I just did a change for my friend on her '08 Rav4. When I put the car up on the ramps the setup looked like it would be very easy to do. Well, it all was except the drain plug. It took me 20 minutes to get the plug off! The Toyota dealer way over tightened it. Then once I got it off it took a few minutes to try and pry the washer off the oil pan. It was so flat compared to the new one.
The oil filter came off nice and easy with my extension bar and oil cap.
I let it drain for over 30 minutes to get all the convention Toyota oil out and refilled with 4.5 qts of Castrol Edge with Titanium 0W-20. It sounds smoother now, just like my CR-V did when I switched to 0W-20.
The PDF I had from Toyota I found online said what to torque the oil filter and oil drain plug, so at least now they will be torqued correctly. But man was that a pain!
Any one else have that problem with their Toyota?
The oil filter came off nice and easy with my extension bar and oil cap.
I let it drain for over 30 minutes to get all the convention Toyota oil out and refilled with 4.5 qts of Castrol Edge with Titanium 0W-20. It sounds smoother now, just like my CR-V did when I switched to 0W-20.
The PDF I had from Toyota I found online said what to torque the oil filter and oil drain plug, so at least now they will be torqued correctly. But man was that a pain!
Any one else have that problem with their Toyota?