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Oil type in your 1st gen's???

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by BislandTaco, Jan 24, 2017.

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  1. Jan 24, 2017 at 9:50 PM
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    5w40 is. Only difference between the two is 0w flows better from cold
     
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  2. Jan 24, 2017 at 10:03 PM
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    little more too it than just that. But too tired to explain
     
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  3. Jan 25, 2017 at 12:48 AM
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    I run Napa 5W30 and Toyota filters

    Around 5.5 quarts

    Both get changed about every 3000 miles
     
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  4. Jan 25, 2017 at 3:33 AM
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    Whoosh.... Point is, why do people say only run 5w-30? Or 10w-30? And Mobil 1 5w-30 breaks down too quickly? Hahahaha. Spend some time at bitog.com or have your 'broken down Mobil 1 5w-30' analyzed. It may run out of TBN at 9k-10k miles. It's likely not many of you are running it that long. Maybe clay meant 5w-30 Mobil 1 tends to run on the thinner side of the viscosity scale compared to other 5w-30's? I had my Mobil 1 0w-40 analyzed from my oil change with 7k miles just a few days ago. Wear metals were excellent and there was still TBN left. I could've gone another 1k-2k and been just fine. Engine has 190k. Please spend some time reading and learning the why's and how's on engine oil. The beauty of it is that it isn't rocket science. Bobistheoilguy.com is an amazing resource.

    Edit: corrected my shallow, closed minded, guarantee of nobody running their oil 10k. Thanks 98tacoma.
     
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    cruiserguy, Jan 25, 2017
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  5. Jan 25, 2017 at 7:43 AM
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    Why do people put oil in there engines that the engineers at toyota who designed the whole motor tell you not to use, sorry but im almost positive that they know 10x more about how our engines work than anyone online and they say use 5w-30 or 10w-30. Use what they say and dont start crap about it.
     
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  6. Jan 25, 2017 at 8:38 AM
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    I could not agree with you more!
     
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  7. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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    A page from the FSM for a Land Cruiser Prado (4Runner) from outside of the US with the 3RZ. I'm only trying to help people think about it logically. It's okay to improve or modify suspension components Toyota engineers used in the design but taboo to upgrade to a better oil than they originally put in?
     

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  8. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:21 AM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    I run Mobil 1 over 20k (basically yearly change) on 4.7 V8 with over 260k miles without issues.
     
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  9. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:26 AM
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    How do I post the image instead of a link? First time that's happened to me.
     
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  10. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:27 AM
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    20k on the oil before you change it? Is it the EP Mobil 1? Ever had an analysis done? That's got to be getting close to the end of the TBN.
     
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  11. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:32 AM
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    And by the way everyone, I'm not saying to not run the 5w-30 or the 10w-30. All I'm saying is there are other recommendations on oil weight from Toyota in other parts of the world that don't have CAFE standards implemented on them as we do here. So if someone says I run 0w-30 or 15w-50, Toyota does in fact recommend those weights outside of the US. No need to bag on someone if they follow a recommendation on oil weight by Toyota for these engines outside of the US.
     
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  12. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:48 AM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    I did years ago. I'll see if I can locate it. It had over 30k on that run. Not sure about the EP but I'll check tonight.
     
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  13. Jan 25, 2017 at 9:50 AM
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    Hory chet. I hope you find it. I gotta see this. :D
     
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  14. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:02 AM
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    And my comment was to the 0w40 in the 3.4 which based on your link is never recommended by toyota so what point did i miss?
     
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  15. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM
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    Oil threads are the worst :rolleyes:
     
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  16. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:09 AM
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    Agreed haha time to just watch now
     
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  17. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:14 AM
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    Nada man, nada. It's all good. I was only trying to help out by sharing info, clear up some misunderstanding. No worries.
     
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  18. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:20 AM
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    Up until my last oil change I've used Mobil 1 synthetic 5w-30. Many times the extended performance. In 2010 I sent a sample of oil in with 5,500 miles on it and was told I could take it to 6,500 - 7,500 miles. My last oil change I switched to Red Line 5w-30. After about 5,000 miles I will change it and send it in to be analyzed.

    I should add that I originally used the extended performance Fram oil filters during that first oil sample. Several years ago I switched to K&N oil filters and the sample I took this last summer came back better then when I was using the Fram filter. I didn't get the TBN analyzes done so I don't know how many more miles of life the oil had left in it. I will be getting the TBN done when I send in the Red Line sample.

    Perhaps a separate thread should be started where everyone posts up their oil analyzes so everyone can compare REAL numbers.
     
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  19. Jan 25, 2017 at 10:21 AM
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    If you're even asking about oil you probably care about your vehicle more than 90% of drivers and have nothing to worry about because it likely gets changed on time or too soon.

    The people who really need to worry about the "best" oil are the ones who don't give a damn about their cars. Funny how that works!
     
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    Good idea but it's completely subjective to many factors such as driving habits and climate so it wouldn't stand for much in the realm of science.
     
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