What oil brand do you use for your 3rd gen??

I believe you and will stick to the dealers oil change intervals. I'm listening that is why I'm picking your brain.So you wouldn't even do the first oil change a little sooner because of fine metallics in the oil from partially breaking a new motor in.Or are they already broken in from factory?You guys might possibly get sick of me yet but i have a lot of questions to ask LOL.

 

High mileage synthetic oil made in Germany

https://products.liqui-moly.com/special-tec-aa-0w-20-4.html

 

By the way I like your TACOMA gray is the color i wanted but had to settle for black.

 

All engines are ran, flushed and refilled before installation. They build a Tacoma at a rate of about one a minute ( single shift) so they have their stuff together. This is not 1970 anymore nor is it a purpose built race engine. They build an engine per minute for just the Tacoma. Think about it. No, I'm not worried a bit about break in metal shavings. Plus, I have seen several sample results of the first 10K mile oil analysis. No elevated wear metals found.

 

Right on I'm absorbing your knowledge.lol. Sorry I'm still in the stone age with motors.

 

I could ask you questions all night long because I think you know your TACOMAS but I don't want to bore the crap out of you.LOL

 

@hiPSI is right. But please understand this is NOT a Tacoma phenomenon, nor Toyota. All mass produced modern vehicles follow a similar model/mold in terms of engine production, pre distribution break in and extended OCIs with quality oil.

Several models have come with synthetic from the factory for a number of years now. It is in the last 5-10 years the plebian masses have begun that too.

And that's the category that Toyota has relegated themselves too since killing the Supra and MR2. But it's where the masses buy and the money is made, so it's a reasonable business decision.

 

Some of you guys are really smart with this stuff I really appreciate everybody's patience with me. I'm a newbie dumb dumb. LOL. Thank you for your help sir.

 

I can only dream of having the knowledge that you guys have someday.

 

Quaker State Ultimate Durability 0W-20 Dexos Full Synthetic Motor Oil, 5 qt
$19.97

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Quaker-S...Dexos-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-qt/196267502

 

whatever brand says 0w20

 

You live in Winterpeg. Read the owners manual and decide if you should use severe service intervals which I believe are 8000km. I do 8000 km because I work 7km from home and barely reach full operating temps in summer and in winter I am lucky to get past 160deg coolant temp.

I do what makes sense to me. You can spend your money sending in your oil for analysis, you can switch to your own brand of oil, do dealer oil changes or whatever you want. Fact is some of the responses you will get on this topic from strangers on the internet are from extremely intelligent people and some aren’t qualified to cut your grass. You need to listen to everyone and try to figure out who to listen to and who to ignore. I look at it this way, I have only one engine in my truck. The cost of replacement is much higher than the added cost of increased oil changes. My resale showing all of those 8000km oil changes will be better / sell quicker. Which would you buy a truck with all of its oil analysis reports (changes at 16000km / 10000mi) or one that had all of the oil changes done at 8000km / 5000mi?

Now I have a catastrophic failure in my truck. I have receipts on top of receipts for service. Can Toyota reasonably deny my claim? I have a history of exemplary service. If they do I have a pretty good foundation if I need to sue them (not that I expect it to come to that).

 

I saw that number quoted by Mike Sweers (head engineering for Taco/Tundra) but I don't remember the context but I recall it being vague. While seeing if I could find that video again, I ran into this article:

http://www.trucktrend.com/how-to/project-trucks/1705-million-mile-tundra-the-tear-down/

"“We remeasured the head, the block, and cams in our lab,” said Connie Roberts, Toyota quality manager. “Nothing was abnormal. It wasn’t within specifications, but after a million miles it isn’t going to be. The biggest surprise to me was the bearings. They are probably the cleanest I’ve ever seen come out of an engine.”
After examining the parts, measuring them against specs and testing the engine on the dyno, the team was pleasantly happy to discover as it sits, the engine would have scored a 99/100 on their quality tests—high enough to pass it as a good engine"

Obviously there aren't units around 99/100 either. Perhaps it means a ton if you work in Toyota's quality team. And what is a good engine anyway?

Important note, that Tundra had the 4.7L V8.

 

Oil threads

 

Mobil 1 synthetic every 5k miles

OEM filters

Everyone use what you want... just change it at recommended intervals

 

I would way rather take the oil analysis haha

 

Still considering this for my next OC

http://www.millersoils.co.uk/products/xf-longlife-0w20/667

 

Arizona is a dirty, dusty place. I just change it when it looks dirty. I never get past 5k or 6k miles.

 

Royal purple oil. Toyota filters.

 

Toyota oil & filter. I do it myself & record the mileage on the parts receipt. That way if I have a powertrain issue it cant be denied due to improper oil/filter used.