WIX Oil Filter is Shorter than OEM

[meatloaf]

Stopped by Oreilly's and I picked up a WIX oil filter for my wife's 08 4-runner and it is about 1" shorter than the oem filter... Any potential problems with this?

TIA,
ML

 

[hayesvegas]

i would wait for a second opinion but i've been told it doesn't really matter. it has more to do with the microns? of filtration within the filter.

 

[4x4CPOSEADOG]

Stopped by Oreilly's and I picked up a WIX oil filter for my wife's 08 4-runner and it is about 1" shorter than the oem filter... Any potential problems with this?

TIA,
ML

Do you have the part number by chance of the Wix filter?

 

[liljlandon]

Pretty common. Issue with part store filters, common uupgrade to use a 4.0 filter on a 3.4 block to get .5 extra oil capacity. Doesnt work with wix filters because they are the same part number for both engines.

 

["that guy"]

Stopped by Oreilly's and I picked up a WIX oil filter for my wife's 08 4-runner and it is about 1" shorter than the oem filter... Any potential problems with this?

TIA,
ML

I use both the Wix and Toyota brands on my Tacoma (depending on whatever I grab). I've never noticed a difference. I think Wix might be made by Bosch?

I'm at 150k on the 3.4l. I use the filters with Mobil 1 synthetic and "Restore" oil additive in 6 cylinder motor size. Adding those two together is almost the exact amount of recommended oil for the 3.4l so it makes for an easy oil change. I think I used a Napa? filter once and it was nice because it had a gripper shell which was easier to yank off the motor during the oil change.