Engine oil: What does everyone like?
#81
i've been using Amsoil Synthetic for over a year now. even though it says it will last for 1 year or 12K miles, i've changed it 4 times in the last year with only 8K miles total in that year. i heard that it would clean out some of the gunk in the engine, so to be safe i still changed it regularly. seems to stay pretty clean and gold looking, but a little darker at change time. i think after a year of changing at 3 month intervals, i'll go 4 or 5 now and see what it looks like. i have to change my valve cover gaskets in the next couple weeks so i'll take a look and see if it really cleaned anything out.
btw no oil "cleans" per se'.. if you have changed the oil like you are supposed to since new then you never have to worry about it getting gunked up
amsoil gear oils and ATF or other tranny oils are GREAT
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i've been using Amsoil Synthetic for over a year now. even though it says it will last for 1 year or 12K miles, i've changed it 4 times in the last year with only 8K miles total in that year. i heard that it would clean out some of the gunk in the engine, so to be safe i still changed it regularly. seems to stay pretty clean and gold looking, but a little darker at change time. i think after a year of changing at 3 month intervals, i'll go 4 or 5 now and see what it looks like. i have to change my valve cover gaskets in the next couple weeks so i'll take a look and see if it really cleaned anything out.
Pattycakes,
next oil change when you drain your oil, please save your used Synthethic oil for me as i will take it and put it strait into my truck and use it for my truck and run it another 5K miles.... I'm serious.
Seriously, you are wasting your money changing synthethic oil that soon.... actually Totally wasting your money...
its proven that syn oil actually protects better after 2 to 3K of use, and YOU ARE missing out on the "good use" of your oil...
Pattycakes, I blame you for the USA's dependance on Arab oil and for the $3 a gallon we all pay at the pump....................... I'm J/k.
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I'm running synthetic and change mine every 3k, sometimes a little over, but thats because my motor has 192k miles and a leaky rear main. So I elect to just change it rather than keep toping it off since I am consuming the oil slowly. I also replace one quart every other oil change with the Lucas synthetic oil stabilizer, so thick and full of goodness (at least IMO and the opinion of my two engineer cousins). I wish I could run all Lucas everywhere to be honest, just don't think they make fluids you can run 100% of and I don't know if my wallet could keep up either.
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Pattycakes,
next oil change when you drain your oil, please save your used Synthethic oil for me as i will take it and put it strait into my truck and use it for my truck and run it another 5K miles.... I'm serious.
Seriously, you are wasting your money changing synthethic oil that soon.... actually Totally wasting your money...
its proven that syn oil actually protects better after 2 to 3K of use, and YOU ARE missing out on the "good use" of your oil...
Pattycakes, I blame you for the USA's dependance on Arab oil and for the $3 a gallon we all pay at the pump....................... I'm J/k.
next oil change when you drain your oil, please save your used Synthethic oil for me as i will take it and put it strait into my truck and use it for my truck and run it another 5K miles.... I'm serious.
Seriously, you are wasting your money changing synthethic oil that soon.... actually Totally wasting your money...
its proven that syn oil actually protects better after 2 to 3K of use, and YOU ARE missing out on the "good use" of your oil...
Pattycakes, I blame you for the USA's dependance on Arab oil and for the $3 a gallon we all pay at the pump....................... I'm J/k.
and i didn't use any arab oil, i bought it down the street
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glad to be the whipping boy today i will be going longer intervals now between changes. i used the amsoil flush before the first addition of synthetic, then i thought maybe some other gunk would be loosened up and that is why the short intervals between changes up until now. i'm confident i've got it where i can go longer between changes. i know it was a lot of money to start off, but now is where the savings start. kind of like kids, first you have to change diapers several times a day to get the gunk out, as time goes by their stomachs adjust to real food until you only have to give them a clean pair of underwear once a day.
and i didn't use any arab oil, i bought it down the street
and i didn't use any arab oil, i bought it down the street
Again, I use Amsoil because it meets my needs the best for all my cars, from my Honda Prelude I use as a night/weekend car, to my Saturn SL which is the daily beater, to my g/f's car, and lastly my 4,000 mile/year 4Runner.
Here's where you can order some UOA kits.. they're free, but the test is $20.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/free_test_kit.html
#87
hi I'm new at this forum , but i have a 99' 4runner and it has 123k on it I use Castrol 10w30 and I ad lucas oil staibalizer to it also with a fram fiter. I live in Las vegas and I was told to use this oil . Am I using the right oil on my 4runner?? I would like some suggestions thank you .
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hi I'm new at this forum , but i have a 99' 4runner and it has 123k on it I use Castrol 10w30 and I ad lucas oil staibalizer to it also with a fram fiter. I live in Las vegas and I was told to use this oil . Am I using the right oil on my 4runner?? I would like some suggestions thank you .
About the oil weight.. read this.. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
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Did you read this by chance? http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
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Toyota recommends 5W-30 in that environment, why would you go with a heavier oil especially in colder temps. If I lived in a place that had a real winter I'd run 0W-20 or 0W-30.
Did you read this by chance? http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
Did you read this by chance? http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
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At this point, I just run what ever's on sale. Castrol GTX is preferred, but when I can save $10 an oil change, I'll take the Proline(pepboys brand) oil. It's gonna work just about the same anyway.
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Cant beat castrol GTX and OEM filters. I dont know why u would run a fram when a factory filter designed specifically for toyotas is the same price. I do run aftermarket filters(bosch,stp) some times if there free and Im running a cleaner or restore in my oil.
#95
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Out east I run 5W-30 or 0W-30 synthetic or you need to cross your fingers it will start on the -40 days.
#96
I'm not going to get into a long winded response. But my research and experience tells me not to use Fram filters OR 10W-30. Buy OEM filters, you can buy a case of them for $34, that's only $3.40 per filter.
About the oil weight.. read this.. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
About the oil weight.. read this.. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/faq...=haas_articles
#97
be careful with those "cleaners" and do a rinse phase after you drain that cleaner. fill it back up with clean cheap oil and run it for a few hundred miles and then drain and fill up with whatever you want..
you have to take into account that a lot of what you read about cleaners and how "good" it is for your motor is just marketing (aka hogwash).. do the research, tons of good info about harmful stuff like that..
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X2.. is this BC british columbia? if so a 10w30 in syn would fine but the dino i would go down to a 5w30 just in the winter and go back up to the 10w30 in the summer imo.. its personal preference really
10w30's protect best from 0- over 100 degrees F (rough estimates)
5w30's is usualy around -20 up to over 100