Toyota RAV4 OE Oil Filter vs Toyota RAV4 Replacement Oil Filter

I looked at your website and recognize the replacement filters as the ones I buy for my 97 Camry. I also get replacement Toyota filters for my V-6 Sienna from the same place. I am considering switching to Purolater after looking at the filter material.

If the oil is changed every 3000 miles do you think that replacement filter would still be adequate or it doesn't make any difference?

----- Original Message ----- From: "badgolferman" Newsgroups: alt.autos.toyota Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:09 PM Subject: Re: Toyota RAV4 OE Oil Filter vs Toyota RAV4 Replacement Oil Filter

I have to believe Toyota is selling adequate oil filters to protect their engines. In other markets (like Europe) where Toyota specifies 10,000 mil oil changes for RAV4 with a 2L gas engine, they list a different P/N for the replacement filter (90915-YZZC7). It would be interesting to know what the insides of that filter are like. The next time I change the oil in the RAV4, I'll cut open the PureOne filter and post those pictures for comparison - but that will be at least three months from now.

Ed

INTERESTING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FILTERS *YOU* rated well (sorry for shouting!)they said Made in Japan (Except the Wix) The Rav4 filter you panned was made in Thailand.

I would specify the Japanese made filters. They can get them in the matter of 3 days or less!

BTW, CarQuest filters are made by Wix. It would be interesting to see a comparison between a Wix branded filter and a CarQuest branded filter.

I noticed that you mentioned having bought the replacement filters over the internet at a good price. I smell a rip off here--- the Chinese counterfeit industry makes poor knockoffs of everything else, so why not oil filters as well?

How reliable was your source for these filters? Are you sure they are GENUINE Toyota products?

The filters came from a Genuine Toyota Dealer - Champion Toyota in Houston Texas. The shipping carton also said Genuine Toyota Parts.

Ed

So how do I get the Japanese made version? And actaully, there are plenty of well made US filters. The Purolator PureOne filter I bought locally for the first oil change was made in the US. The Nissan filters I bought for my Frontier were made in Japan (I assume by Denso, although they don't say so).

Ed

Go to your dealer and order it. Tell them you want the same filter as came on the car.

They can get them... You have the part number!

So why don't you just use the Purolator Pure One?

Besides, what makes you thing the "Japanese" filters are actually made in Japan.

It says, "Made in Japan".

The other one said "Made in Thailand"

Agreed, in the UK one of the major counterfeiting areas is importing supposedly "Genuine" items that look right including all labels, casting marks etc, but are of lower quality. Ive seen suspension arms with casting inclusions big enough to make them as good as a noodle at their job.

Im actually fascinated, my Toyota filters bought from a dealer came with paper internals. (UK).

Jeff W?

Jeff is a friend of Supra Owners. I've talked to him a couple times trying to get parts for my Supra. He knows the car well!

I once saw an 'oil filter' at a Toyota dealer in Wilbraham MA. They had cut it open to reveal something little better than toilet tissue and a can that was labeled "Asparagus" in English and Chinese. The can had been cut down the side, turned inside-out, and then had a thin shell placed around it.

They had removed the outer shell so the company selling them couldn't be identified.

On the subject of filters, what ever happened to Lee? I used to use them ALL the time, and got cars well on their way to 200,000 miles with them!

I found I could buy the correct Japanese made oil filter (P/N 90915-10004) from

I'm in the UK, the Toyota filters I buy for my Celica from my dealer used to be made in France (by Purflux), now they are made in Thailand.

I'll have to double check mine now - its a pain in the arse to see though, upside down jammed against the turbo. Might check it at the next change - due soon.

I'd stay away from the filters made in Thailand. Too cheap a construction. Use Purolator Pure One.

Coyoteboy wrote:

My independent mechanic keeps telling me to quit changing oil at 3K and to go to 5K. He also says any Fram, Champion, Pennzoil, filter is fine if I'm changing at 3K. I tend to use NAPA (made by WIX) or regular Purolator, however.

Also heard the "Car Talk" boys say essentially the same thing about filters and changing intervals on their radio show one Saturday.