May want to change the oil WAY before 10k miles on your new tacoma.

They haven't gotten it yet. It's still in the mail on it's way there. I would be willing to post and compare when I get the results.

 

My arteries get the finest cheeses and bacons. Hardwood smoked everything.

 

Awesome looking forward to it . Mine took about 2 weeks from dropping in the mail, to causing a shit post stir here

 

I bought my truck used with 24k miles on it, so no idea what the first owner did, but I was doing 10k intervals when I lived in Virginia with mild winters. I’m up in NYS now with harsh winters so I’m doing 7,500 intervals. With Pennzoil Ultra Plat.

LMAO. So very true. Plenty of people take great care of their equipment but abuse their bodies. It’s odd

 

Good to see. 10k on subsequents seems completely acceptable ! The initial one though

 

I've been doing 10K, or once/year oil changes using full synthetic oil for a long time. Got 210,000 on the Tacoma and almost 1/2 million combined miles with the 3 vehicles in the driveway. Never had an issue.

My mechanic has seen several vehicles go 100,000+ miles with no oil changes. They may have gone even farther if they had just kept the oil levels topped off.

 

Well im sure if you are planning to keep your truck for 10-15 years(250-350k miles) thats not such a great idea.

 

I think you can run ozone machines to neutralize any smellz in your ride, so long as you don't go crazy and run it long enough to vaporize all your plastics and seals. Never done it myself, though.

 

Wtf

 

I've always wondered if the factory oil fill is a special break in oil and changing the oil to soon actually does more harm then good because you didnt leave the break in oil in the new motor long enough.

 

People still eat burgers and fries?

 

Changed my first at 1000 and the rest been keeping up with ever 5000

 

I ditched my first oil change at 1200 and at every 5k mile marker since.
I don’t do oil analysis because, why would I?
I mean it’s not like I need reassurance that my engine internals are ok.

I drew a line in the sand at 5k. The ship has sailed and the bridge is burned. It doesn’t get any better than this.

As for those that want to be part of some data point collection, this has been done before, and I have seen the same results. Oh, but yeah I forgot, this time is different.
Well, good luck with that

 

I get a nice flush and fill every other weekend thanks to White Castles....

 

Millions and millions every day.

 

Back in the day... I used 5000 mile oil changes while many criticized me for not using 3k mile intervals that so many (oil companies/Jiffy lube type) recommended even though most owners manuals said 7500 miles unless under extreme conditions...

 

So many pussies afraid to change their oil. I change mine after every drive, even if it's just around the block.

 

I have my hygienist do that, she also cleans and oils my mountain bike chain after every ride

 

What about the transmission fluid?

 

Don’t you have to have receipts for the oil changes to warranty something like that? That’s what they told my sister when she picked up her newest car.