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Originally Posted By: The Critic Originally Posted By: chubbs1 Do you have ANY proof they are using Toyota 0w20? I am just going with what Nissan, Honda do. They have their own oils and I know for a FACT they don't use them in my vehicles. Please correct me if you have evidence they are going to...

Changed out my M/T and T-case on my FJ with Redline 75W-90 and couldn't be happier. Shifts much better than factory fill. Doing the diff.'s next.

chubbs1> Are you talking to me or someone else? Just for everyone's info the dealer said they will use the correct oil not bulk oil. Will they actually? Not sure. Would like to actually see them work on it though to make sure. As for the analysis of the oil I'm not sure if it's a good idea...

Honda had a service news or bulletin a couple years ago stating that they don't recommend synthetic oils in their engines. I'm pretty sure though the Acura RDX is factory synthetic and now when I search through Honda's dealer only publications that bulletin is nowhere to be found like they...

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Toyota 0W20 is a very good syn oil, it can easily protect your engine with 10k OCI (Oil Change Interval). But if you do not sleep well with this long OCI you can change it out at 5k and 15k and let dealer do 10k and 20k OCI. That was going to be my plan but the...

I'm going to need someone to explain the acronyms please. Here's the thing about being a mechanic. I'm in the camp that changes oil more not less. To me it's cheap insurance but I have an open mind and if testing it proves that it's a waste then that works for me. The problem I have with auto...

Man, I think this engine is the same one as the engine in my 08 FJ. Excellent engine so far. Hope that doesn't happen to me.

Hi, I've been lurking awhile reading mainly. I bought my wife a 2011 Camry and Toyota has it on the free maintanence program for 2 years or whatever. I generally don't like anyone touching my cars but me (I'm a mechanic for a living) and I don't like waiting 10K between oil changes. The car...