First Oil Change: Installed FUMOTO Drain Valve and Aluminum Oil Filter Housing

Just sharing some pics and experience of my DIY first oil change on my XSE V6 at 3000km, including installation of a FUMOTO drain valve and OEM TOYOTA aluminum oil filter assembly.

Hopefully this helps others on here who are like me and prefer to DIY. My last vehicle was a 4th gen 4Runner V6 that never saw the inside of a dealership service bay and never left me stranded. Sold at 385,000km with all original engine internals.

Just a quick tip, for the engine cover panel removal, it's 3 short plastic clips in the middle of the panel, and 1 longer plastic clip at the rear of the panel, and two 10mm bolts securing the front. One bolt is clearly visible and the other is accessed through a service hole in the cross member. This hole is very obvious so you can't miss it.


I changed the drain plug to a FUMOTO F133N quick drain valve to make future oil changes easier. This is their new design with larger opening and drains twice as fast as the older models. It also has a nipple on the end to attach 3/8" tubing to reduce mess. Comes with safety clip for the release lever. Hand tighten then use a crescent wrench or similar tool to tighten the main body until snug. Torque spec is 15 ft-lb. They recommend not using a socket on the nipple base as it may strip. Once installed it sits higher than the bottom of the oil pan. The drain hole is on the back of the pan and angled so this helped in my decision to go with the Fumoto.

Just a word of caution when I removed the OEM drain plug the crush washer was stuck to the pan. Pretty common with new Toyotas. This could be catastrophic if left there and a new washer is put under it. I just tapped it gently with a flat screwdriver, making sure not to contact with the pan, and it popped right off.

The OEM paper filter is nothing special, I think any common brand will do unless you're planning crazy extended oil change intervals. I'm using WIX 57047 , got 3 of them for a good price from Rockauto while buying a few other items for my RDX.

Third pic below shows the OEM filter with metallic debris in the pleats. Nothing too concerning here , it's normal leftover stuff from machining, assembly and break-in period. There's a larger piece in the center and several shiny dots to the left of it. Almost every pleat had some of these metallic bits of various sizes. So the filter is doing its job by catching these bits. The question is how much more of these are floating around in the engine before being caught? I'll check the pleats again on the next oil change.

To future proof oil changes I upgraded from the plastic oil filter housing to the OEM aluminum housing.

TOYOTA Part # 156020-31060

I've read too many reports of stripped threads and broken tabs on the plastic housing , for $41.88 CAD it's cheap insurance. Just had to re-use the bottom drain cap from the old housing, since it's a separate part and not included with the new housing.

This cartridge system is the same one used on various Toyota and Lexus engines, the only difference being the length of the perforated tube inside the housing. I believe there's 3 lengths used by Toyota. I'm happy to report the aluminum housing comes with the correct length tube for our V6 engine. On 4Runners and Tacomas, owners have to swap out the tube with their longer stock tube.