[StealthWyvern]

I'm currently in the process of looking for a oil spin on filter conversion for my friends 2010 Camry hybrid and am unable to find one. Personally I'm not looking at doing this for savings on oil change but more of peace of mind. I did it on my girls 04 mazda 6i due to the garbage idea of using a plastic cartridge housing. They are designed to fail even with bmw, yota, ect. Plastic is known to get brittle and crack with age!

We almost lost the motor in my girls 6i due to the plastic cartridge housing cracking after 4-6 years. I forget when it actually happened but thankfully I checked the oil on her car. it only leaked oil when the system was under pressure and the tray under the car was catching the oil so their was no oil leak on the driveway.

Personally I'd spend the 80 or so bucks or however much it cost to do a conversion to prevent from having to change the motor due to oil starvation. Oil change places love to over tighten these puppies and they develop cracks sooner or later. At the time the cartridge housing was 60 bucks for my girls car and the conversion was 40 bucks, so it ended up costing me more money by not doing it. That’s not even counting the difference of price when doing a oil change. So I guess it depends on how you want to look at it.

NOTE: i did find another thread but it was on a corolla but having trouble finding a camry related thread even with the search on this site. If its anything like other forums I've been on im sure its garbage as well.

 

[MrBill700]

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Why not just purchase a second "back-up" oil filter cap?
They are plastic and will fail, but even if you replaced it with a new one every year or two, you wouldn't be spending 80$ for a conversion. I drive a mazda3 with the cartridge type oil filter and have a second cap for back up if and when this one fails. I will probably be changing it out and purchasing another back-up cap. It seems simpler and I use less metal than a normal screw on oil filter.

 

[StealthWyvern]

Why not just purchase a second "back-up" oil filter cap?
They are plastic and will fail, but even if you replaced it with a new one every year or two, you wouldn't be spending 80$ for a conversion. I drive a mazda3 with the cartridge type oil filter and have a second cap for back up if and when this one fails. I will probably be changing it out and purchasing another back-up cap. It seems simpler and I use less metal than a normal screw on oil filter.

Sorry for the late response but I haven't done that because that doesn't fix a design flaw in my eyes. I also just prefer the good old spin on filter thats not prone to crack and possibly leak all your oil all over the road, possibly causing you to have to replace the engine due to oil starvaion.

 

[lncshib]

2010 TCH already uses spin-on oil type filters. The 2010 Camry SE V6 does use the cartridge type, are you sure it's the right car?

 

[Ron AKA]

I agree with your concerns about the cartridge filter and plastic housing. I have a 2006 Mazda 3 with the 2.3L engine. It has the same arrangement. However, it is a relatively easy fix. The 2.0L engine on the Mazda (and Fords using the same engine) has an adapter piece that fits onto the block and allows the use of a spin on filter. So all you have to do is buy that piece from Mazda or Ford and install it on the 2.3L engine. It allows the use of a much larger filter. It seems surprising that the larger and more expensive engine uses the goofy small cartridge filter, and the smaller engine uses an additional part (more expensive) to allow the use of a spin on. But, that is the way they built them...

Agree with the comment that a 2010 TCH should already have a spin on (Fram PH4386 for example). The 2012 Hybrid however does have the goofy cartridge type, and I am also interested to know if there is some way to convert it.

For those that have access to the Toyota parts details, is it possible that the 2AZ-FXE engine has an adapter piece that allows the use of the spin on filter? And, that adapter piece might fit the newer 2012 2AR-FXE engine? If so, the same trick that works on the Mazda may work on the Toyota...

 

[habu968]

I am another that would prefer the spin on filter if I can get it to work.