Ghey ass oil filter.....

[CelicaST-162]

Decided to remove the oil filter and turbo oil feed-return line to clean up the surrounding area of the block. Well one would think a oil filter would be easy as pie to remove....mine wasnt! Basically the place where your arm would snake up to grasp the filter....The engine mount, yes the engine mount is directly in the way, wtf was toyota thinking? I had to use those wrenches that grip at the bottom, 3 extensions, and one 3/8's universal joint...all that for an OIL FILTER! More hardships on the way...the intake manifold!!! The wiring harness snakes through between 2 intake runners, oh joy!

[FiveFreshFish]

I had a similar problem with my old Civic but not nearly as bad as your case. Had to get it from underneath with one hand and no leverage; it was on the back side of the engine.

Anyway, I'm glad the oil filter on my current car is so easy to access:

[CelicaST-162]

pop the top, toss it out, put a new one and be done with!!! ^^^ bastard! lol jk

[GTS Jeff]

get the fram oil filters with the grippy stuff on the can. nice avatar.

[CelicaST-162]

Thats the plan, the hard part in installing the new one is it has to be pre lubed! gotta try to not spill the sucker!!!

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by CelicaST-162
Thats the plan, the hard part in installing the new one is it has to be pre lubed! gotta try to not spill the sucker!!!

??

afaik, all u need to lube is the rubber ring.

[AllGoNoShow]

lol I lvoe when peopel do tht, poor half a bottle of oil into the thing is lubing it, not, just the rubber seal epople lol

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by AllGoNoShow
lol I lvoe when peopel do tht, poor half a bottle of oil into the thing is lubing it, not, just the rubber seal epople lol

dont laugh at ppl about that...

for some cars it is impossible to fill the oil filter before spinning it onto the housing...just dissconect your fuel pump relay and crank the motor over for a few revolutions

and learn how to spell..."i lvoe when peopel do tht, cnt speel and aer typng on teh webternet..."

[CelicaST-162]

Originally posted by CycloneAWD



dont laugh at ppl about that...

for some cars it is impossible to fill the oil filter before spinning it onto the housing...just dissconect your fuel pump relay and crank the motor over for a few revolutions

and learn how to spell..."i lvoe when peopel do tht, cnt speel and aer typng on teh webternet..."

That sounds like a better idea, totally forgot about that. For the guys that don't know, pre-lubing-pre-filling the oil filter, is to prevent the turbo from starving of oil on first start up.