5k Service

Gotcha. Now I know more what I'll be gett'n myself into. Thx

 

i had the same issue, advised from this forum to remove filter housing very slowly and when the oil started to come out i just let it drain out into a bucket until it stopped then completely removed the filter housing. not much mess.

 

I'm just old fashioned on that first oil change and don't like going beyond 2k or so on it. From then on, I'm totally fine with every 10k or once a year.

 

The 2016's have 10k mile intervals on regular oil? Or is it synthetic only? And if regular I wonder why it's double the 2nd Gen interval. Interesting.

 

People still use regular/non-synthetic oil?

 

I do. I have no need for synthetic. Waste of money for my driving habits/conditions. Maybe I'll switch eventually though, who knows.

 

In my 2010 4Runner, I got a mailer saying that Toyota might opt to use full synthetic in the truck, and I would only have to have the oil changed every 10,000 instead of 5,000. The dealer still changed it every 5,000, though. Not sure if they were or weren't using full synthetic, I just placed my trust in them and everything seemed to work out fine. I guess I will have to trust them for my Tacoma, as well.

 

2016 tacomas come with synthetic and should always use it when changing the oil.

 

All of the vehicles come from Toyota like this now. My 2015 hybrid Camry has the same requirements as well as a buddies recent tundra.

For what it's worth, Europe has been going 10,000 between changes for years. High mileage cars all across that continent.