Is250 Oil Filter Wrench Question

[Joey-is250]

I ordered a oil filter wrench in toyota and received the one in pic below.Gave them the reg and was told its correct type for is250.

Was looking online and see ones that have 3 spaces on either side as in third pic.

Do i need the one with the 3 spaces either side or is the one i received correct?

What i have.

Do i need?

[madasahatter]

Dont suppose it makes any difference, i believe mine is like yours. Not had a chance to use mine yet.

If it says genuine toyota must be the right one.

Well just checked mine 3 slots either side, made by sealy.

[johnatg]

I can't see any slots in the one you've got. You need three slots one side, one opposite. But the ones with three either side are OK - the oil filter housing has three lugs one side, one on the other. If you have three slots on both sides, two don't get used but they don't cause any problems.

[Joey-is250]

Maybe the ones with 3 slots either side are better fit and hold tighter,

Anyone used the one i have with no slots or should i get the ones with slots?Don't want to damage anything.

[johnatg]

It all comes down to the design of the filter housing and the technique used. If the filter was torqued up correctly and it was last done 5K miles ago or so your slotless wrench will probably work. But if it was last tightened up to FT rather than the correct 18ft lbs it probably won't. (The housing is fairly easy to turn with the wrench until it suddenly becomes hard to tighten any further. Stop at once - if you add a bit of extra ''umf' (which is tempting) it will be too tight!. Preferably use a torque wrench)

And the housing seems to tighten up with time since it was last removed. It has very large diameter aluminium threads - not much smaller than the overall diameter of the housing. If they are not driven accurately (ie square rather than a bit tilted) they will bind up and be difficult to unscrew. The slots and lugs ensure that the drive is from close to the thread position and 'square'.

I think that the six slot wrenches and four slot ones have exactly the same dimensions and one will not fit better than the other. The six slot one will fit in two positions - the four slot one in only one orientation. But IMHO you must have slots!

[johnatg]

PS - it's true that the IS250 workshop manual specifies the slotless wrench you've got. But why does the housing incorporate lugs which the wrench doesn't use?

I wonder if the tech writers had ever tried to remove an overtightened filter housing..? Mind you, they also specify a particular torque setting - which implies use of a torque wrench - always follow all of the manual!

Wrenches with slots are regularly advertised on eBay.

[Verbout]

I have the wrench in the third photo, you need the slots to engage the lugs, to take the housing off, to get to the filter.

The first photo you show looks like it's for a canister type oil filter.

[TigerFish]

Looking at various pictures of the housing, they both look like they should work, the lugged one just looks like goes further over to reach the lugs, but both should work.

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[Joey-is250]

Called into main dealers today and he looking into getting the one with the slots for me monday.