oil change on Tundra

12 year old girls have to go to Arkansas or Alabama marry their "Uncle Daddy" .... Mississippi isn't last in *everything*.

I have a 2001 Sequoia. After I change out the filter and the oil has dripped into the skid plate, I place a 3X4 drip pan (available at Auto Advance for about $8) behind the skid plate. Then I start the engine and check for leaks.

The radiator fan will blow almost all the dripped oil off the plate and onto the drip pan within a minute or two. Stop the engine and squeegee or swipe the residue off the drip pan into your oil collection container and take to your oil recycling center.

After this, any residue will drip onto the pan I keep unnecessarily under my all my cars because I want my garage floor to be clean whenever I eventually sell my house.

Max

: > Naw; the best thing about Mississippi is they let you marry your daughter : > at age 12 : : 12 year old girls have to go to Arkansas or Alabama marry their "Uncle : Daddy" .... Mississippi isn't last in *everything*. :

Dang yeah! I fir-got that Trent Lott got that age of consent raised after he married his 11 year old cousin!

Shops usually use the cheapest oil and filters...the dealership will use Toyota brand filters, though. The oil is brought in by tank truck, pumped into a storage tank, and often not the cleanest. The oil companies often produce their lowest quality oil (still meeting industry minimum spec) for bulk sales. Any aftermarket filter will probably cost the shop about a buck, so maybe a half-buck is the cost of making that filter. As said elsewhere, the kid doing the lube is likely the lowest paid and least-trained person in the place.

3000 mile oil changes on a modern engine with modern oil is a waste of time, money, and precious oil.

Ken

You must be taking your vehicles to a "quick lube" or Sears or such. My mechanic uses Purolater oil filters and Casterol... I watch him open the containers of oil. For that matter, the only "bulk" tanks they have are for the waste oil, and antifreeze. FWIW, the Toyota dealer here uses bulk oil tanks.

Not with a service truck that gets rode hard on a daily basis.

You can either remove the skid plate or just make a mess. I've done both. I'm in the make a mess camp these days.

-jeff

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:32:28 -0600, roadhunter found these unused words floating about:

IF you have put a bead of oil on the 'rubber' ring and then follw the TOYOTA instructions to firmly hand tighten, then turn 1/4 turn more. It will 'lock' and with the tight access space on most, you will still need a filter wrench to get it off. [Hercules need not read.]

I'd be a tad leery of a filter that comes off by hand after a full change interval. The instructions stated above are printed on just about every oil filter sold. The wrench can also protect your hands while removing a hot filter.

FWIW, Toyota OEM filter gaskets are pre-lubed by the factory, after which the open end of the filter is shrink wrapped.