: : Dunno---why did they move it from under the hood to on the frame when : they were still carburated 22R's?
An inspired stroke of bad engineering contaminated by Toyota's association with Generally Mediocre (GM)? Why did my Toyota have a GM "green (but blind) eye" battery in it (which was the first component to fail after only a few month's service)?
: : We do agree that the owner's manual recommended intervals are a bit : long, but if the Toyota has a recommendation of 'never' then even it you : change at half the recommended interval that's still 'never'. : >
: > If it's not meant to be regularly replaced, why are there so many aftermarket : > filters available????????????????? : : Because there are people that are willing to buy them????????????????
Any part that carries the volume of fluid that a fuel filter does is highly prone to failure. Now what exactly does "lifetime" mean? The life of the vehicle or the life of the filter? The lifetime of a butterfly is grossly different than the life of a tortoise.....
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: > Finally, my dealer (Bell Road Toyota) said to change it by 60,000 miles. : : And I'll bet they wanted to be the ones you hired to do it. : Can't argue there; just like they did when my crap and bunion bushings went bad. Whoops! New $1500 ("remanufactured") rack instead of $15 worth of bushings. Same when inner tie rods went bad. Whoops! New $1500 ("remanufactured") rack instead of new tie rods.... Wrong on both counts! Two things I try to avoid in life: more pastries (have you seen my picture lately?
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: > : > I changed mine at 70,000 miles (actually firestone did it for me while : > : > they : > : > were aligning the vehicle). you should have seen the : > : > crap that poured out of the old one. it only took them an hour to do, : > : > which : > : > was less time than I could manage, plus I admit: let : > : > them deal with the hassle of changing it. : > : >
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