Wow! How in the heck does one get that sucker out? Skid plate
removal?! Hmmmmm.
29
May
Tacoma 2002 V6 oil filter location
Wow! How in the heck does one get that sucker out? Skid plate
removal?! Hmmmmm.
DJ Bjorklund <bjork57NOS…@hickorytech.net> wrote in message <news:d3irkus3o58nhk3k2dga4kp0ch2m0rq0s1@4ax.com>…
> Wow! How in the heck does one get that sucker out? Skid plate
> removal?! Hmmmmm.
Yeah, I know what you mean. It has got to be the worst filter location
ever. It took me a while to even find the thing the first time. I am
told that some go in through the left wheel well after removing the
flexible shields. However, I wound up just biting the bullet and made
the job easier…if not more time consuming. I moved the alternator
out of the way for easy access…and to permit getting a filter wrench
on the thing. You do not have to disconnect the wiring. For some
reason, Toyota seems to put that filter on awfully tight at the
factory. I had a dickens of a time getting it unscrewed, even with a
filter wrench. I utterly detroyed the filter getting it off. Since the
damn filter is upside down, there will always be some dribbling of oil
upon removal. I therefore wound up removing the skid plates to avoid
oil collecting above them. I also understand that some insert
cardboard above the plates to facilitate runoff but I just remove and
replace them…and be done with it.
I am approaching my second oil change this month and am not looking
forward to it. I am just resigned to the fact that it is a 1 or 2 hour
job and not the 15 minute job it SHOULD be. The dealership says they
just remove the skid plates. I will try just that this next time but I
may not be able to unscrew the filter by hand. If not, then it’s move
the alternator again!
> Wow! How in the heck does one get that sucker out? Skid plate
>> removal?! Hmmmmm.
Don’t forget to jack the right side of the truck about 6" higher than the left
side so "almost" all the old oil in the pan will drain out. The next time I
change the oil on my Taco, I might use the oil changing pump I use on the boat,
to suck the oil out the dipstick tube, then pull the pan plug, (with the right
side jacked up) and see if it all was sucked out.
Reminds me of the old Ford 302 motors that had a rear sump, and a small front
sump for the oil pump, and some models did not have a drain plug on the little
sump. Wonder if Toyota hired the same "engineer" to design their pan!
Happy oil changing!
Seeing as I’m not an "off-road" type of guy how about I just remove
that skid plate for good? Seeing as it’s made of, maybe, 18 ga.
steel anyway it ain’t protecting much. My main reason for 4-wheel
squeal, up here in Minnesota, is coming home from a R&R gig at 2 AM in
a snow storm related.
Jesus, I thought the filter location on my 22R-E sucked. Truth be
told it got me going to those oil-change joints. Oh for the location
of my 79 Rabbit’s oil filter
On 05 Aug 2002 18:57:50 GMT, over40pir…@aol.comnospam (Over40pirate)
wrote:
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>> Wow! How in the heck does one get that sucker out? Skid plate
>>> removal?! Hmmmmm.
>Don’t forget to jack the right side of the truck about 6" higher than the left
>side so "almost" all the old oil in the pan will drain out. The next time I
>change the oil on my Taco, I might use the oil changing pump I use on the boat,
>to suck the oil out the dipstick tube, then pull the pan plug, (with the right
>side jacked up) and see if it all was sucked out.
>Reminds me of the old Ford 302 motors that had a rear sump, and a small front
>sump for the oil pump, and some models did not have a drain plug on the little
>sump. Wonder if Toyota hired the same "engineer" to design their pan!
>Happy oil changing!