{"id":3738,"date":"2018-01-04T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2018-01-04T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T11:00:36","slug":"toyota-oil-filter-wrench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/04\/toyota-oil-filter-wrench\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Oil Filter Wrench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I worked on Toyotas for almost two years, but now I work on Hondas. Despite this, I still use my Toyota oil filter wrench almost daily.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3739\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_04_01.jpg\" alt=\"2018_01_04_01.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Most newer Toyota models use cartridge filters, where only the filter element is replaced, rather than the full canister filters that older Toyotas use. Because of this there is a special giant socket to properly loosen and tighten these filters, and is always sold for use on Toyota filters. What a lot of people may not realize is that it&#8217;s also the same size as most older Toyota canister filters, and as I found, it&#8217;s the same size as the filters on all Honda engines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3740\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_04_02.jpg\" alt=\"2018_01_04_02.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because of this I&#8217;m able to use my Toyota wrench for most Honda oil changes, and I also found that it works on at least some Nissans. The tool companies should mention these additional uses and not just call it a Toyota filter wrench.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>New blog posts every Monday and Thursday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Mechanical Malarkey <a href=\"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/stickers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stickers available for $5<\/a> anywhere in the US!<\/p>\n<p>-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worked on Toyotas for almost two years, but now I work on Hondas. Despite this, I still use my Toyota oil filter wrench almost daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,57,63],"class_list":["post-3738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tool-review","tag-oil-change","tag-snap-on","tag-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}