Another Oil question.

sormi · Jun 2, 2008

I have the 2.7L Taco and the manual they give you with the truck says 5.1 quarts of 0W20 or 5W20. But they recomend the 0W20 over the 5W20. I wonder why? The 0W20 in a thinner oil. I live in Texas and right now it's summer time. Would I be better off using the 5W20 in summer and the 0W20 in the winter??

tacomaman06 · Jun 2, 2008

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I have the 2.7L Taco and the manual they give you with the truck says 5.1 quarts of 0W20 or 5W20. But they recomend the 0W20 over the 5W20. I wonder why? The 0W20 in a thinner oil. I live in Texas and right now it's summer time. Would I be better off using the 5W20 in summer and the 0W20 in the winter??
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assumably so...........for a little better mileage, but i really doubt you will notice a big difference.

chris4x4 · Jun 2, 2008

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I have the 2.7L Taco and the manual they give you with the truck says 5.1 quarts of 0W20 or 5W20. But they recomend the 0W20 over the 5W20. I wonder why? The 0W20 in a thinner oil. I live in Texas and right now it's summer time. Would I be better off using the 5W20 in summer and the 0W20 in the winter??
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5w20 will be fine. The first number "0w" signifies that the oil flows like a "0" weight oil @ 32*. Same with the "5w". It means it flows like a 5 weight @32*. The "W" stands for winter ( from what I was told) . The last number is the oil weight.

humanoid · Jun 2, 2008

There's not too much difference between the 0w and 5w, you'll be fine.

sormi · Jun 2, 2008

You can get 5w20 mobil one pretty cheap at wallymart. I will go for that.

chris4x4 · Jun 2, 2008

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You can get 5w20 mobil one pretty cheap at wallymart. I will go for that.
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Good choice!

91r100gs · Jun 2, 2008

sormi[OP] initial post: ↑

I have the 2.7L Taco and the manual they give you with the truck says 5.1 quarts of 0W20 or 5W20. But they recomend the 0W20 over the 5W20. I wonder why? The 0W20 in a thinner oil. I live in Texas and right now it's summer time. Would I be better off using the 5W20 in summer and the 0W20 in the winter??
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My manual says 6.1 quarts of oil for the 08 2.7L 4 cyl. I looked at this several times. Is there a misprint?

sormi · Jun 2, 2008

You are right 6.1 quarts..

My mistake..

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