skinnadoor

Hey there everyone, another issue i have.... but i know you all can help me.

I just got my 94SR5, 5spd Auto with 222,000km on it last week.


I simply would like to know, what type of oil i should be running in an engine of this mileage....

Last oil change they put 5w30 in it.

I need everyones help on this, i'm changing it on friday.


thanks..

weiln

Whatever floats your boat. Some will tell you synthetic (me), others will tell you regular. Just depends on what you feel like. I would still feel comfortable using synthetic at that mileage, but it's up to you.

But, you should get a lot of responses...

notanymore

5spd auto? i thought the auto was 4. also is it a 22re or a v6?

personally in my truck i run 10-40 valvoline

tombothetominator

5w30 with slick50 in it is what i run (the little label that says slick50 makes me all smiley, even though it probably doesn't do anything for the truck)

skinnadoor

yes it's the 4 cylinder auto version,

95RunnerSR5

i use 10-40 castrol gtx

skinnadoor

i'm basicly just trying to figure out is the better oil for the age and miles of this engine....hrmmm...

Sonofmayhem

I use Castrol high mileage 10w 30 in my truck. I used to work for midas and do the oil changes. I like the High mileage for a piece of mind, that i might be getting something good. Also the HM and GTX are the same. Just a different label

taikowaza

since I switched to redline synthetic for all fluids I have seen great differences in all aspects.
definitely redline synthetic oil in your truck!

PS. if you have a manual transmission-
MT-90 transmission fluid in particular revived my clutch to such an extent that it feels like new.

kpaxfaq

Don't laugh but I've been running plain old wally world 10w-30 in my rig for the pask 100k with no problems. I think its a waste of money to spend anymore if you religiously change the oil every 3k.

Jay351

I run pennzoil 10w-30 in mine, never had a problem.

bluemunkey1820

well i would rather bring a thread back from the dead then make a new one i run 5-w20 in like 4 of my cars would it be ok to run this in my 4runner with the 3.o in it just to make it so i only have to buy one kind of oil
thanks blue

o and btw im being good newb and using the search button

FredTJ

Well, the only way to know (the upper of the two numbers) is with an oil pressure and oil temperature gauge.
At operating temperature, you should be at 10psi (or so) per 1000 rpm.
Should always use a 0W-xx or 5W-xx.





Fred

Tacoma750

Castrol high mileage 10w 30 with a can of engine restore in every change ;-)

infiltrator

i feel like 10-30 is pretty much the standard. however when the summer hits i do change to 20-50 because of the heat and the leakage.

i wanted to get the gtx "high mileage" but that didnt work with my coupon

so i said f it and just got the normal castrol.

seafarinman

I have 216000 miles and all my truck has gotten since I bought it with 79000 miles has been Mobil 1 5W-30.

MudHippy

10W-40 Castrol synthetic, and I'm now hooked on the STP Oil Treatment.

I also cut open and inspect my oil filters. From my observations of fine metal particulate or lack-there-of, I've proven to myself the effectiveness of that oil and EP additive combo. Also, NO MOBIL 1!!!!!!!!!!!!! I about had a heart attack when I ran that crud for 4000 miles and then seen the fine silvery flakes of my engine parts collected in the filter element. I don't even wanna talk about it no more....bad stuff.

eightnine

i have a 22re AUTO in my 89 4runner with 230,000km and i am currently using Castrol GTX 10w-30. You can even run diesel oil in it (15w-40) according to the specs on the engine. I was using that before but decided to go back. Also you can run synthetic if you want but there really is no need to if your going to be getting oil changes every 3-4000km.

PS: how slow is your 4cyl automatic 2nd gen?

88yotakid

10-30 gtx high mileage
thats what i use in my 88 and it has over 350,000 klicks

stormin94

Kirkland Signature.......JK........ I run Castrol GTX in my 3.0 5 Speed.