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0w-20 oil change every 5 or 10K ?

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  1. Jan 11, 2014 at 1:57 AM
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    I just bought a '14 AC with the 2.7L back in October. I'm getting ready to take it in to the dealership for the 5000 service. They told me that because it is synthetic oil they don't change it until 10000. Is that correct? The service manual says oil and filter at 5000. Do you guys know the answer
     
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  2. Jan 11, 2014 at 5:26 AM
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    5000. I don't remember where it is, but I around here somewhere there's a pdf of a Toyota printout explaining how their vehicles could go 10000 miles on the
    $54 0w20 oil Toyota/ exxon mobil Case of 6 Quarts Full Synthetic TGMO SN 0W-20 Oil
    0w20 oil... but the fine print said the Tacoma and Tundra were exempt from that and should stick with the 5000 mile interval.

    They're trying to lower their Toyota Care costs I bet. 10k miles means they have to give you 2 free oil changes whereas 5k miles means 5 oil changes.
     
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  3. Jan 11, 2014 at 5:27 AM
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    That's quite a change from what the manual says for a v6, very interesting.
     
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  5. Jan 11, 2014 at 7:57 AM
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    It should be the same as the manual.

    1GR-FE (4.0 V6) gets 5w30, 5000 miles
    2TR-FE (2.7 I4) gets 0w20, 5000 miles
     
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  6. Jan 11, 2014 at 10:51 AM
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    I can't believe there continues to be so much confusion about what oil to use and how often to change it on the Tacoma trucks. This thread is posted a lot in various iterations.

    Perhaps the literacy rate among Tacoma owners is shockingly low.
     
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  7. Jan 15, 2014 at 3:09 AM
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    I called Toyota yesterday and informed them about the issue with my dealership. They informed me that recently they had made it official that ALL vehicles that run 0-20 synthetic are only changed every 10000 miles.
     
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  8. Jan 15, 2014 at 5:36 AM
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    I do mine every 5K with 0-20. Makes me happy.
     
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    I'd love to see that in writing
     
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    I use 0W-20 Mobil 1 in mine and change it every 10K.
     
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    If you do decide to go the 10k route I would really think about changing the filter at 5k.
     
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    If you've got Toyota Care and it's going to pay for oil and filter changes every 5k till it runs out, might as well take advantage of it.
     
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    Yep, that's what mine says. And I will do that at least until I'm out of the factory warranty.
     
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