Synthetic Oil Change Interval: State Your Opinions!

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"10k or one year. Don't do that. We have seen nothing but problems"

My 2 cents. Changing oil is $40-$50 because I do it myself. (I already have all the stuff) Cheap insurance. Why risk it?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-old-5k-or-10k-oil-change-debate.762634/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/is-it-really-okay-to-go-10-000-miles-between-oil-changes.632316/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-many-miles-between-oil-changes.742537/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-your-oil-my-manual-says-10-000-miles.587873/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-5000-miles-oil-change-interval-i’m-a-believer.751637/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-change-interval.486665/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-the-5000-mile-synthetic-oil-change-interval.495931/page-4

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/synthetic-oil-change-interval-state-your-opinions.816248/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-change-intervals.712003/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-5000-miles-oil-change-interval-i’m-a-believer.751637/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/first-oil-change-interval.692192/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-change-interval-for-2018-taco.565126/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hopefully-the-last-oil-change-interval-discussion-thread.790182/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-change-intervals-2016-tacoma.411330/page-2

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-2-7-oil-change-interval-per-toyota.788639/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oil-filter-change-interval.533453/

 

I did… dropped the transmission and replaced it took maybe 15 hours but only cost me $150 or so.

 

Clearly using the cheesecloth method

 

my OCI is about 5K miles, as recommended by toyota

 

Because I have many times seen 5000 miles suggested as a severe duty interval, and I think it is a good compromise between cost and keeping good oil in my cars. It has also worked out to be a good time to test the start battery, fill the washer fluid, grease fittings, clean the glass fully, check tire pressure, test brake fluid, look at the engine belts, inspect engine air filter, check brake pads, etc.

I do believe in oil analysis, but the cost between the test and just changing the oil is relatively small. I use oil analysis for our motor home. The M-11 uses 10.3 GALLONS of oil and a $50 filter, so the difference in cost between test and oil change is dramatic. Waiting for test results as I type!

 

I was only putting 10K on a year (6,000 miles), so it was an easy decision for me to change it yearly, every time the speedometer hits another 10K. Nice easy numbers to remember.

Heck, I barely know where my dipstick is....

 

5k severe
10k “Normal Conditions”

 

One more couldn’t hurt. I’m sure we missed something

 

7500

 

Save your money they told me to go to 12k intervals. 10k is easy to remember.

 

Why not come back and ask us when your car starts eating some oil at 150K because you did 10K oil changes

 

5k on the previous Taco and 5k on the new Ecoboost F150

 

Thump Thump. WTF did we just run over? Opens drivers door and looks back. Ah nothing much. Just that dead horse that keeps getting beat to death and tossed back on the road every other week. Damn horses.

 

5k tire rotation and oil change all at the same time. I couldn't keep track if it was alternating tire rotations at every 5k and 10k for oil. Plus I live in the Western Slope of Colorado and drive lots of dirt roads and light duty jeeping. Theres so much crap on the roads around here in the winter, which is really like 8 months long.

 

I was going to do the same thing until i saw your post.

 

What I love is how they propose a discussion, without searching, then ghost us all.

 

4,000 for me..10,300 miles on truck so far..so 3rd Oil change is coming up around end of this year!

 

Once a year, so around 6k.



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