18.88 man the 5qt. at walmart in my area is like 24$

 

joshoowa, I was just at Walmart the other day to check sales, and realized I may have misposted the $18.88 (now edited), which turns out, unless they raised it recently, was the 10W-30 full synth.; the 5W-30 is now ~$20.50, which is the grade we need. If they put the 5W-30 on sale I'm going to buy a few and just store it a while.
Remember the car takes 5.5 qts. at least according to my dealer so make sure you double check the level after the change and a brief warm up!

 

parula, yeah i always buy the big 5qt jug and 1qt bottle, the first tiem i changed oil myself i had to learn this the hard way.

 

That is a total myth and misconception started my the oil manufacturers.
You can alternate back and forth as much as you would like.

steviej

 

synthetic oil use may be a myth as well, has anyone run 2 indentical cars in real life one with Dino, and one with Syn, and compared the effects?

I agree, syn is better for longer change periods, thus saving overall time and effort, plus is a better substance, but a car regularly changed with dino every 3K should function fine, especially newer cars

 

I have just started using Amsoil, which advertised 25k, but a knowledgeable distributor said to only go 7.5 k or 10k max as he has seen used oil analysis with this engine tear up the oil.

If the engine is doing this to a synthetic, I wonder has anyone performed a used oil analysis on dino on this engine at 3k OCI's?

Anyways, I will go no further than 7.5k and will stick with the toyota OEMs, which were recenetly changed to 90915-YZZD1. Someone mentioned they cut it up and said it was high quality construction but he did not post the pic of the filters internals. I pm'd him to see if he could send me pics of the filter.

 

pkchin,. good info.; but to what engine do you refer and what car? Try a signature under tools/profile to provide this information to readers

 

I checked oil level at about 2k after my second synth. change. Actually I had dealer put my Castrol in this time. Checked the oil with a tissue to clean the stick, then I tossed it aside. A couple weeks later I picked up the tissue to discard it and noticed that contrary to what I recall seeing with dino oil on wipes, the synth. appeared to only leave a light amber/yellow color in the wipe - there was no hint of black residue I could see at all even on close inspection! Whether a little black scum is important I cannot say but I like what I saw. This is not a controlled experiment but I believe the facts are true.

 

A suggestion: read the post on 12-10-03 by DREWGS4 about mobil 1.

Sorry I am not computer literate enough to post the thread or the link it cites.

 

You mean this one

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=104334

 

SeattleGS400

Yup, and thanks. It gets kind of crazy with opinion and it's nice to see someone that sets out to nail the facts and then do a fine writeup.

Check it out.

 

I just switched to the German brand Lex had mentioned called Liqui-Moly. 5W 40 weight 100% synthetic (it's distributed in North America by a company called Altrom www.altrom.com if anybody is intrested). Thought I'd try a bit thicker oil since I'm going on a very long trip all the way to the Florida Key's from Toronto. This stuff is quite expensive, but is suppose to be better than Mobil 1, Amsoil, Red Line & the like we shall see. I'm also gonna try "Liqui-Moly Pro Line synthetic fuel system cleaner" 500ml container and it's suppose to be as good as the fuel system cleaners they hook your car up to at a professional auto shop. I will post any findings good or bad when I return the last week of May. Has anybody else ever used these products?