How often do you change your truck's fluids?

Thanks Zeke- Where does one get their oil analyzed?

 

You can just google it. Tons of companies that do it. They send you the kit for free and you just ship it back to them and pay. After they test it, they email or mail you the results.
Here are a couple (first link seems to be popular):
https://www.blackstone-labs.com/?session-id=ontbq2iy4n34sobrvm02vrby&timeout=20&bslauth&urlbase=https://www.blackstone-labs.net/Bstone/(S(ontbq2iy4n34sobrvm02vrby))/
https://www.oaitesting.com/index.aspx

Here is an example of a result from the first link here on TW (not mine):
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/40k-mile-oil-analysis-blackstone.629653/
They didn't pay for the TBN (which is a more detailed analysis)

 

Roast Beef.

 

I did the 01 4.7 tundra maintenance of those items when towing....
Oil change/filter 5k miles
Auto transmission 15k miles
Transfer case 30k miles
Differentials 30k miles.
All u-joints and carrier...once a year
Recently sold the truck with a 292k miles and change, entire powertrain still worked perfectly.

 

A buddy of mine has a 2000 Toyota. It has nearly 700,000 miles on it. Manual trans just gave out. He has a 2nd one that has almost 600,000 miles on it.
He among others I know are why I chose a Toyota truck this time.

 

If you cringe at 10k then don’t buy a German car with their 20k oil changes

 

I won't Joe!

 

Yes, but that's with special oil. Unless you are somewhere besides the US, they don't sell those oil in a regular auto store. You have to go to a dealership to buy them which costs around $70 (at least for a BMW).

Funny story:
When I was in England for a few months and drove a rental, I asked them if I need to take it back for an oil change (since I was driving a lot). They looked at me like I was stupid and asked if I owned a car before. I was 22 yrs old at the time so made sense on why they asked, but I was pretty embarrassed... should've looked at the damn manual first.

 

This is why I feel maintenance is some what moot if I compare to my old F250

Oil change/filter 10k miles
Auto transmission 100k miles
Transfer case 150k miles
Differentials 100k miles.
All u-joints and carrier...pretty much never

Recently sold the truck with a 257k miles and change, entire powertrain still worked perfectly.

Its not actually its just heavier at 05w-40, no different than buying Toyota branded oil

 

I will probably look into that. If I can just get a 10w-40 and change it every 15-20k instead of 5-10k, that would be great. Just have to figure out if the oil filter will last long enough for that. Don't want tiny paper filter floating around.

 

Sorry its 5-40w and Audi recommends "Castrol EDGE® Professional," I'm sure each brand has a recommended oil manufacturer.

You probably could though, not sure how the engine would respond to the heavier oil, if anything 5-40 is a better operating range for heat but idk.

 

I did my rear dif, tranny and transfer case at about 75k miles. Still on factory coolant, power steering and brake fluid.

 

I use Castrol Edge for my Acura, but not the Professional version. I will try it out. My Tacoma actually needs an oil change when I get it back from the shop (installing BAMF hangers and didn't want to sit there drilling out rivets for a whole day).
I will send my current oil to blacklab to get a baseline and will use Castrol edge professional and OEM filter. Will push out to 15k and get it tested and see if I can push it out to 20k.
Pretty curious, not gonna lie. I always found it weird how the US changes their oil so much and thought it was just because we don't have access to the right oil due to the loose standard of what is labeled synthetic compared to other countries.

 

Oil and tire rotation every 5k is my goal.

 

Not necessarily!!!, and if it was it would be the cheapest "blend" under the sun!

 

Never ever would I buy another german car!...learned my lesson...

 

Only when he has to go real real bad...