Ended up with two different chain wrenches and one strap wrench, it's surprising just how many well designed engines they've buried the oil filter in a position with pipes and cables likely to be snagged by the filter removal tool, to be honest the siting of these oil filters does annoy me on our Toyota 3.0 litre Diesels, for such a well made car the one item you swap out at least once a year should have been better sited with more room to get a tool around.
Our Forester has something i've not seen for many years, an oil filter on the outside of the automatic gearbox, that's been on since 2008, supposed to last near enough forever, thankfully it's one of the best sited filters i've ever seen which is just as well as when i do swap it out suspect it will be stuck fast, crush under the pressure and end up being chiselled off.
Our Forester has something i've not seen for many years, an oil filter on the outside of the automatic gearbox, that's been on since 2008, supposed to last near enough forever, thankfully it's one of the best sited filters i've ever seen which is just as well as when i do swap it out suspect it will be stuck fast, crush under the pressure and end up being chiselled off.