Long time lurker. The woman drives a Mazda 3 that specs 5w-20 and I have used Motorcraft since new. Yota specs 5w-20 in the new ride and it would be easy to use the same oil. Thoughts?
2007 Camry
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yep, depends on what your drain interval is...
I thught that toyota was using 0w-20 synthetic oil... or is that only for the fuel economy tests???
0w-20 or 5w20 M1 would be good... depends on how long you plan to keep the car, what your maintenance practices are, etc.
Havoline isanother good oil if youre looking for conventional.
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I thught that toyota was using 0w-20 synthetic oil... or is that only for the fuel economy tests???
0w-20 or 5w20 M1 would be good... depends on how long you plan to keep the car, what your maintenance practices are, etc.
Havoline isanother good oil if youre looking for conventional.
JMH
Yota specs 5000 mile no matter what. I'd like to go longer but the warranty and all....
like they're gonna know
I have a 2006 4 cyl p/u that per a T.S.B can run 05w/20 oil the truvh has had 2 oil changes and has gotten via a scan gauge 23.4 mile per gallon running from Redding ca. to Vacaville Calif.on I5 and 505 with 10w/30 5w/30 and 5w/20 what is the deal ? Thought xw/20 was the cats meow .
FWIW, I have been using Valvoline DuraBlend on my 2001 Camry(Solara) until this summer, when I switched to M1 Full synthetic, now that the engine has 70k on it.
Runs smoother & quieted up when I added some VSOT to it.
Highly recommend the 5w30 M1, if you can get it on sale (actualy $4.79 at Kmart right now...)
GL
Runs smoother & quieted up when I added some VSOT to it.
Highly recommend the 5w30 M1, if you can get it on sale (actualy $4.79 at Kmart right now...)
GL
drewjp ,There is also a typo or two!
Syn oils at 5,000 mile oil change intervals are not needed.
So Moto 5w-20 at 5k? This is really weak of Toyota. Is this a sludger?
Sounds like a plan to me. Once you're out of warranty, increase the OCI if you really want to run the oil longer, perhaps with a "full" synthetic instead of the MotorCraft Semi-Synthetic.
That Motorcraft oil has shown excellent UOA's. I would stick with it for both cars.
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