I just got my tC so my oil change is not to soon. I know you get the first 3 free but meh.

I was thinking of using Royal Purple and a Wix filter?????

Any reason not to use synthetic??

Also the oil change light...will it light up at 3000 miles not matter what or will it "know" im using synthetic and go 5-7k before lighting up??

 

2006 tC:

I run Pennzoil Platinum Synthetic 5w-20
4k miles
Toyota OEM filters.

The light is set manually, it does not know the difference. I think it is set to come on 4500 miles from factory.

 

LOL Your askin way too much for a cheap car to think on its own like that buddy. But yes what nyr said is true, it will put on the maintance like at 4500, not sure it blinks a few seconds or what, its been a while since mine has gone off but its to give you a 500 mile notice, which is rather nice, on the factory recommended 5000 mile intervals. My tC got its first oil change at just about 5000 back in December, got the Mobil1 10w30 at the dealer, apparently they can't read manuals, and the filter there as will. In about 7 days from now its going to get its second one although is has just under 2000 miles left of this service interval b/c I've been driving it hard and the oil is turning really brown and its worrying me So I've already bought the oil, Royal Purple 5w20, and a K&N oil filter. Not to promote them but my buddy at work is teaching me how to do an oil change, and those are the only products he uses on all his drag/street racing cars. I've checked their sites and seem very good quality wise. Royal Purple is hard to find here in Las Vegas, took 5 stores to find it, 7 bucks a quart, you need atleast 4.5 for the tC. The K&N filter was 12 bucks, so its a rather expensive maintance but it saves you in labor costs and major mechanical problems later.

Hope this helps yah out some.

 

You can set the light so that it will light up after 3000 miles. I don't remember how to do it, but it has something to do when you are resetting the light, some dashes will appear and start to disappear 1 at a time. I think after 3 have gone away, you let go, but look it up to be sure.

I just use whatever oil the dealer puts in. Personally I think it's a waste of money to use synthetic or royal purple in a stock toyota motor, but that's just me. It's a highly debated topic and people will post studies all day long, but do whatever makes you comfortable. If my motor blows from it, oh well, that's what a warranty is for as I'm not keeping this car more than 6 years.

 

mobile 1 or ams oil no other oil for me...

 

I use Castrol GTX 5W-20 and change it every 3000 miles. Castrol is the only oil I have used in any of my cars. Now if a synthetic oil is better I don't know but I just don't think that spending $7.00 or $8.00 a quart is worth it to me. but that's just me If you feel comfortable going synthetic then go for it but it just seems a waste of money to me.

 

btw: Pennzoil Platinum is Buy One-Get One at Advance Auto Parts.

Comes out to around $2.80/quart for a very good Group 3 synthetic.

 

castrol gtx 10w-30 with an OEM filter every 3000.


i change my own oil too.

 

castrol is a great synthetic, but mobil 1 is my personaly choice. Oils like valvolene(also napa)/quaker/and penzoil are all wax based and every motor ive taken apart with build up has had one of those oils used it for its life. I use valvolene vr1 racing oil to break in my race motors because its mineral based but i wuld never use it in a street car.
Mobil 1, amsoil, royal purple and castrol are the only thing id ever put into my motor for more then 500miles.

as for a filter k&n has always scored well on independant lab tests and wix is proven to be one f the best (napa filters are made by wix) but i try and always use one from mother (toyota filter)

after i gt my car i changed the oil and filter at just a tick over 2000miles since its still technically break in and replaced it with mbil1 and a toyota filter. Now i change every 5000 as recomended by tyota.

it is crucial that you use to proper weight oil for your motor, and belive it or not some toyota dealers dnt stock the right weight (0-20)

also genuine toyota oil is a partial synthetic thats made by exxon mobil.

 

Synthetic is better it adheres to the metal better then conventional oil. It is also alot better heat resistant and cold resistant. I personally find no point in convetional motor oil anymore.

Here is a comparison of mobile and amsoil. http://www.stokesabode.com/amsoil/Ne...s/Mobile-1.htm

also here is a side by side compare of regular and synthetic

 

I refuse to buy any oil supported by Harley Davidson considering no oil is left in a motor made by them after a few hundred miles.

The point of conventional oil is that it is perfectly fine for a stock 160 hp Toyota built motor and a lot cheaper.

But like I said before, everyone has their preferences. I could easily go on google and find some biased opinion like the link that was posted showing that walmart brand oil is better than X oil.

 

I use Greddy 5w40 Oil! :D

 

Mobil 1 and Toyota filters. Best. Combination. Ever.

 

Im running the same in my xB but a different weight (5w30) since I am in California and it rarely gets below 40F.

After Mobil switched to Group III base stock and STILL charged $6.00/qt., I moved away from them and will never use their product again as they decieve customers and refuse to answer straight questions.

PP is $1.99/qt. and is the same Group III base stock as M1. UOA's look great with PP as well.

In most cases, conventional oil is fine. Syn will give a bit more sludge protection, and at less than $15 per oil change (DIY) the extra cost (about $4) for syn is well worth it. Run the syn if you plan on keeping the car for many years. If not, dino oil is fine.

 

way way way too thick.

 

He's supercharged. The engine runs hotter so the 40 is for extra protection.

I'd personally stick with 5w-30 if I was boosted...

The point of conventional oil is that between 0 and 5000 miles there's almost no difference in performance between synthetic and conventional. If you're going to do early oil changes at around 3.5 to 4.5k miles, may as well use conventional oil. Costs less.. uses fewer resources to make.

 

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First change should be at 1K and 5K thereafter. NUF SAID!

 

Mobil 1 Synthetic and a Toyota Filter every 5000 Miles.