Frustrating oil change on a Scion
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Topic: Frustrating oil change on a Scion
Posted By: JW in MO
Subject: Frustrating oil change on a Scion
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2019 at 4:08pm
Daughter got an 08 Scion XD a while back and I decided to change the oil today. Already had the filter and oil and as usual, had to google where the oil filter was. Filter is a paper one with a plastic cap, tried with a pair of big channel locks and two different filter wrenches to no avail to remove it. Smacked it a couple times with a hammer and punch but it wouldn't budge. Get on internet, find out local parts store has a new cap, $42, no more smacking with a hammer and punch. Drive to same parts store, pick up a $5 filter wrench that fits over the end, take it to the counter and ask the guy if it will fit that year filter and he says nope, goes and gets the $12 Toyota/Lexus one, it was a lot more heavy duty. Take it home, fits perfect, put a 12" crescent wrench on it, won't budge, get the impact and 7/8 socket out, set it on 2 and after about a half dozen ugga dugga's it starts to turn. Come to find out there was no o-ring on the cap and somebody evidently kept tightening until it stopped leaking.
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2019 at 4:44pm
Wow no o-ring. Thats crazy as I believe most of those come with a new one. Maybe my SIL did the last change?😜
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Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2019 at 10:00pm
A real pain ain't it? My RAV4 has the paper filter, and it takes a special adapter to get the cartridge off. The original part was plastic so I got a metal one and the tool off of Ebay. One nice thing about it is the drain plug in the filter. You take the bottom part off and there's a little plastic part that comes with the filter. You screw that in the hole in the bottom and the oil in the filter drains out! Sure is easy when you got the right tool!
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