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Originally Posted By: tpitcher I have this oil in my Polaris 700. No usage. I saw a VOA of this oil and it is a true 0-40. The Polaris oil VOA was like a 20-50. Not sure what viscosity you had vs. what Amsoil is, but that could be part of it. You don't "have" to dump it... Come on. Fill it...

I have recently bought a new Honda ATV Rancher 420 4x4 and when it was due for its first oil change, I put in what I thougth would be the best syntetic oil money can buy, Amsoil 4-stroke power sports oil 0W-40. the problem is it has only been like two weeks since I change the oil and have only...

Thanks guys. I am going to put it in tonight. I can't wait to see how it does. I have never run any Amsoil oil in any of my vehicles yet, but I recently put Amsoil 0W-40 4-stroke oil in my ATV and was impressed with its performance in smooter shifting and quiter iddling. So I am expecting good...

I have bought some Amsoil 0W-20 fully syntetic oil for my 2008 Tacoma with 2.7L 4cyl. engine. The owners manual calls out 5W-20 or 0W-20, but states that 0W-20 is prefered! I have never run 0W-20 oil before. Only 5W-20 both convensional and synthetic and one time for a short while 5W-30. Does...

Originally Posted By: bmwtechguy Given the choice, I would go with either the Redline MT-90 or Amsoil MTG 75W-90 GL-4 lubes in a Toyota manual gearbox over one of the GL-5 choices available. The exception would be Redline 75W-90NS GL-5 if you want to use the same fluid for all 4 fills on the...

Originally Posted By: Whitewolf Originally Posted By: Deer_Slayer I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name...

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Is this for a diff or transmission? I'd recommend (and I'm not someone who drops names often) ordering some Amsoil gear lube from our site sponsors. I've used a few brands and found a WORLD of difference (for manual transmissions) between oils. Its...

I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name gear oil in my truck. the only convensional name brand gear oil I...

Has anybody run GC in an engine that is spec'd for 5W-20 / 0W-20. I have a 2008 Tacoma 4 cylinder that I am thinking about putting GC in, but hearing the fact that it is a very thick 30 grade oil scares me. But my wife has a Sienna which calls out 5W-30 and I am sure it would do well in her car.

Originally Posted By: Badlees Just dropped the 20w in the Tacoma and replaced it with the GC gold (Germany). Very smooth. Time to tow the boat! Badlees, Is your Tacoma recent model (2nd generation) 4 cylinder? Also how does the engine sound at start up when this oil is real thin until it heats up?

After hearing all the good things about GC 0W-30, I bought couple stashes of them from AZ at their current special and going to try it in my 2008 Tacoma 4cyl 4x4 which calls out 0W-20 or 5W-20. has anybody tried it in similar trucks? Do you think it would perform well in my truck?

I forgot to mention that I also have some Valvoline Synpower 5W-30.

I have a 2008 Tacoma 4 cylinder truck that calls out 5W-20 or 0W-20 oils. I just bouth some German Castrol Syntec in 0W-30 for next oil change since I heard so much good things about it. What do you guys think? You think it would be OK? you think it would work well in my truck?

I went today to Autozone and took advantage of the great deal they are running on 5 qts of Castrol Syntec and a K&N filter for $25. I got some of that German Castrol (0W-30) that everybody was praising so much to give it a try. but the trouble is my truck holds almost 6 qts of oil, and I hate to...

My truck calls out 6.1 qts too, but I didn't even put in 6.0 qts in there and it is already over the full line. some thing doesn't make sense between what the manual says and what the dip stick shows! Based on the feed back from you folks, I think I will leave it be until next oil change. thanks.

Again I put a little more oil in when I changed it last time. On these 4 cylinder tacomas it is hard to figure out exactly how much to put in. If you put in what the manual calls out you go over the full line. Now my dipstick shows about 1/4" over the full line. Is it going to be OK till next...

Glad to hear that the Tacoma engine design as you describe it would not allow dry engine start ups. One question: What is the "piston slap" that you mensioned? Also my whole aim is trying to get the engine to run quieter and produce less vibration. It has been annoying me and I believe this...

my 2008 Tacoma 2.7L I4 4X4 calls out 5W-20. wondering if anybody has or is using 5W-30 or 0W-30 oil in this engine and what kind of results have you seen? any problems from running a little thicker oil? any benefits?

What viscosity curve are you talking about? are you indicating that at the same temperatures the 0W spec oil will be thicker and flow slower than 5w spec oil?

Even though it is not as cold as Canada down here in Mississippi, believe me it still gets pretty cold around here too, with many days below freezing in early mornings. It is not like rain forest around here as you might think. But I don't understand your statement about 0W-30 being thicker at...