Recent content by CR94

For the TG 10358 my Toyota takes, they the not only changed the design in the past few years, but also moved production from China to Argentina. The former version was good. No experience with the latter version.

If one plans to use the filter again (a separate controversy, I know), there are less destructive ways of allowing air in, in order to drain the oil. I've done it by gently poking the ADBV, or by spanking the dome end.

In an Advance store, I found Purolator cartridge filters constructed superficially similar to corresponding Toyota cartridges , except that the ends of the pleats were evidently not sealed. Ugh!

The Pennzoil Platinum I bought at Walmart on May 5 bears a printed date of "05APr 25." and doesn't claim to meet SQ. A few days after I bought it, Walmart reduced the price.

Weren't many, if not all, automotive oil filters partial-flow until spin-on filters appeared in the mid- and late 1950s?

I leave filters through multiple oil changes, BUT I would recommend doing so only after dissecting previous filters to ascertain that the engine isn't significantly clogging them. Mine doesn't, but others vary.

Yes, if you take advantage of them, and as long as you don't need to brake, moderate hills can facilitate better gas mileage than level terrain does, especially in a hybrid that allows coasting with engine off.

Thanks! I hope your 2012 serves you well. You can learn a lot about it---and its potential trouble spots to watch out for---on Priuschat.com. I keep the physics of energy conservation in mind more consistently that most drivers do. My travel mileage is roughly half long-distance trips and half...

Averages by year for the car in my signature: 2014 (partial year): 54.0 2015: 58.0 2016: 58.2 2017: 59.1 2018: 59.9 2019: 59.9 2020: 60.3 2021: 60.1 2022: 61.0 2023: 60.9 2024: 59.0

All Toyota cartridges I've examined appear well sealed against that form of bypassing. Similarly constructed Fram filters I saw in in Advance appeared to lack the sealing adhesive at the ends of pleats. Perhaps it's there in some form, but harder to see.

Same story here. At 25806 miles on a Chinese-made TG10358, it came out looking practically new. The best constructed filter I've seen for that application.

That's equally true of cartridge filters that depend on a metal-to-hard-plastic interface to seal at the ends of the filter. For example, all versions of Fram 10358. At least the plastic surface generally isn't rippled, as the edge of stamped steel can be.

It won't leak if you screw it back on with appropriate torque. I did that dozens of times. I did check for leaks after a couple of subsequent trips.

Is it not still the same Warren Oil's own LubriGold brand synthetic?