Oil Change Intervals
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From: SMS on 26 Sep 2008 17:27 Casey wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I drive a 2007 Tacoma PreRunner 2WD 6cyl double cab and I'm wondering > about oil change intervals. > > The manual says a 5,000 mile interval is recommended. Is this for > synthetic oils or all oils? I use standard 5w30 oil. Should I keep with > my every 3000 mile change or is it safe to move to the 5000 changes? > Mostly city/highway driving, occasionally pulling small boats or bed > loads on dusty roads. > > What do you guys think? Anyone experimented? > > Casey 3000 is too frequent. You'll actually shorten the life of the engine with too-frequent oil changes. 5000 is fine. Don't waste your money on synthetic oil unless you're operating your vehicle in extremely cold weather. There has never been a proven advantage of synthetic oil in non-high performance engines operated in mild weather.
From: someone on 26 Sep 2008 21:53 In article <_scDk.1530$as4.1388(a)nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Casey wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I drive a 2007 Tacoma PreRunner 2WD 6cyl double cab and I'm wondering >> about oil change intervals. >> >> The manual says a 5,000 mile interval is recommended. Is this for >> synthetic oils or all oils? I use standard 5w30 oil. Should I keep with >> my every 3000 mile change or is it safe to move to the 5000 changes? >> Mostly city/highway driving, occasionally pulling small boats or bed >> loads on dusty roads. >> >> What do you guys think? Anyone experimented? >> >> Casey > >3000 is too frequent. You'll actually shorten the life of the engine >with too-frequent oil changes. > ha? cite some articles or something? not questioning your veracity, just sems oxymor, ya know?
From: Jim Behning on 26 Sep 2008 23:16 On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:55:25 -0700 (PDT), johngdole(a)hotmail.com wrote: >All oils are on the 5000 mile interval. Toyota instituted this in 2004 >for *all* their products because of sludge concerns. Even the Lexus >line is on the 5000 interval, which kinda sucks. > >3 mo/3000 miles is a better bet. Dino oil works fine for this >interval. Just make sure you use a good oil filter. I prefer Bosch >Filtech or Purolator PureOne. (I don't care for the new texture on the >PureOne or the cheapos Toyota imports from southeast Asia). > >http://www.boschautoparts.com/Products/Filters/PremOilFilters.htm >http://www.pureoil.com/ > > > >On Sep 25, 10:18�am, Casey <caseyhar...(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I drive a 2007 Tacoma PreRunner 2WD 6cyl double cab and I'm wondering >> about oil change intervals. >> >> The manual says a 5,000 mile interval is recommended. Is this for >> synthetic oils or all oils? I use standard 5w30 oil. Should I keep with >> my every 3000 mile change or is it safe to move to the 5000 changes? >> Mostly city/highway driving, occasionally pulling small boats or bed >> loads on dusty roads. >> >> What do you guys think? Anyone experimented? >> >> Casey My 87 has 275,000 miles on it. I run Mobil 1. I change it when I think of it. I have had the head off because of a water leak. I still can see some crosshatch in the cylinders. I have gone 10,000 miles and more. Now that I don't drive the truck much I change the oil once in a while. I think I changed it last year. No issues with sludge at all. I live in Atlanta which does not have harsh winters that may affect sludge build up. When I was a kid all the older cars we took valve covers off of had a lot of sludge. Well not my dad's engines but the clunkers teenagers and young adults tended to buy. Probably did not have oil changes done often enough but that was also in the cold old days of Ohio. Yes I do need to change the oil in the tractor and the Toyota. Once a year whether it needs it or not.
From: Anyolmouse on 27 Sep 2008 10:16 "SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message news:_scDk.1530$as4.1388(a)nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... | Casey wrote: | > | > Hi everyone, | > | > I drive a 2007 Tacoma PreRunner 2WD 6cyl double cab and I'm wondering | > about oil change intervals. | > | > The manual says a 5,000 mile interval is recommended. Is this for | > synthetic oils or all oils? I use standard 5w30 oil. Should I keep with | > my every 3000 mile change or is it safe to move to the 5000 changes? | > Mostly city/highway driving, occasionally pulling small boats or bed | > loads on dusty roads. | > | > What do you guys think? Anyone experimented? | > | > Casey | | 3000 is too frequent. You'll actually shorten the life of the engine | with too-frequent oil changes. Shorten the life of your drain plug threads- Maybe! Engine- Never! -- Anyolmouse
From: Ron on 30 Sep 2008 05:26
"SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message news:_scDk.1530$as4.1388(a)nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > Casey wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I drive a 2007 Tacoma PreRunner 2WD 6cyl double cab and I'm wondering >> about oil change intervals. >> >> The manual says a 5,000 mile interval is recommended. Is this for >> synthetic oils or all oils? I use standard 5w30 oil. Should I keep with >> my every 3000 mile change or is it safe to move to the 5000 changes? >> Mostly city/highway driving, occasionally pulling small boats or bed >> loads on dusty roads. >> >> What do you guys think? Anyone experimented? >> >> Casey > > 3000 is too frequent. You'll actually shorten the life of the engine with > too-frequent oil changes. > > 5000 is fine. Don't waste your money on synthetic oil unless you're > operating your vehicle in extremely cold weather. There has never been a > proven advantage of synthetic oil in non-high performance engines operated > in mild weather. Nonsense!! Please substantiate from a reliable scientific authority that changing oil at that frequency shortens engine life. How about in summer. Synthetic oils stand up to engine temperatures much better than non synthetics. |