ddvette9

I am about ready for the 10k oil change which will be the first one of my car (didn't change after break in).

Thinking about buying oil and giving to dealer to put in for my next service. I have a good relationship with dealer so they won't mind. I drive my car in tons of stop and go city traffic and ride the tranny pretty hard several days per week.

Was thinking of trying Eneos. Don't want this to turn into another "which oil is better thread". Just looking for a few people to chime in on what they are using other than dealer oil and how they like it so far.

Thanks!

4TehNguyen

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buy mobil 1 at walmart, its cheap

Barnesie

+1 for this. I have used Mobil 1 full synthetic on all of my vehicles and never a problem.

VTsuckah

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Walmart now carries royal purple for close to the price of mobile one. I'm a fan of RP.

LeapFrog

Or you can buy a case of Toyota's OEM 0w20 oil for about $6.50 a quart, delivered. Check around online.

Also, this seems to be the supplier of the above oil (at least in the U.S.) - I've seen 55 gallon drums of Beck Arnley 252-4001 at the stealership. It is available in quarts and gallons at a number of auto parts stores.

http://www.maxmarketing.com/beckarnley/bafluids.html

Others say that this is the OEM oil, but I have yet to see it at a stealership:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Quarts-0W...-/150778327544

4TehNguyen

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wally world also has castrol edge and pennzoil ultra synthetics, sometimes cheaper than mobil 1

LexSense

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If price isn't an issue Eneos oil is definitely some quality Japanese oil !

Imprezario

I used the Genuine Toyota 0W30 oil (made in Europe by Mobil for Toyota) for the first three oil changes (2000 km, 10000 and 20000) but decided to go with the premium JDM like Idemitsu Zepro 0W20 at 30000 km maintenance. The engine run is more quiet, fuel consumption dropped from 10.5l/100km to 10.0l/100km and the oil level is exactly the same after 8000km of driving. Gonna make 40000km oil change soon, will definitely use Idemitsu again.

Imprezario

Eneos is known to be a highly regarded oil and I've seen only positive feedback (except price) about it, so You can't go wrong with this manufacturer.

Lexusfixer

285,000 miles on 1999 RX300 with Mobil 1 full synthetic
275,000 miles on 2004 Tacoma V6 4x4 TRD same oil
325,000 miles on 1988 VW Scirocco 16V same oil


The oil gets changed every 10 K and the filters get changed at 5K


All three vehicles do have aftermarket oil coolers on them.


I also run the same oil in my 2011 Yamaha Grizzly 550


I do run oil made by shell for turbine engines in my corvette since it is on the bottle and de-stroked.

chanman3IS

full synth I'm guessing right? my car is currently @ 12k

r0shiro

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Motul 300V 0w20

Imprezario

Are there any benefits from such a premium racing oil? Except self satisfaction of course )

r0shiro

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horsepower (depends on the motor) and bigger temperature band. I don't have to worry about boiling my oil at the track.

LeapFrog

And you don't have to worry about your warranty, since Motul 300V is not submitted to ILSAC for certification as a GF-5 grade oil. But then if your're racing your IS I suppose that's the least of your worries!