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Official Toyota Filter Wrench Won't Work On 2013 Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by keymusic, Jun 10, 2014.

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  1. keymusic

    keymusic Active Member

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    I found out today that the wrench the dealer sells won't work on my 2013 Prius. I attached a picture of a similar looking one. It fits properly onto the oil filter housing if it's off the car, but there's not enough space to fit it on when the filter is installed. Any ideas on a wrench that will work?

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    Are you sure it doesn't fit? Maybe the clip is in the way.

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    Ignore this post. I thought you had the filter wrench for the larger 4-cyl and v-6 engines, but after a closer look, it appears to be the correct one.​
     
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    Any regular 64 mm 14 face socket will work fine. It's that extra portion with the irregular slots that's interfering, I think.

    I'm using the Honda oil filter socket, fwiw.
     
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    yep
     
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    Does the official Toyota one have notches? If so, what's their function?
     
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    Yes. There are 3 tabs on the oil filter housing that 3 of the 6 notches line up with. That wrench fits the housing perfectly if the housing is out of the car. The problem is there's not enough space to get that wrench onto the housing when the housing is installed, at least with the '13. Maybe in previous years there was more space.
     
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    Something doesn't sound right. The housing is part# 15620-37010 and is used from 2009 up to 2014 and fits several models.
     
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    I wonder why Toyota went with a plastic filter housing and a replaceable element over a standard metal filter cartridge, which I would think is better. I can see this plastic housing cracking some day and leaking. Give me metal over plastic.
     
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    I think it's commendable.

    It's the first car I've ever had with this setup. The steel/rubber/paper combo of the disposable oil filter is very hard to recycle. I believe in the early days of the automobile it was more the norm for just the paper element to be replaced.

    As to durability, time will tell but it seems to me if you're using a decent socket on it, and not over-torquing it'll be fine for the long run.
     
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    I'm more concerned what heat will do to this plastic over time. If this filter leaks you lose your oil and the engine gets damaged. Seems like a risky part to save a few bucks over.
     
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    GM and VW have been using plastic oil filter caps for years. There may be others.
     
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