The Toyotas

[kennyw]

145K and counting.
Changed all the drivetrain fluids this evening. Everything looked great except for my old oil filter. I think I'm going to need to find another filter brand, WIX just isn't the same anymore.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I’ve been running the O’Reilly house brand on the RAV4. MicroGard Selects. Working good so far. Get good reviews from what I’ve seen. They are rebaged Premium Guard filters.

 

[bablazer73]

145K and counting.
Changed all the drivetrain fluids this evening. Everything looked great except for my old oil filter. I think I'm going to need to find another filter brand, WIX just isn't the same anymore.

View attachment 532566

View attachment 532568

View attachment 532569

don't wanna Use Toyota filters?

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Not sure about the Tacoma filters but the RAV4 forum I read has had a bunch of reports of the Toyota branded filters being hit or miss lately.

 

[bablazer73]

Not sure about the Tacoma filters but the RAV4 forum I read has had a bunch of reports of the Toyota branded filters being hit or miss lately.

I work at a Toyota dealer. I know there was an issue with Gray market parts, from NON Toyota distributers., but never had an issue with what we have. 90915-YZZA1

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Lots of complaints of the pleats coming apart and the end seals not being as good as they used to be.

I used my two factory oil changes and whatever the dealer put on worked fine. I have used the Premium Guards the rest of the time without any issue.

 

[kennyw]

don't wanna Use Toyota filters?

I don't want to drive an hour and a half one way to buy Toyota parts. WIX has been the best aftermarket filter available locally for a while. I am getting a bunch of people on FB saying the aluminum housing that came on my truck is the issue though. I don't know if there is any truth to that yet, but the original filter housing for the 3.5L was plastic and this is not the original.

 

[kennyw]

Digging into it more, the aluminum housing I have is a direct replacement Toyota part that fits the same filter as the plastic one that comes on the truck, so I'm thinking the issue is in the WIX filter even more. Next oil change I will switch to the Toyota filter and see if there is any difference.