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your first question is a good one, my opinion is yes it is a good idea to pour oil into the filter before you spin it on. Its a very easy thing to do and there's no doubt the oil is going to get to the parts that much faster. I usually do in fact do this on cars of mine that had vertical mounted or even horizontal filters. Of course on the other camrys besides yours, the filter points down as you screw it on so - obviously you are not going to bother with doing that cause you just cant.
But if you change oil on a warm engine there should be enough residual oil left on the bearings to protect them for the short time there is no oil pressure. After a change it should take only a few seconds for the oil to reach them, and the drainback valve is supposed to hold the oil in the filter after that - and there's nothing you can do about the slight delay anyway unless you want to spend $200 to buy and install an engine pre-oiler.
2. I think you can get by without the drain plug washer, if you must. Most cars i have owned and/or changed the oil on, did not have any washer at all, not even OEM. But I've also seen more than one drain plug weeping oil, so its a good idea to use the washer just as a general practice. The washer is used on the Camry, so I use them and replace em when they break.
My Camry uses the copper washer. I have also seen a cardboard-material type OEM washer used on my Solara V6. But these are only good for a couple changes before they disintegrate. At which time, just replace it with a copper ditto. I just bought a bunch of the copper washers and change em when they break after being crushed one too many times.
One copper washer is good for several oil changes, i change them when they crack or leak and not before. They will flatten some with use but that is what they are supposed to do anyway, so as long as the copper washer is intact and you don't notice any leaks, the washer is still good for however many changes it will hold up to.
These washers do not have to be anything special or Toyota-only or anything like that: a copper washer from Home Depot is just as good as anybody else's. Plus you can get a handful, which should be a lifetime supply, for a buck or two.
Last edited by marc780; 07-14-2007 at 04:34 PM.
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