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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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Best Motor oil for Toyota PU

I had a PU with 22R carburetor
I live in Fresno CA...and wat is the best motor oil for winter time!!
also i got an issue about starting engine...the engine is too cold!!
man i hate carburetor.....will start the engine like at least 10 minutes later!
give me tip! thanks!
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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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Every brand of oil. I'm just saving the hassle of 20 people posting about 20 different brands. Some like synth, some like dino. I like Amsoil, the next guy likes Castrol.

Your thermostat is probably stuck open if it is running too cold. If it's having a hard time starting it could be the battery.

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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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so it doesnt matter about the brands...but i like castrol!
amsoil?? sounds good!! so it could be thermostat....



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Every brand of oil. I'm just saving the hassle of 20 people posting about 20 different brands. Some like synth, some like dino. I like Amsoil, the next guy likes Castrol.

Your thermostat is probably stuck open if it is running too cold. If it's having a hard time starting it could be the battery.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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The thermo is pretty easy to do on your motor. The carb could very well need a good cleaning if not a rebuild.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Most of the Toyota guys I know run Castrol, it seems to hold more pressure.
I don't know why older Toyota's seem to always have very low oil pressure at idle, I've noticed that with almost all my Yotas and Castrol does seem to help....it may be foolishness but it makes me feel better to actually see a reading on the gauges at idle.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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dont get that cheap autozonbe crap I have devolped rod bearing knock after using that crap on two seprate motors when I drained the oil is was like water...I typically use castrol but i say jsut dont get the super cheap stuff.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Repeat again what happens at start up? 10 minutes later? HUH. We can help ya.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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It doesn't usually get cold enough here to warrant changing your viscosity for the winter, although lately it has gotten in the mid 30s if you really wanna know about oil (who would though??) check out http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/. i had no idea oil was so complicated... anyways, i just run penzoil, and whatever my oil cap tells me to
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