Baxter performance filter conversion

Has this been tested to not affect oil pressure?

ONEPLUS A5010 ?

 

I'd be wary - yes, maybe if it was an old banger - but a near new car, I stick with genuine.

 

In regards of the anti drain back valve, that would be more beneficial if the filter is mounted sideways or upside down (like Subaru WRX). Because the anti drain back valve will prevent oil in the filter from leaving the filter when the engine is off, so the next start up, there's already oil in the filter. The Prius filter is mounted right side up , gravity will already draw oil to the filter.

 

AND......the advertised "problem" wouldn't be a problem anyway unless the vehicle sits unused for MANY months.
This is mostly marketing hype and the change will gain you NOTHING useful.

 

I think mid 2019 Toyota changed back to the canister filter. My 2020 has the canister. Not sure if this is carried out though all models. So Toyota probably got a lot of pissed off service techs and owners.

 

Actual conversion was mid-2017.

 

Ahh, So you might have just missed it Ozark.

 

I'm going to break with convention and just answer the question:
No.
Haven't used this product.

However (comma!!!!!!!!)

In MY never-to-be-humbled opinion it HAS to suck waaaaay less and be less dangerous then the OEM cartridge-in-a-poorly-designed-can design with it's frangible housing and pinchable o-ring.

I did some quick research and the Baxter product looks legit.
At $200 it also looks expensive.

If you keep the car for 200,000 miles, that's 40 oil changes with a 5k OCI...which still adds $5 for each oil change - NOT an insignificant amount.
The math gets easier after that.
50,000 miles adds $20 to each oil change...which almost makes non-DIY oil changes look attractive - IF you could count on the person changing the oil!!

So....
Too expensive a 'time-saver' for ME personally.
HOWEVER (comma!)

I hang out on an internet car chat board, and I've ALWAYS been able to trade a little time and effort to save money, which is why I do all of my own oil changes anyway.
If I JUST bought a car that I KNEW I was going to do 40 oil changes on, I might fork over $200 for one just to make my life a little easier, but given where the filter is in the FIRST place it wouldn't be a game changer for ME, since I'd still be yanking out the ramps and jack stands.

...your call!

If you get one, help your fellow Prius owners out with a review!!

Good Luck!

 

I missed it as well, but I don't have any real issues changing the cartridge, since I do it myself.
I'm pretty sure my manufacture date is June 2017. I'll double-check later. My car is currently with Toyota, replacing the exhaust coolant heat exchanger.

 

I'm planning on converting my wife's 2017 Prius 2 but going the Toyota method...buying the bracket, oil filter union, and gasket from Amayama. $62.14 which includes $15 for shipping.
After installation I'll post and update on how it works. If it leaks, I'll immediately put the old stuff right back on there.

 

Yes, Toyota doesn't seem to keen on encouraging this hack, not sure why since we're using OEM parts....just getting rid of the stupid canisters! If they were smart, they could package up the items in a kit and sell the conversion kit!!

 

$62 is great, and it sounds like the price has come down from the $80+ that I remember.

 

Yeah I went the Amayama route as well (maybe instigated it here??). Much cheaper, and it's waaay easier to ship across the Pacific up here too; there's like a wall at the 49th parallel...

 

I ordered on the Amayama webstie but the actual parts were shipped from UAE and took quite a while to arrive...I was beginning to wonder if I'd had gotten ripped off. Nope, all parts arrived with lots of Arabic on the box...which was strange!

I haven't installed it, yet...still have 1 or 2 old cartridge filters to burn through and I'm cheap, hate wasting money. Plus, I had to do a brake job on my son-in-laws old Suzuki so that put my car maintenance schedule a bit behind (I maintain 7 vehicles for the family). I may have to wait until next spring... my Husqvarna snowthrower needs the friction wheel rubber gasket replaced and, of course, looks like it requires taking apart just about everything to get to it. (And no good data on exactly how ot do the job on the internet so that'll be fun!)

 

Yeah I’ve found it’s either Japan or UAE, often both are options. You need to consider part cost, shipping charge, and if possible with multiple items stick to ONE country, to avoid two shipping charges.