Reddit reviews TOYOTA Genuine Parts - Cap Assy, Oil Filter (15620-31060)

> 2015 4runner SR5.

if you havent already....for the love of god do yourself/your friend who does your oil changes afavor and buy the metal housing

you will thank me when it never wears out in the future. or has a risk of cracking

😂 that shit is HEAVY duty

I had a free oil change left with Toyota, and I had completely forgotten to mention the plates or that they’re heavy af... the tech greatly underestimated the weight and unbolted the front plate onto himself lol. Apparently, everyone in the shop laughed at him. Poor guy. I don’t too feel bad, because he over-tightened the filter housing and drain plug until they were rounded. Which leads me to my next tip. Swap the plastic housing for an aluminum one, and the plug for a Fumoto drain valve. You don’t want to be fucking with either of those stock shits with how little room you have now. Otherwise, you’ll risk having to remove the two front plates every oil change. You can reach the housing with an extension on a filter fitting, but the plug is awful to get to when it’s not over-torqued and impossible to get leverage on when it is. When it’s stubborn or too tight, you’ll have to take the first and second plates off. If you get oil from the filter onto the plate and don’t want it to end up smelling like burnt oil, you’ll have to remove the first one and wash it. That got old after only the first or second time I had to do it.


Here is the Fumoto valve. Buy the correct sized tubing, clip, and nipple end cap that aren’t included, but should be.

This is the filter housing. You’ll need to reuse the tube and plug from the plastic housing.

Skip the plastic doodad that comes with every oil filter. Cut this down to an appropriate length, and you’re set

According to Amazon, it's almost $24. That $60 almost paid for itself already.