Not another oil thread

My tire pressures are displayed on the mini display in the dash cluster. However, I seem to air down/up often enough between 5k mile tire rotations, I have that well under control.

 

o maaaannnnn......

The Q-tips are gonna run wild. Already have one on deck....or in tank.

 

I got the 100k mile warranty. I'll start checking the oil after that

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2c161VNkpA

 

Say once a month, definitely before a trip...

 

Toyota says that's normal.

 

The blistering? Are you certain?

 

Wow...... if you're rubbing fast and hard enough to cause blisters.......

 

Should i be using 0w-20 as lube instead?

 

Guys please get back on topic, enough derailing here. OP I change my oil every time I drive, about 7 times a week. What big engine company doesn't want you to know is that oil that has been used, even for a few hours, is contaminated. You can never be too careful, i know a guys friend of a man girl that had his engine cause his blinker fluid to get cross contaminated with said contaminated oil and his blinkers never worked again... even after replacing the entire third brake light.

 

After a rotate my dash check doesn't show up. I would check TP all the time but now I scroll through and it doesn't show. I hit the reset button
for it thinking that would do it but it just kinda went away.

 

Yeah, sometimes it take a while for mine but shows up after a while after hitting the reset button. Sometimes it's really quick - a few miles of driving, other times a little longer but always shows up.

 

if you follow q-tips you should be filtering that oil every week man. i use a brita but a berkey would be nice

 

I got "people" to do that kind of peasant labor for me...

But seriously folks, I check once a week since it is a new truck and I am always looking at stuff on it and looking at upgrades.

 

every month or few months because I don't drive it often and it doesn't burn oil

 

This is the way.

Good habit to have and if you miss one its no big deal.

Vehicles can start to suddenly use/lose oil, best to have a schedule that is frequent enough to catch it, but no need to go q-tip....I mean crazy....on it. When filling up there is usually time to do so, and its not like you are doing anything else.

 

Hardly ever.

3.5L is a lot of things but oil consumer it isn't. Once every month maybe or before a cross state trip, but lately not much long driving.

 

i usually get gas at costco and if im not pulling the pump off the second its done im getting angry stares

 

ha!

Treat them like tailgaters, slow down. I do believe the FIRST click would be better then the fastest one, would hate to put that fuel in too fast...

 

Well, it depends. If I go somewhere I could have did some damage, I check it after the trail. If I stay on highway and historically the truck does not use or leak oil, I check it every few months.
However, after reading other threads, it seems there are some dumbasses that check their oil every 20 minutes.