Hi Folks,
Been lurking for years but have a question I wanted your opinions on. I gifted a 2019 Corolla SE to my daughter in California and shipped it out to her this past June. Meticulously maintained and I do my own oil changes like most of you folks. Did plugs, CVT, coolant change (early), new brakes with 100% Toyota parts, filters. I forgot the battery so going to drop ship a Deka to her in January. I generally buy top tier oil on sale at Walmart so M1 Extended, Royal Purple, Pennzoil PP, Valvoline and for filter Fram Ultra Synthetic. Used 0w-20 instead of 0w-16 but experimented with 5W-30 this past summer and it was perfectly fine. No mileage drop and it ran better imho.
I feel like going with a 0W in Southern California is ridiculous. She lives in San Diego, and they drive around the state so high and low desert and up north.
I have read online that in Japan and other locations they use 5w-30 or even 10w-30.
What would you folks do in this situation? I plan to send her out a years' worth of oil and filters each year in advance and I want her to at least do an oil change every four months, so I never have to worry about it. I don't care if I spend a little more money, I just want her to keep up on it. There are local shops that do the oil change for a fee with customer provided O&F.
Btw I also own a 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5 (147,000) and I have switched to 5-30 in the summer and the vehicle road a lot better and was much quieter. As you all know the boxer engine with the massive timing chains and valve bodies are very loud. I have been using fumoto for maybe 75K so with that and the top mount filter it is a breeze to change. I also do RP, M1, Valvoline, PPP and I am going to try the Valvoline restore and protect in December.
The snap is when I dropped the car of with the car carrier. Appreciate your time.
Rich - Massachusetts
Been lurking for years but have a question I wanted your opinions on. I gifted a 2019 Corolla SE to my daughter in California and shipped it out to her this past June. Meticulously maintained and I do my own oil changes like most of you folks. Did plugs, CVT, coolant change (early), new brakes with 100% Toyota parts, filters. I forgot the battery so going to drop ship a Deka to her in January. I generally buy top tier oil on sale at Walmart so M1 Extended, Royal Purple, Pennzoil PP, Valvoline and for filter Fram Ultra Synthetic. Used 0w-20 instead of 0w-16 but experimented with 5W-30 this past summer and it was perfectly fine. No mileage drop and it ran better imho.
I feel like going with a 0W in Southern California is ridiculous. She lives in San Diego, and they drive around the state so high and low desert and up north.
I have read online that in Japan and other locations they use 5w-30 or even 10w-30.
What would you folks do in this situation? I plan to send her out a years' worth of oil and filters each year in advance and I want her to at least do an oil change every four months, so I never have to worry about it. I don't care if I spend a little more money, I just want her to keep up on it. There are local shops that do the oil change for a fee with customer provided O&F.
Btw I also own a 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5 (147,000) and I have switched to 5-30 in the summer and the vehicle road a lot better and was much quieter. As you all know the boxer engine with the massive timing chains and valve bodies are very loud. I have been using fumoto for maybe 75K so with that and the top mount filter it is a breeze to change. I also do RP, M1, Valvoline, PPP and I am going to try the Valvoline restore and protect in December.
The snap is when I dropped the car of with the car carrier. Appreciate your time.
Rich - Massachusetts