I would recommend you looking inside the owners manual that shows a pic of the inside of the engine. We have owned 2 Corolla LEs and 1 Camry LE before and currently own a Sienna XLE and Highlander 6 cylinder AWD. I believe off the top of my head as I have been changing my own oil like over 25 years that most likely why you do not see it in plain daylight is that it might be hidden under a silver cowl that has like 10mm bolts you need to unfasten this metal cover on order to get a oil filter wrench on the actual oil filter. By the way, hopefully you are replacing it with a genuine Toyota oil filter as they are relatively inexpensive like $3 to $5 and removal counterclockwise is probably the most difficult part of an oil change, and dumping the dirty oil into a container and cleanup to me is the filthiest part- but hey you saved like at least $10 or more by Doing It Yourself...almost like cutting the grass where I save $30 each time I used by $300 Toro Recycler self-propelled lawnmower and it pays for itself after 10 times.
Hope the Above Info Helps!
