It is a cap style wrench.
Toyota corolla oil filter cap stuck.
You use it to break the cover free turn it out four turns and then line up the ribs on the cover vertically that lines up a groove so you can drain the oil out of the plastic cap.
If this happens and an oil filter with another gasket is installed on.
Car has been running fine until this happened yesterday.
I suddenly lost all the oil from my toyota corolla 1998.
Changing the oil in my 2001 toyota tacoma and the oil filter was severly stuck.
The cap and dipstick are secure.
Start date jul 29 2018.
Only add oil if it is low.
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1996 toyota corolla stuck oil filter.
Level should always be between the min and max marks on the dip stick.
While trying to remove it the cap broke off completely and all that is left is the threaded part of the oil filter still threaded into the motor mount area.
Regarding the choice of oil filter wrenches in my personal and limited experience i ve found that the cap style oil filter wrench which failed for you has also often failed for.
Maybe i misunderstood your last post loobyloo30 but you don t need to remove the oil cap to check the oil level just check it on the dip stick.
It is possible that during the last oil change the oil filter gasket stuck to the oil filter mounting boss.
Too much oil in an engine is as bad as too little.