Hi to the forum. Am the proud new owner of a Prius v here on Vancouver Island and we are loving it it. Got the Luxury package so one step up. Have been reading all about the filter removal and woes of wrenches that don't quite fit and spin or ones that jam and won't come off and so on. Actually was quite amazed that Toyota would be using stone age filter tech. I think the last cartridge filter I saw was on a 1953 GMC truck back on the farm. Something wrong with spin on filters Mr. Toyota????? So my question is why not just epoxy a wrench onto the filter housing and just be done with it? Then its always there, just like the 9/16 inch nut was on the cap of the 53 GMC.
The 64mm filter wrench fits tightly on the filter housing. One guy on here just leaves his on the filter housing. No glue that I remember.
Here's what you're looking for: Assenmacher Specialty Tools TOY 640 Oil Filter Socket Wrench for Toyota/Lexus : Amazon.com : Automotive I use this on my v and it works great!
I think it's commendable: much easier to recycle a simple paper sleeeve than a concoction of paper, rubber, steel and so on. 64mm 14 point is pretty common: I had one coming from years with Honda, works fine.
