New style oil drain plug crush washer?? ⁹

[TMLifer]

If you get a real skid plate is the Futomo valve covered by the skid? I don't like the end of it just hanging down there.

There are skid plates designed with a removable access panel to access the oil pan drain and filter without having to remove skid plate. For example, here's a skid plate with access: https://millercat.com/products/toyo...j9-EghD_LNVodVC1RkxO4V1pd1bHQqBn9PNWYzNwkG2x6

I have a Toyota TRD skid plate installed (which unfortunately is a solid plate and doesn't have an access). I don't have an oil drain valve installed. With my skid plate, I will have to remove my skid plate to get to the drain plug and oil filter.

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[Wahoo]

FWIW, the blue crush washers are metal (aluminum or aluminum alloy of some sort). The blue is a sealing coating. It could be the new/different ones are the same but with a different color coating. I suppose you could saw one in half and see if that’s the case.

 

[Kickin716]

The typical bluish crush washers that I usually purchase from my local Toyota dealership parts department is what I use.

Did you order online from Amazon or a third-party Web site or did you buy from your local Toyota dealership parts department and were given those rubber ones? I'd be skeptical if you ordered online and got the rubber ones. But if you purchased from the local Toyota dealer parts department, then I'd say maybe those are an OEM equivalent part.

The other thing to note is typically when you buy genuine Toyota OEM parts the plastic packaging has the Toyota part label on it with the part number. Did the packaging have the Toyota label with part number?

I'm down to my last traditional blue crush washer in my supplies. So I'll be purchasing more from my local Toyota dealer soon. I guess I'll find out soon if Toyota decided to switch to the rubber style crush washer.

I bought these directly from the Toyota dealer when I bought my oil filters. I questioned why they weren't blue and I was told that these were the new style crush washers. I have one on there right now and it's doing fine.

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