Oil change - OR NOT????

I’ve had 4 with over 400k with zero issues. I’m at least 4 for 4. Shit probably just jinxed myself. But truthfully there always gonna be those units that just have the gremlin from day one. But all in all I’d say Toyota has its shit pretty well dialed in. All you engineers are crazy anyway .

 

OP you gotta reset your maintenance light too!

edit: don't forget to rotate your tires!

 

If your OCD Like me then Hell Yes!

 

Haha tell it brother!

 

I AM! Lol

 

change at 10k

my oil wasnt dirty nor had detritus one could see

true the engine will break in after miles accumulated

in fact the hi-way miles will do it

 

do an OA on your oil. I bet you find out that you are fine at 10k miles

 

Many times an engineer's hands are tied by factors such as time, Marketing, Vendor capability, testing, Specification changes.........

I'm an engineer in the consumer goods industry. Sometimes compromises are made or driven outside of the engineer's control.

In truth, an engineer could design a product that would never fail, but it would be so expensive it would not be affordable.

There are times when a product needs to address several market segments but not completely satisfy each segment.

 

Probably not when it is dark colored

 

you know color has very little to do with how good the oil is? I mean, you have a color chart?

do an OA next time. It’s $28 if I remember correctly. Might tell you some good info

 

Where do you get yours done? Through the dealership?

I'm not trying to be a smartass

 

OA or oil change? I change my own oil and OA through black stone.

I actually think there is a thread on it here. Hold, I’ll see if I can find it

 

Here you go @RedWings44

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-test-results-from-30k-oil-change-update-80k.505428/

 

best part of this is how many thread there are of guys with 500k miles and have never changed their gear oil or transmission fluid. I’ll take it . It’s why I bought the truck