Oil for 2003 Camry and general maintenance/repair?

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The guy has sent me couple of PM claiming that he is not a troll. Some of the latest photo etc do show that has indeed done some of the part replacement. Given he knows which end of the wrench to pick up, how can he so stupid to contemplate driving a vehicle with pierced oil filter?

Often I do ask questions here which can be on the borderline E20 types but mine are geared more towards having to avoid to find myself in a remotely potential jam. What is the possibility that I could make it worse? That is the question I ask myself and here first.

Sadly, E20 and GHT find themselves in the jam regardless.

Oh, I just realized, even after stating here that he has punctured the oil filter, he still continued to ask about stabilizer links and transmission oil etc in the next two posts!

Really? How many of you would post this:- "my house is on the fire but I need advice on how to repair a window curtain which is not moving easily."
 
I couldn't get the oil filter off the Jeep the other week with the plastic filter cap wrench, it too stripped. O'Reillys has a metal one, it came right off.
 
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I couldn't get the oil filter off the Jeep the other week with the plastic filter cap wrench, it too stripped. O'Reillys has a metal one, it came right off.


This is why E20 keeps posting. A couple folks here continue to respond as though his questions deserve answers.
 
Originally Posted By: Bill_G
Originally Posted By: artbuc
Originally Posted By: Vikas
I am assuming E20 is not really as dumb as he sounds when he is asking if he can drive with punctured oil filter. But if he is, then definitely he should drive like that. This will stop him posting any further questions on his 2003 Camry as it would be dead completely.


Nothing will stop him except intervention by the moderators.


Yep - let E20 lock his motor and the mods lock this thread.


Exactly! For some reason the old saying comes to mind:

Tis better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove ALL doubt!
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Originally Posted By: Vikas
How many of you would post this:- "my house is on the fire but I need advice on how to repair a window curtain which is not moving easily."

He's a troll and a good one at that, and people in this thread feed him well.
 
Originally Posted By: dishdude
Just use the black RTV to patch the holes on the oil filter.


I think what I'd do is wrap a rag around the filter and then clamp a pair of Vise Grips onto it to hold the rag in place so it won't fall off.

Viola! Good as new
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Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
LeakySeals said:
fwiw my dad got the new 2.5L in his 2013 Camry. That newly designed engine was supposed to replace the oil burning, head bolt stripping 2.4L I have. Nope the burning is still there. my dad's Camry w/ 28000 burns a quart of oil every 5K. Toyota now specifies a 10000 mile OCI so expect another Toyota sludge like lawsuit coming from people that ran out of oil during the interval.
The I4 in my 1999 Camry burns about a pint in 5K, and is currently at 345,000 miles. Mostly T6 and Pure 1 filters. Those "tears" really caused a lot of wear.

Wish I would have known your tricks to success back then.. run 5w40 deisel 18 wheeler engine oil and filters with holes in them..
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Originally Posted By: engineer20
I punctured it with an oil filter wrench. The metal pliers looking thing that you grip it with. Not an oil filter cap


The old standby to get off a stuck filter is to jam a long screwdriver through it and then use the screwdriver handle for leverage. You've got nothing to lose at this point. Otherwise call AAA and have it towed to a shop. Changing the oil is like car maintenance 101, if you're failing at that, you might want to rethink all your other jobs. The pliers are probably for cartridge filters, for a regular metal filter, you should use a strap wrench.

You should have just shut up and did the $29.95 oil change special. There's several sayings that apply to you, but the one that comes to mind in this case is penny wise, pound foolish. There are many others, but we won't go there for now. Every time I drive my car, I think of other nutty things you could have said, don't close the doors, you'll wear out the door hinges, don't sit in the seat, you'll wear out the seat, don't leave the engine running, the engine will die sooner, push the car, you'll wear out the transmission by driving it a few feet, don't go more than 10 feet, you'll wear out the rubber on the tires, the list is endless.
 
sounds good, I'll try to use a screwdriver for leverage, but you know wher the oil filter goes in, that mating surface and those threads? what if i strip those threads if i try too hard? would that damage my entier engine? I don't want to strip those thread or mess those up! been driving the taurus now, and the camry's still sitting at home.
 
The oil filter wrench which looks like metal pliers needs to grab near the base of the oil filter. When you are trying to remove it from the top, if you feel the entire filter is twisting or buckling, you need to stop. When I was doing my own oil changes, I had accumulated at least five different types of wrenches and in different sizes too!

Assuming E20 is really having these problems, he is lacking something. Is it healthy respect for mechanical things? Most of us would stop when things don't start going as expected. He keeps on going and making things worse.
 
Originally Posted By: Vikas
The oil filter wrench which looks like metal pliers needs to grab near the base of the oil filter. When you are trying to remove it from the top, if you feel the entire filter is twisting or buckling, you need to stop. When I was doing my own oil changes, I had accumulated at least five different types of wrenches and in different sizes too!

Assuming E20 is really having these problems, he is lacking something. Is it healthy respect for mechanical things? Most of us would stop when things don't start going as expected. He keeps on going and making things worse.


Vikas, can't you see this guy is goofing on us?
 
Originally Posted By: artbuc
Vikas, can't you see this guy is goofing on us?


Or maybe he's totally clueless. I wonder if he knows about the right hand rule. He may be turning the filter in the wrong direction which is why he can't get it off. Easiest would be to just get a strap wrench and make sure he's turning it in the right direction. Turning it to the right tightens it, turning to the left loosens, but that's facing whatever you're turning. If you're looking at it backwards, then it's the other way around.
 
Originally Posted By: oldmaninsc
Originally Posted By: Bill_G
Originally Posted By: artbuc
Originally Posted By: Vikas
I am assuming E20 is not really as dumb as he sounds when he is asking if he can drive with punctured oil filter. But if he is, then definitely he should drive like that. This will stop him posting any further questions on his 2003 Camry as it would be dead completely.


Nothing will stop him except intervention by the moderators.
He removed all doubt a long time ago. I'd like to know where he gets the idea he's an engineer.

Yep - let E20 lock his motor and the mods lock this thread.


Exactly! For some reason the old saying comes to mind:

Tis better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove ALL doubt!
smile.gif
 
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you guys mentioned public transportation
it's not that great where I live, in my area and where I work, there are no bus service routes. there are smart buses in many nearer suburbs and the northern suburbs, but smart doesn't operate around my vicinity and i don't work or live int he city and i know there are city busses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEMCOG_Commuter_Rail

But with projects like these, as well as the M-1 rail and a commuter bus they are proposing, public transportation will be a feasible option for me in the future, but as of now, it just isn't possible.

There is this amtrak that recently opened up that goes between detroit and chicago and stops in dearborn and ann arbor and some ppl take that to commute between ann arbor and deetroit, but it's very costly as it's amtrak and the ticket to chicago doesn't cost much more than an anna rbor to detroit ticket, and it has a limited amount of stops. They are proposing 3 major commuter routes from downtown detroit, one west, one northwest, oen northeast, and that sounds like a great idea i'd approve of tand the one that goes west towards ann arbor stops at the airport too! i've always wanted some sort of public transportation between the airport and downtown like most other major cities

the point is, public transportation was/is dead in the detroit area, but it is coming back but it's going to take 5+ years to implement and it's only proposed
 
Originally Posted By: Vikas


Assuming E20 is really having these problems, he is lacking something. Is it healthy respect for mechanical things? Most of us would stop when things don't start going as expected. He keeps on going and making things worse.

Maybe he went to GHT university.
 
But if you are to believe E20, you have to accept, as must he, that nearly EVERY attempt he has made at repair (to save money) has led to further damage and more costly repairs....and very real potential for personal injury...

There is no way anyone with any common sense, and monetary cents, would continue down this road...and anyone offering advice other than encouraging him to get professional help is as foolish as he is foolhardy.
 
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