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How do you track when your next oil change is due?

Discussion in 'General Tacoma Talk' started by Bmanjr, May 15, 2025.

  1. May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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    BigTang

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    Easiest answer by far. For the stuff that I put very low miles on I typically do this around a holiday or something where I have a 3 day weekend, labor day, memorial day, that type of stuff.
     
  2. May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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    CarFax reminders...I have 2 vehicles in my Garage.

    Save all my invoices/receipts as well.

    I schedule Oil Changes every 5K miles but since I roughly drive 3K+ every 6 months, I'm changing oil every 3500 miles on my Sport. lol

    Current Miles: 35K
     
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  3. May 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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    MGMDesertTaco

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    Trip A and Trip B; Also take a picture of the odometer and whatever part or item I'm changing at the time for reference.

    I usually change oil every 3000-3500 miles, but have done 5000 a couple of times and 7500 once. If you change it before 5k you don't have to deal with with maintenance reminder going off in the middle of your trip.
     
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  4. May 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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    scocar

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    Jesus fuck did you tattoo your lift calculations inside your bunghole?
     
  5. May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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    Truck will tell you as long as u reset the maintenance reminder . A orange triangle will show up every time u go to start it up …eventually it will be solid .
     
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  6. May 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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  7. May 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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    Garymvvvvvv

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    I agree with AMYRACECAR
    Trip A = MPG.....reset at each fill up
    Trip B = Oil Change.....reset at each oil change
     
  8. May 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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  9. May 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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    Normshark

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    Every 10k. As in 20k, 30k, 40k etc. Bear in mind our k is in kilometers. Fresh Mobil1, Toyota filter and full lubrication. So far so good.
    Cheers.
     

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