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Full synthetic oil vs OEM filter ?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Nazareth7, Aug 30, 2023.

  1. Aug 30, 2023 at 11:34 PM
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    Nazareth7

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    Hello beautiful community,
    I currently have my oem Toyota filter on, and the oil I used is valvoline high mileage full synthetic oil, it’s been 3k miles already . Do y’all think I can go another 1k miles with this oem filter?!! I know the synthetic oil allows me that . Im thinking if the oem filter is good only for 3k miles maybe?
     
  2. Aug 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM
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    You're fine. Generally, an oil change and filter change go hand in hand. The filter is good for over 3k miles.
     
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    I go 5K on mine no problems at all.
     
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    Absolutely. Nothing to worry about.
    I have never changed a filter in my truck before 5k.
    I change the oil and filter at 5k.
     
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    I go 10k or 1 year on the Toyota filter
    (Edit- I don't actually go 10k, the last two years i only went 3k per year. Mobile1 extended performance gold) so really, I'm changing barely used oil.

    I'm at 200k on the truck. Zero oil related issues.
     
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    I go 6000-7000 miles on the OE filter with Amsoil. I think you’ll be fine.
     
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    The recommendation for a 3rd generation is 10k and uses the oem filter.
     
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    I've always gone 10k, or more with the oem filter, or an aftermarket one, and been more than fine. Just use a decent synthetic oil like mobil1, or castrol.
     
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    There is a thread on here that someone made about oil filters, and the OEM oil filter has much more filtration than all your other fancy ones on the market today
     
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    I forget his name but there was a YouTube video of a guy disassembling filters and the Toyota was better in all of his categories.
     
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    Have you even read the my post ? I said I only use Toyota filter
     
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    I use Valvoline
     
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    You do realize that the dirtier the filter is, the more filtering it does (i.e. less passageways for debris to take as most are already occupied by earlier deposits).
    This is true up to full capacity - then the filter goes into "by-pass" mode and zero (no) filtering is accomplished. Don't go that far.
     
  15. Aug 31, 2023 at 11:23 AM
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    You look
    For the thread on oil filters in here. Real good stuff
     

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