TRD oil filter officially discontinued by Toyota?

I have been told from a local Toyota dealer that Toyota has officially discontinued PTR4300079 and if people are able to order it’s only remaining stock they have.

Does anyone know if Toyota will be offering a new premium oil filter?

I know the standard oil filter is just fine but I like the idea of a better sealing, less restricted premium oil filter. Thanks if anyone knows. I know Amsoil makes one but it’s similar in style to the one which Toyota has discontinued and I wonder now for what reason they discontinued, maybe this design is no longer seen by Toyota as properly filtering the oil? Or maybe it just didn’t sell well?

 

Buy the Amsoil. They made the TRD filter.

 

I wonder if they were discontinued because of a design flaw by Toyota? Assuming not. Not that they would officially admit this. I’ve used the Amsoil one which used to be made in USA but I’ve noticed the last two I ordered have said made in Mexico . Also noticed the black sealing adhesive covering up some of the slots that the oil is supposed to flow through with the Mexico made ones. Sad they changed the country of manufacture.

 

Most likely it was a disagreement about money i.e. Amsoil wanted a higher dollar amount for each filter and Toyota refused.

 

I’m thinking it just didn’t sell. People will buy Toyota oil just because it says Toyota but they won’t spend more on a better filter.

 

Is it really that much better? Like more than $35 better than this? Show me the proof.

 

Can’t be 35$ better at 3-5k interval changes.

 

I mean people fap over the Toyota branded oil because they think it’s better. MoRe MoLy

 

+1.


Also consider when it comes to any kind of filter, in general "better flow" and "better filtering" are mutually exclusive. Unless the engine had some known oil starvation issues (which it doesn't), I wouldn't give up filtering ability to get more flow just for bragging rights. Especially if these are the same people changing oil every 1000 miles because they are afraid the engine wont last

 

This, I will stick to paying $7 for OE filters from my local dealer. They even throw in free drain plug gaskets for me.

 

Interesting test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcfBG9yUmg

I realize he's testing cannister filters, but it shows Toyota filters are good to go.

 

I have never used them, I get filters that are rated to at least 15k. Works fine

 

actually seems to indicate the Toyota filter did the least filtering. It just flowed better..

I’m kinda dissapointed because then I owned my Taco everybody on Tacomaworld raved about the OEM being the best, so that’s what I used. Before the Taco I tended to use mostly Bosch and Mobil1

 

^Does anybody know the opening pressure of the bypass valve in the 1GR filter cap? Greater filtering efficiency is wasted and even counterproductive if the higher pressure buildup causes the bypass valve to open more often.

 

Nah, zero interest in this information. Doesn't matter

 

Right. The engineers have that all figured out to work with the OEM filter. Which is why I'll spend the $7.

 

Lol ok