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Old 06-04-2011, 06:55 PM
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Oil type question 2006 tacoma prerunner
Hey is ok to use fully synthetic oil in my 2006 tacoma prerunner V6, just got the truck. It has about 77,000 miles
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Old 06-04-2011, 07:36 PM
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Its pretty much your choice, but I would recommend that you use synthetic after the engine is broken in. This article here should answer all your questions.

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles...oil/index.html

just alittle light reading w/ interesting facts
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Try rotella t6 synthetic 5 w 40, good stuff. I think at 77k our motor can take it.
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Thanks guys very helpful and a great article.
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