The manual makes mention of 0w-20??

What oil do you guys/gals recommend?

(i'm going with Mobil 1, but what grade?)

 

my first oil chg i switched to mobil 1 synthetic 5w20.

but my next chg, in about 2 weeks, im gonna go with royal purple 5w20

 

Stick with the manufacturers specs. If the manufacturer thought so-cal weather was soooo different then other climates, I would think they would suggest different motor oil. I guess if you want to move up to synthetic, you can, but it is not required. Most vehicles that use synthetic FROM THE FACTORY are high performance vehicles, which the TC is not.

 

The tC was deisgned and tested in So Cal, so whatever is recommended has been extensively researched here.

 

I've never heard 0w-20 mentioned in the forums... yet it is mentioned in my owners manual... just wondering if anybody actually runs this?

 

In what context is this stated, cause I am NEVER putting 0 weight oil in my TC

 

i run 5-30 mobile1 with a toyota filter.

 

For the TC 2006 and above, Toyota recommends 5w-20 or 0w-20... not sure which would be better for my weather, but i imagine i'll probably run 5w-20.

 

for the 07MY, it's either 5-20 or 0-20. In SoCal, I would probably use 5-20 all year round. Here in NY, winter time would probably be 0-20.

 

Damn, talk about different then what I'm used to. I guess I never had to check that in the manual because I just take mine in to get oil changes.

 

Damn, talk about different then what I'm used to. I guess I never had to check that in the manual because I just take mine in to get oil changes.

 

thats definately true! When I 1st saw 5W-20 out of the bottle, I was thinking DAMN, it's so thin!

 

I wound up going with 5w-20. Thanks guys!