Engine Oil Filter/Oil Filter Feed Pipe Removal and Installation
Special Tools Required
Image Description/Tool Number
1149724.png Oil Filter Wrench 07AAA-PLCA100

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3. Oil Filter - Remove

1.
Remove the oil filter with the oil filter wrench.

4. Oil Filter Feed Pipe - Remove



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1. Oil Filter Feed Pipe - Install


1.
Install the two 20 x 1.5 mm nuts (A) onto the oil filter feed pipe. Hold one nut with a wrench, then use a second wrench to tighten the other nut.

2.
Apply new engine oil to the oil filter feed pipe threads.






3.
Install the oil filter feed pipe in its specified height range shown.

4.
Remove the nuts from the oil filter feed pipe.

2. Oil Filter - Install


1.
Inspect the oil filter to make sure the rubber seal is not stuck to the oil filter seating surface (A) of the oil pan.

2.
Inspect the threads (B) and the rubber seal (C) on the new oil filter.

3.
Clean the oil filter seating surface of the oil pan.

4.
Apply a light coat of new engine oil to the oil filter rubber seal.

NOTE: Use only filters with a built-in bypass system.






5.
Install the oil filter by hand.

6.
After the rubber seal seats, tighten the oil filter clockwise with the oil filter wrench.

Tighten:
3/4 Turn Clockwise
Tightening Torque:
12 N·m (1.2 kgf·m, 9 lbf·ft)





7.
If four numbers or marks (1 to 4 or ? to????) are printed around the outside of the oil filter, use the following procedure to tighten the oil filter.

Spin the filter on until its seal lightly seats against the oil pan, and note which number or mark is at the bottom.
Tighten the filter by turning it clockwise three numbers or marks from the one you noted. For example, if mark?is at the bottom when the seal is lightly seated, tighten the oil filter until the mark ????comes around to the bottom.

Number or Mark when rubber seal is seated
1
or
?
2
or
??
3
or
???
4
or
????
Number or Mark after tightening
4
or
????
1
or
?
2
or
??
3
or
???

3. Oil Filter After Install - Check

1.
After installation, fill the engine with engine oil to the specified level, run the engine for more than 3 minutes, then check for oil leakage.

5. Maintenance Minder - Reset (With Maintenance Minder System)

1.
USA models: If the Maintenance Minder required to replace the oil filter, reset the Maintenance Minder with the gauge (see "Resetting the Maintenance Minder").

2.
Canada models: If the Maintenance Minder required to replace the oil filter, reset the Maintenance Minder with the gauge (see "Resetting the Maintenance Minder"). If the Maintenance Minder did not require to replace the oil filter, reset the Maintenance Minder with the HDS (see "Resetting the Individual Maintenance Items").