I dont do this to my tacoma because I drive a 4 banger but have done this thousands of times.

 

yep, me too.

 

I’ve had the EXACT same deal with mine!.......I read this and purchased a metal or aluminum oil filter cap whatever this is from Amazon.....just installed it today.......praying with fingers crossed

 

Please reply with your results !!!

 

And same design from the original 2GR way back in 2004 on the '05 Avalon. For some of us....it ain't new.

 

So far so good on the new oil filter cap the outside is dry as a bone after driving 300 miles since installed........BUT looks to me like still have a small oil leak coming from the oil pan or somewhere in that area......going to Toyota Friday at 1pm

 

Just an update: I ended up replacing the stock filter housing with the aluminum one a few days after Christmas. After draining the housing another time to inspect it and putting it back on I decided to start the truck and watch it for a few minutes to find the leak. I found that the plastic housing had a hairline crack in the side of it that would only leak under the pressure of the engine running. It would have been impossible to detect by simply looking at it. Since the aluminum housing install, roughly 4 months and 3k miles ago I have had no leaks or issues with the aluminum housing

 

Good NEWs! Hope it's all fixed - sounds like it!

This is on the V8 I assume ... IS this plastic filter mount on the 4 Banger ??? Anyone ?? Thanks! SteveC

 

This is the V6. But I'm not sure about the 4L

 

Nope. The 2.7 tacoma has a spin on oil filter