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Originally Posted by josemarie
I also had a problem with the oil filter wrench starting to crush the Toyota oil filter and I was only doing it 3/4 of a turn.
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That's because the Toyota filter will bottom out on the filter seat if it's turned far enough. The O-ring will compress all the way and then the metal ring around the outside of the O-ring will contact the filter seat. Once the oil filter can hits the seat then it really won't turn any more ... that's why it started crushing. You really have to be careful on where you determine the O-ring just starts to make contact with the seat ... then it's 3/4 turn from there. Sometimes with filter designs like this, they call out an actual torque, which is enough to fully compress the sealing O-ring and turn the filter a hair more after the metal can hits the seat.
Look at your old oil filter and you should be able to see where the filter can was hitting the seat.