I had to look-up what you meant by canister oil filters. ...I'm poor and only have older Toyota's with the conventional screw-on type oil filters 😊. When looking it up, I came across a company called Baxter Performance that makes an adapter to change back to the screw-on type oil filters, so it is possible to convert back to the screw-on oil filter type if you want. Sounds like the main benefit (other than being less messy to change), is that there is no oil back-flow preventer built into the newer canister type housing (or so the video that I saw said so), so if you convert back to the screw-on oil filter type via the product from Baxter Performance, you can then use conventional type screw-on oil filters that do have a back-flow preventer.
It's not cheap, but here's the link:
Toyota TS-501-BK Cartridge to Spin-on Adapter (Universal) - Baxter Performance
The canister type oil filters remind me of a miniature version of what my mom's old 1982 Mercedes 300D used, except Mercedes was kind enough to mount it upward and accessible from above the engine bay, so you could pull it out from above and catch all the draining oil in a large coffee can or bucket... rather drip down al over your wrist and hope most of it ends up in your drain pan. 😳
Anyway, just thought I'd share what I found online. Cheers!!!
-Steve G-
