How to change your Engine oil and filter for Toyota Lexus Scion

A Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician explains how to change your engine oil and Filter for various Toyota, Lexus and Scion models.

Welcome to a brand new series on my Channel on How to maintain your Toyota the DIY edition. In this series I will go over all the commonly needed Toyota maintenance so you can do it yourself the right way.

Find the informational How to maintain your Toyota series here:

In the first part of this series I will show you how to replace your engine oil and engine oil filter. Possibly one of the easiest and most important maintenance on any Toyota. Do this maintenance on time and you will prevent a lot of problems including oil consumption or oil burning.

This guide applies to all Toyota models including those with a canister style oil filter and spin on oil filter. Some tips, tricks and methods we've developed to help Junior Toyota mechanics perform these services everyday at the Toyota dealership where I work. This video includes the same training new Toyota technicians recieve when they start their employment at a Toyota dealership.

Tools needed :
14mm wrench
Torque wrench
drain pan
canister style oil filter wrench
3/8" ratchet for the filter wrench.
pocket screw driver or small flat head screw driver
funnel

Special Tools used in this video :
Toyota Original Oil filter wrench
09228-06500-02

Questions? Comment or email please note that it takes me sometime to get back to you via email but I always will in the end.

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0:00 Intro
1:05 Overview
2:57 Starting
4:20 Draining Oil and Filter
7:07 Canister Filter Prep
9:36 Installation
12:30 Oil Information
15:31 Oil Cap Gasket
16:25 Maintenance Light Reset

[anwalt]

I've changed the oil on my cars for more than 50 years. I taught my wife soon after we married, and she was religious about doing so on her own car which she herself maintained for over 15 years. She did the neatest, cleanest oil changes I'd ever seen -- never spilled a drop, and somehow, she never got dirty, either. Even better, this got her accustomed to looking around under the hood, and she wanted to know what the other parts were too. She immediately noticed anything amiss and was even able to fix some things herself, like a cracked hose causing a vacuum leak. I strongly encourage women to learn this type of job. A great confidence builder. My wife became much more informed about cars starting in this way.

[YukonHawk]

You are by far the best mechanic I have seen on YouTube. Thank you for all that you do.

[James-bvnu]

Nice!
Where was this video when I was changing oil for the first time as a teenager, 50 years ago.

[jamespeek]

Been changing oil forever and still learned something new. Gotta love AMD...

[pnojazz]

Thx for this! No more $99 synthetic oil changes!❤

[gpaje]

This is why I do my own oil changes, even on new vehicles, because as he mentioned, jr techs (who are assigned oil changes) forgetting to put oil back in the car. Happens more than you know, I rather not pay someone to mess up my car.

[Hairitage]

I’m so grateful for your channel and that I found this video!! I’m a widow and am seriously considering learning how to do this to save money!!

[tndeere]

Great info.I'm 54 years old done almost all my all changes my whole life and did'nt know the oil cap had gasket you could change. Never to old to learn

[TheTruthSeeker]

Nice and calm, unlike Scotty. I got sick of his “why this is my last” click bait videos

[moshet]

I appreciate the fact that you said to use any oil you like. It drives me up the wall when people say only use OEM oil like there is something special about it.

[N]

FWIW, I've been using the same oil plug gasket for the last 70, 000 miles. No leaks. If you cut off the top of a quart oil bottle or 2 liter soda bottle, it makes a nice funnel for adding in the new oil without spilling any. The idea of putting the oil filler cap on the hood latch is great, as is the advice of tightening things to spec (after a few oil changes, you'll not even need the torque wrench any more). Great video, Car Care Nut!

[distructzero]

The CCN is obviously a very skilled A+ Toyota mechanic. What I like even more about him is he explains things in a calm common sense way for DIYers.
There is never a hint of him being condescending or showing an ego that a lot of mechanics with his skill level would have.
He'll also be honest about repairs / maintenance on Toyotas of where you should draw the line as a DIYer of what you can do and when to leave a job up to the professionals.
I have a tacoma, a Highlander and a Rav4, and have learned watching these videos how I can confidently do many maintenance tasks on these vehicles on my own.

[thepunspecialist]

Thanks for sharing your time and experience with us! May God bless you for your caring heart!

[DriveChill]

I literally looked all over YouTube for such a video. It's like you read my mind!

[bwest-yquc]

I miss the spin on filters on the V6 engine. Much easier to change my oil.
I learn something each time I visit this channel. Great job. Thanks again.

[sctony]

Love the tip of putting oil filler cap by the hood latch.

[autumnwindassociates]

Great video, as always, by CCNut...but it needed a caution about brake fluid toxicity--it wrecks motor oil for recycling if it's mixed in to it, and it's death in the environment. Be sure to get that old brake fluid in a separate container and then take it to a recycler for proper processing, please!

[brkbtjunkie]

According to the lead engineer that designed the Nissan GTR engine, he does oil changes every 1000-2000 miles. Since then I’ve increased the frequency that I change oil in my vehicles. Oil is cheap, engines aren’t.

[christopherm]

Do not forget to check for leaks and oil pressure after startup. It can happen to anyone, but especially if you're not experienced. Gaskets can be bad, faulty encased filters and improperly tightened oil plugs, etc. I did this work for 5.5 years and have seen it all, especially on used cars that others had touched before me.

[earlbaker]

I am saving this video. Thank you for showing me how to turn off the maintenance light !!