Thread: Oil filter location

Very, very cool. I dislike the canister filters for a few reasons. Two are, you can't see the media to see how crudded up it is, or the quality of it when new, and it's just wasteful. I don't hug trees, but canisters are always more of a mess than cartridge because they're at all sorts of unpleasant angles. The one on my wife's RX300 requires I give up some skin every time I change it, and it's impossible to get...

Quote: Originally Posted by mckellyb Please tell me that isn't a canister filter...it sho-nuff looks like one. If so, because it's upside-down, it's going to be a leaking mess. Your car doesn't have a canister filter, so don't worry. It's really not a mess. Just think of it the same way as the W126 oil filter, just in the back.

As a helper, a large pair of channel locks will get the top started. The rest is by grip. Jayare

Yup, that's where it is... One of mine was on so tight that I used a claw type filter wrench. There's a 3/8" socket square in the middle of a planet gear and the three arms have a rack at one end to mesh with that gear. When you wrench the middle the three arms rotate to grab and eventaully twist the filter. Works great except you have to be careful where you position the wrench arms. IF not it'll crash into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mckellyb Please tell me that isn't a canister filter...it sho-nuff looks like one. If so, because it's upside-down, it's going to be a leaking mess. No, it drains down every time the car is shutdown-expect no significant mess. What's nice (if you can call it that) about its location, is that you can do everything topside, including evacuating the oil. Kevin