Bought a new Tundra

[JTK]

I definitely do my own oil changes but with two years free service, I'm going to let the dealer do the scheduled 10,000 mile change after I do it at 5000. I'm thinking about sending a sample from the 5000 mile change to Blackstone too.

I just joined the Tundras forum and there is obviously a lot of chatter there about the bearing failures. They are sending oils sample to be tested as well and the comments from Blackstone mention that high silver readings could mean bearing wear or solder from the oil cooler. The tests from Speed Diagnostic don't even check for silver and one member sent an email to Speed to ask about that and they replied that there is no silver in the bearings so no need to test for it.

I know that Toyota made changes to production of the engine earlier this year and even the early ones failed at a rate of less than 1%. I test drove a blue Tundra and they unloaded the one I ended up buying as I was at the dealer. I wanted the late build date.

I haven't followed this Tundra engine thing much. I know it wouldn't sway me from one if it's the vehicle I wanted. I know the new 2022+ Nissan Frontier engine has a few reported catastrophic failures that blew things up on the Nissan forums for a bit.

Looks like the Tundra engine holds something like 8 quarts of oil. It's got a nifty drip catcher at the base of the filter that you can shove a piece of hose onto so it doesn't drip on the frame. One of those fiber under covers has to be unbolted and pried out of the way to get at the filter. I think the FSM also suggests putting the electronic retractable lower air dam in service mode as well to get at the filter, but you don't need to do this.

 

[KrisZ]

Good looking truck for sure, congrats.

How is the engine/tranny overall? Does it have good grunt down low? Does the tranny hunt for gears or not?

 

[02SE]

Congrats.

I still miss my Red (Garnet pearl) '93 Hilux SR5 4wd Xtra cab.

 

[Ausfahrt]

Good looking truck for sure, congrats.

How is the engine/tranny overall? Does it have good grunt down low? Does the tranny hunt for gears or not?

To answer your first two questions, I love the power and to me it has good but not great grunt in the lower rev range. There is just a bit of turbo lag but the power comes on strong after that. This engine is much stronger than the Ford 2.7 ecoboost based only on my own perception.

Your third question is going to be a bit more difficult for me to answer. Most of the vehicles that I have owned in the past have had manual transmissions so I am probably not the best person to assess or compare how this transmission performs compared to others. My initial impression is positive but I haven't even explored the different modes or subjected it to things like towing or steep climbing so I am learning too. The last full sized truck that I owned was my old '94 F150 with a 302 and 5 speed MT.

 

[panthermike]

Because even with engines grenading, Toyota truck > Nissan

I'd have to disagree there, the Titans have proven themselves to be good trucks. However, since they are being discontinued, that is a big negative in regards to future parts availability etc.

 

[panthermike]

Congrats OP! Beautiful truck. Hope you have a long trouble-free experience with her.

 

[I<3oil]

I'd have to disagree there, the Titans have proven themselves to be good trucks. However, since they are being discontinued, that is a big negative in regards to future parts availability etc.

You can disagree all you like. At the end of the day, it’s still a Nissan product.

 

[panthermike]

You can disagree all you like. At the end of the day, it’s still a Nissan product.

I can see where this is going.. Back on topic

 

[I<3oil]

I can see where this is going.. Back on topic

It’s already went somewhere. You just don’t like the end result.

 

[Exhaustgases]

Looks like either a car with a small play pen in the back, or a station wagon with the roof at the rear missing?
If you can't haul a 4x8 plywood board in the back there is no reason to even have a pickup.

 

[wemay]

No flame here. Congrats and many years or reliable transport.

 

[cb_13]

It’s already went somewhere. You just don’t like the end result.

I’d rather push a “insert favored brand her” than drive a “insert hated brand here”

 

[loneryder]

Saw this exact truck today. Very nice.

 

[super20dan]

I remember when Ford had the 6.0 diesel. The information was everywhere that they had major issues. I always wondered why customers didn’t just quit buying them. I see Toyota customers make similar choices.

toyota has a much better than toyota since the 70,s!

 

[I<3oil]

I’d rather push a “insert favored brand her” than drive a “insert hated brand here”

I’d rather drive a good brand than a crappy brand lol

 

[cb_13]

toyota has a much better than toyota since the 70,s!

Nobody can argue with that. Mostly because it makes zero sense.

 

[blueglide88]

Nice looking truck! I hope it gives you many years of good service.
IMO it wouldn't hurt to change the oil at 500 and 1000 miles just because of the recent bearings issue. Then let the dealer take over at 5k and 10k.

 

[Ausfahrt]

Looks like either a car with a small play pen in the back, or a station wagon with the roof at the rear missing?
If you can't haul a 4x8 plywood board in the back there is no reason to even have a pickup.

Plywood.

I'll make sure to consider that when I buy my next truck.

 

[SatinSilver]

Nice looking truck! I hope it gives you many years of good service.
IMO it wouldn't hurt to change the oil at 500 and 1000 miles just because of the recent bearings issue. Then let the dealer take over at 5k and 10k.

Excellent point.

 

[CKN]

Excellent point.

Changing the oil at 1,000 miles isn't going to help the bearing issue. If there is debris in there, the motor will grenade sooner or later. If there isn't-it won't.