2018 Toyota Tacoma 2GR-FKS, Castrol Edge EP 5W-30, 6,111 OCI

The Tacoma is approved to run anything from 0w-20 up to 15w-40. Just because your US owner’s manual does not specifically state this does not mean it’s not in the service or technical manual. Thank CAFE for this. I switched to M1 5w-40 at 250 miles. Significant difference. Much less dilution. I’m also tuned and run E25, I target 4k - 5k OCI’s because I’m not interested in extending them, oil is cheap. I’d rather keep my wear at a minimum.

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FYI the "cylinder wall damage " some Toyotas have experienced is from extended oil changes with low tension oil rings.
Stick to 5000-mile oil changes or risk the low tension ring cylinder wall damage as vanishing causing sticking
Good advice.
 
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