oil filter removal tool.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Geoff Peace

Thankyou very much for your detailed reply C.T. You say the filter is 64mm. I am given to understand that a 64mm removal tool will not fit and a 65mm. is too large. I have been told that Toyota have made it around 64.5mm. which causes the problem. Have I been told correctly? or will a 64mm. 14 flute tool fit?
Regards Geoff Peace.

My understanding was that when Toyota first started using that filter setup that people could not find standard sockets to fit it (the in between 64 and 65 issue). Since then there are Toyota specific ones, like the ones above, which are likely a fraction between 64 and 65mm.