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Old 12-06-2008, 12:10 AM   #1
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Nippon Oil Filter

Well, a little bit of story first...

my friend bought this 98 Corolla VE 2 months ago. It was a very sweet deal... 2500$ with only 48000km. The body is not in that great shape.. it's bumped, dinged here and there. Anyways... with just 48k km~ Ok, i suspect if it's real or not...
Since we were changing the oil.. i took time to check all the oil level... the air filter and such. It had a denso air filter, brake oil was new, automatic transmission was still red. It also runs like a 48k km car.. It doesn't take any oil either... so i guess it was a good buy ??


alright.... back to topic. The first surprise is that the previous person who did the oil change tighten the freaking drain bolt to hell.. it felt like he did it with an impact gun!! Once taken out, the washer was completely compressed. So finally come the oil filter... From the top of the engine, i thought it was an original oil filter, as i don't know many aftermarket filters that make them in black with white writings....

it had japanese written on it.. so checked it out... NIPPON FILTER?!??! wtf? Is it the same filter as the original Japanese made Denso filter?? This is exactly the same size filter that fits our yaris....
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Old 12-06-2008, 12:26 AM   #2
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most of the non toyota oem filters are not vehicle specific take fram for example they showed for most model years toyota's to use either a 4967 or a 3593 filter, or group7 filters call for a 4477 or a 4610 or a cartridge depending on the model
meanwhile toyota o.e.m uses practically a specific filter for each car off the line...
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Old 12-06-2008, 07:30 AM   #3
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actually no... toyota uses only 3 different oil filters across their entire car models lineup.
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Old 12-06-2008, 09:23 AM   #4
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Looks like the filters that Napa Auto Parts sell thru their Altrom import line. I used Ultra-8/Nippon before I made the switch to Amsoil's Ea oil filter.
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Old 12-06-2008, 11:22 AM   #5
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actually no... toyota uses only 3 different oil filters across their entire car models lineup.
are you meaning o.e.m?
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Old 12-07-2008, 01:58 AM   #6
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Yes. Toyota have 3 different OEM filters for their entire line up.... At least, up untill 2005.
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Yes. Toyota have 3 different OEM filters for their entire line up.... At least, up untill 2005.
there you go... til around that time they had three and now apparently (2009) they are trying to make most models cartridge style filters...
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