Does 2020 Prime come with reusable "canister" oil filter "housing"?

They got wise and went back to the spin on filters in mid 2017. My early '17 Prime has the cartridge type, the later ones have the spin on. No more worries about that o-ring rolling out of its grove. Also, there is a kit that will convert the cartridge system like mine to accept a spin on.

 

I think that has happened to a few people ... one on PC that I know of. Lately, they have had some extra explicit instructions on the filter box showing where the o-ring goes and explaining that you need to put oil on the o-ring before putting it in place and then add more when you're ready to screw in the housing. Lots of oil. The spin-on filters are a lot more straightforward. In fact, I'd get the kit myself, but my wife also has an early '17 Prius, so I'd need to get two of them to keep them the same and that gets a little pricey. So far, I've had no problems.

 

The kits cost $185 to $199, right? The cartridge filter is little bother, certainly not worth the cost of the adapter. I need a new wrench for the cap; the first one I bought almost fits.

 

This is my cost through Amayama in Canadian Dollars (roughly .75 of US dollars). There's about $25 for wiper blades in there as well, so about $100 CDN (about $75 USD), for just the conversion components, and that is all in, no extras. I saw no need to get replacement bolts, and fwiw I could have gotten away with reusing the o-rings, but still a good idea to replace I think.

The canister and spin-on are the same oil filter socket size, one will do for both. Honda's socket is what I've used, had it for decades. AFAIK Toyota, Honda and Mazda all use same filter dims now: 64 mm face-to-face, 14 faces. The sockets have slight clearance allowance, maybe 0.5 mm.

Info on the install here:

The 2016+ Toyota 2zr Engine oil filter conversion - Armstrong Family Blog

 

Here's what I got. It's a perfect fit and really well made.

 

Stamped-steel Honda version:

https://www.bernardiparts.com/Honda-Oil-Filter-Wrench__07AAA-PLCA100.aspx

Part no:

07AAA-PLCA100

Dealership parts departments can get them in.

I got one around 1990, for a Honda Hurricane (motorcycle) oil filter, when their automotive filters were larger. Honda then switched over to the smaller 64 mm size filter for their cars. Been using it ever since. Again, works for Toyota, Honda and Mazda, 14 flute 64 mm seems to be industry norm, at least for those three.