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Posted on 5/26/23 at 3:02 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Nobody else has mentioned this so here it is. When you take off the old filter, make sure the rubber gasket on the filter is not stuck to the engine block.
I had this happen to me once and missed it. I put on the new filter, filled the engine with fresh oil and cranked it up to make sure it wouldn't leak and saw oil spewing all over under the car.
Shut down the engine and pulled the filter and saw where the old gasket was still stuck to the block. Removed it, put the new filter back on, topped off the oil and was good to go-------------then had to clean up about 1 qt. of oil that blew out all over the driveway.
I had this happen to me once and missed it. I put on the new filter, filled the engine with fresh oil and cranked it up to make sure it wouldn't leak and saw oil spewing all over under the car.
Shut down the engine and pulled the filter and saw where the old gasket was still stuck to the block. Removed it, put the new filter back on, topped off the oil and was good to go-------------then had to clean up about 1 qt. of oil that blew out all over the driveway.
Posted on 5/26/23 at 3:16 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
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Because I took it to a oil change place out of convenience.
Well, in the future, if you buy genuine toyota filters the gasket should be pregreased so no need to stick your finger in oil and wipe it.
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