Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum

Hey, just changed the oil on my wife's FJ for the first time. Although I really like the fact that the oil filter is on top of the engine and really easy to get to, I wonder if anyone has figured a way not to get oil all over the engine when you take the filter off.

Next time I'll try poking a hole in the top of the filter to allow some of it to drain into the engine.

Any one else try this or have a better trick?

There seems to be a aluminum lip with a fitting underneath the filter. Perhaps you are supposed to pull the cap off and put something under to catch the oil. I didn't try that hard but I couldn't get the cap off.

Thanks,

John

Under the lip that is around the filter, there is a drain hole that is covered by a plastic cover. I bought a piece of clear plastic hose the diameter of the cover. I take off the plastic cover replacing it with the apx. 6" of the plastic hose. I route the hose into a 500ml empty water bottle which wedges easily into the space below the filter housing. (Any small container to catch the oil would work.) When the filter is removed, the oil runs into the housing around the filter and down the little hole, through the hose into the bottle. I wipe up the area around the filter housing before removing the bottle and am careful to use a rag when removing the small hose. No oil anywhere! Just empty the water bottle into your jug of used oil that is sent to the recycling center.

I can't find the oil plug. Can someone tell me where it is located?

1. DRAIN ENGINE OIL
(a) Remove engine under cover seal No. 3.
(b) Remove the oil pan drain plug and drain the engine oil.
(c) Clean the oil pan drain plug and install it with a new gasket.
Torque: 40 N·m (408 kgf·cm, 30 ft·lbf)
2. REMOVE OIL FILTER SUB-ASSEMBLY



(a) Remove the drain pipe cap.
(b) While removing the oil filter with SST, catch the oil from the oil filter with a container.
SST: 09228-07501
(c) Install the drain pipe cap.


(d) Clean the oil catch plate.
When using a drain hose, perform the following procedures.

(e) Remove the drain pipe cap.
(f) Connect a drain hose to the oil filter bracket.

HINT:

• Drain hose inside diameter: 8 mm (0.31 in.)
• Drain hose length: 900 mm (35.43 in.)

(g) Feed the drain hose down through the engine under cover, and put the drain oil container beneath the drain hose to catch the oil from the oil filter.

(h) Using SST, remove the oil filter.
SST: 09228-07501

(i) Remove the drain hose and install the drain pipe cap.
(j) Clean the oil catch plate.
3. INSTALL OIL FILTER SUB-ASSEMBLY



(a) Clean the surface of the oil filter bracket which comes into contact with the oil filter.
(b) Apply clean engine oil to the rubber gasket of a new oil filter.
(c) Tighten the oil filter by hand until the rubber gasket comes into contact with the seat of the filter bracket.

(d) Using SST, tighten it an additional 3/4 turn to set the filter.
SST: 09228-07501
Torque: 18 N·m (184 kgf·cm, 13 ft·lbf)

4. ADD ENGINE OIL
(a) Fill with fresh engine oil.
Oil Capacity:
Item
Specification
With oil filter change
5.2 liters (5.5 US qts, 4.6 lmp. qts)
Without oil filter change
4.9 liters (5.2 US qts, 4.3 lmp. qts)
Dry fill
6.0 liters (6.3 US qts, 5.3 lmp. qts)

(b) Reinstall the oil filler cap.

'dar ya go!!!!!!!


Mark

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Take a dasani or other empty bottled water bottle and crush it thinner top to bottom. Slide it up under the drain after removing the rubber plug. It will wedge just fine between the fan housing and cooling hose after you crush the bottle a little thinner and stay in position just fine. WORKS LIKE A CHARM...

wish I read all this before I crawled under. Did the tranmission mistake then almost broke a glass wedging it under filter. As new member, I will read here first!!!!thanks

Nothing is easy any more is it.

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