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#21

04-25-2015, 09:59 AM

toyomoho

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Post back with your findings.

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04-27-2015, 04:27 PM

DIYDad

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Originally Posted by zxdavid

Engine is not smoking visibly.The car has 100k miles and used to not use much oil maybe a quart between changes which we do every 5k. I'm not happy at all. Saying that a quart of oil every 12 hundred miles is acceptable is a joke. I'm going to call Toyota customer service and see what's what. I always felt that Toyota was the last of the good stuff but I'm beginning to wonder.

Have you tried switching to 5-30? M1 High Mileage 5-30 is good stuff. Worth running that for an OCI and see what you see.

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04-28-2015, 12:13 AM

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Can anyone actually vouch for using the 5w-30? Full synthetic or blend? Brand?
My car does not use enough oil for the warranty but it does use some oil and I'm curious about this.

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04-29-2015, 04:18 PM

DIYDad

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Patonium -

I have not yet changed over to 5-30 on mine, as once I fixed my gasket on the oil cap my consumption became pretty "normal" (as in I stopped worrying about it.) However, when I finally get the car fixed I plan on swapping over to Mobil 1 High Mileage 5-30 to run a comparison test against. Hard core mechanics that are spot on with just about everything I have seen on other forums have sworn this approach works well on their 2AZ-FE engines.