Doing my first oil change after the free one at 10K Miles. About every place I looked (including posts here) say that the ...YZZA5 filter is the one to use, so that's what I got.
I found that it was larger than the one currently in the car. Got a ...YZZA1 filter from the local Toyota dealer that seemed to be the same size as the one I was replacing.
Would the YZZA5 filter been OK to use ?

 

2006-2015 IS250 RWD (4GR-FSE) and 2006-2017 IS350 RWD (2GR-FSE) use the 04152-YZZA3
2006-2015 IS250 AWD (4GR-FSE), 2011-2017 IS350 AWD (2GR-FSE) and 2016-2018 IS300 AWD (2GR-FSE) use the 04152-YZZA5
2016-2017 IS200t RWD (8AR-FTS), 2018 IS300 RWD (8AR-FTS), and 2018 IS350 RWD use 04152-YZZA1

04152-YZZA1 is shorter, 04152-YZZA3 and A5 are the same length (longer than A1) but the A5 includes a drain adapter and o-ring for AWD models.

If you do actually have a 2017 IS300, it would have to be an AWD model with the 2GR-FSE and would definitely take the longer A5 filter. The shorter one will filter properly. There's a good chance someone put the wrong one in before. Either that or you actually have a 2018 IS300 RWD, in which case the A1 would be correct.

Is your car AWD or RWD? Are you sure it's a 2017?

Jeff

 

She is in fact, a 2017 IS300 F-Sport with all wheel drive and the 2GR-FSE engine.
I just found the paperwork from the 10K service I had done at the dealer, it shows they used a 04152-YZZA1 filter.
At the time, they also set my tire pressure to 50 PSI.
This place is a relatively new dealership (open around a year).
Factory trained service technicians, eh ?

 

 

No, with the type of filter the IS uses, you need to use the correct filter, as it is just the filter element itself and the housing is reused. A taller filter wouldn't fit in the housing and a shorter filter will not seat properly, allowing unfiltered oil past; essentially meaning you aren't filtering the oil.

Jeff