Bigger Oil Filter?

Spindle oil is mentioned in the Repair Manual, as an O-ring lubricant when installing the fuel injectors. They say to use either spindle oil or gasoline. I looked it up too, seems like pretty obscure stuff, often sold in 5 gallon pails.

 

Instead of using obscure ingredients to make a “snake oil” that your car won’t burn, just use the Pennzoil you mentioned that doesn’t burn off. “Negligible” is the word that you used.

 

The "power" of public forums is two fold:

Good information is disseminated at the speed of light.

BAD information is also disseminated at the speed of light.

Often the BAD information is presented so skillfully that it looks good.
Self-proclaimed experts usually are NOT.

 

sort of like self proclaimed "stable geniuses" ... Donald E Coyote "Super" Genius!

 

FYI
To OP and others about filter size . I did a search on ROCKAUTO .

All of these models share the same oil filter size
YARIS 05-09
PRIUS Gen2 04-09
Matrix /Vibe out of production
Echo
Prius C
Both FRAM and BOSCH same

Is this thread about a mechanical physical size oil filter or oil refinement /oil type

 

Honda is similar: every one I've encountered uses the same filter. Used to be their motorcycle filter, fwiw. At least it was dimensionally identical.

 

mobil m1-209 extended oil filter works with my 2008 prius, its a crossover/minivan/truck oil filter
sells for ~$14 canadian on sale at canadian tire
could probably leave it in and change it every other 10kkm (6.2k miles) oil change, but have been changing it every 10k and flushing with seafoam/mmo since its pretty cheap

 

This is some of the funniest stuff I've read in a long long time.........................

Gene, have you even looked at what's involved in adjusting valve clearances on a Gen 2 Prius....I'd venture to say you're opening up a can of (unnecessary) whoopass on yourself. You want to tackle this, but won't remove an oil pan?

..and good luck with your ideas about the HV Battery....I hope that all works out well.

I'm just gonna go get a bowl of popcorn and sit back.....

 

You realize Toyota dosn't actually make oil filters? Your "OEM filter" is a rebranded Denso.

 

whaaaaaat???????

 

While you are correct in saying that Toyota do not actually make the filters and contract Denso to make them on their behalf (not withstanding the ownership connection Toyota has with Denso), it does not stand to reason that a Denso equivalent filter is the same as the Toyota branded one. That would depend on the contractual arrangement that Toyota has with Denso, and whether there is any Toyota IP that is protected by said contract. Not saying any of this is so, I honestly don't know, all I am saying is that your inference is not necessarily true.

To further complicate things, the Toyota filter I buy in NZ for my Prius is totally different on the inside to the Toyota filter available in the US for the same Prius. Both Toyota branded and both made by Denso. Different part numbers, though.

 

Denso has oil filter factories in Japan, Thailand and China. That is the most likely explanation for the differences you have noted.

 

That, and the fact Toyota has different specs for different markets.

 

You base that assumption on what exactly? The thought Toyota has different specs for the same oil filter application in different markets is a bit of a reach.

 

Amsoil makes a bypass filter that you can mount in your trunk or anywhere you can find space for it and with the extra hose your oil capacity will go up to roughly 9 quarts. Are used to go 50,000 miles in between oil changes using Amsoil synthetic I was over 300,000 miles on my three cylinder Chevy sprint before a car hit and totaled out the vehicle. Geo Metro did the same thing to it. That was back when I was driving roughly 100,000 miles a year and I got tired of changing oil every week or two. If you were using a good synthetic oil changing it every 5000 miles you should not have any bad buildup in your engine up varnish. But if you do has mentioned up above seafoam works great just use it 500 miles before you change your oil you can also use it in the fuel system. Or a few days before you change your oil add a quart of Marvins mystery oil and then change your oil. My 2009 Yaris with over 300,000 miles when I last inserted a borescope down the cylinder and looked behind the exhaust valves just have a light black suit film can still see all the metal. Behind intake valves and intake runners in the head bright shiny clean metal like the day it rolled off the factory floor.