Always wanted to share this but forget cheap oil filter

For some reason the site says that that filter is incompatible with my 2017 Three Touring, although the product number listed matches the part number on the invoice I received today after having an oil change. Also, do those filters come with the o-rings?

 

Is the Gen 4 filter the same as the Gen 3 ?

 

It is the same until they changed to the spin on filter.
I personally don’t think it’s worth taking the chance on a non-Toyota filter though.

 

Cheers for that, I only asked as I have a (genuine Toyota) Gen 3 filter and wondered if I could use it for my Gen 4 when I start doing my own oil changes when my service plan runs out.

 

There would be no issues there. My son borrowed my filter wrench the last time he changed the filter on his 2015 Prius v (Prius +?)

 

This topic is certainly a YMMV thing. My experience dates back to when I had a used car & thought the inexpensive FRAM filters were good. I tried a more expensive, better quality air filter and noticed it collected more dust. After I tried the better oil filter a couple of times I noticed the oil noticeably cleaner.

For the difference in price, for me, it is not worth risking additional hidden engine wear by using possibly second rate components.

I do not know about the auto parts industry, but in some other industries the third party parts are sometimes those parts that did not pass the OEM's quality tests. They were designed as proper replacements but failed quality tests.

 

In comparing oil filters its important to remember that car makers are concerned with quality and cost. In looking at a OEM
filter for my 2017 Prius it just looks cheep. For starters there is no end cap which keeps the filter
round so it filters all of the oil and at that end.
They are more costly but Pure One and Mobil 1 are my choices as the best, but they are much
more costly.