Ok guys, The housing is so tight that I cant get the POS off. I have broken one filter housing wrench, bought two new ones and still the damm thing wont come off. I have broken a piece of the housing and i thing its time to break everything off. I have a new housing ready to go one, the metal one and need input on the best way to break the cap off???????????Anyone run into this problem?

 

Yes I did. Came off in lots of pieces. Take your time and get it all out. It eventually started to turn off.

 

What filter housing wrench did you use?? Mine is metal.

 

Got the good one.............2 matter of fact

 

Did you get the old filter housing off? Did you get a new metal housing from toyota? If so, what is the part number?

 

No, have not yet began the task of breaking the plastic cap. I will find you the number from toyota on the metal one.

 

Thanks. My housing was difficult to remove but I kept banging on the wrench with a rubber mallet and it finally moved. Was able to remove the housing with no damage.

 

Cap assy, oil filter 15620-31060 paid 25.51

 

Thank You!

 

I encountered a similar problem the first time i did an oil change.the filter was changed by the dealer the time before and the mechanic did not position the large rubber

'O" ring in the designated slot in the housing.he installed it at the bottom of the housing.it took him over 100 ft-lbs of torque to tighten the housing enough to keep it from leaking.i needed a 2ft breaker bar and cup to remove it.

 

happened to me too! and i broke the filter housing that not only the fingers fell off, the housing is leaking oil now!!!

 

These must be properly torqued on installation. I believe the specs are on the new filter box and the canister itself. The best thing to do, as always, is DIY. This way you know it's done right. I doubt if any shops, including Lexus, torque them on. When I first bought my '11 CPO 460, the small cap was too tight to remove, so I just removed the canister itself. I talked to a Lexus tech about this, and he said most Lexus techs don't remove the little cap, just the canister, which is a little messy but more importantly to them, faster. That's what I do now.