Funny story about Toyota Trucks and oil

[Oldtom]

I have a 98 Toyota Tacoma with 206 K miles. My truck has always run Amsoil 5w30 and a factory filter. The oil is changed once a year and the filter twice yearly. I recently ran into a contractor with a 92 Tacoma with 268 K miles on it. The man's truck showed minor dents and scratches but was purring like a kitten. The engine had never been apart. Being a BITOGER, I had to ask the man what oil he ran to get that longevity. The man gave me a puzzled look and said any oil of the correct weight

I will probably continue with the Amsoil in my truck, but, it looks like the Toyota four cylinder will last darn near forever with any oil, dino or synthetic.

FYI

 

[gathermewool]

How many miles/year, or has it varied over the life of the truck?

 

[Ethan1]

No cause for alarm. This is what some people refer to as a "normal person".

Imagine his surprise if you showed him a website where people make up their own oil change intervals and viscosity requirements!

 

[Oldtom]

In my case about 10 K miles per year, mostly highway. Last year I got a job just 2 miles from home, so my yearly mileage is down to about 2000. I may do an oil analysis to see if the Amsoil is holding up, or switch to Mobil 1 EP changed twice a year.

 

[CELICA_XX]

Any Tacoma with reasonable care can achieve those same results

 

[mjk]

A 92 taco, with 268k on it, isn't exactly earth shattering mileage. At 400k, get back to me...

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Oldtom
I have a 98 Toyota Tacoma with 206 K miles. My truck has always run Amsoil 5w30 and a factory filter. The oil is changed once a year and the filter twice yearly. I recently ran into a contractor with a 92 Tacoma with 268 K miles on it. The man's truck showed minor dents and scratches but was purring like a kitten. The engine had never been apart. Being a BITOGER, I had to ask the man what oil he ran to get that longevity. The man gave me a puzzled look and said any oil of the correct weight

I will probably continue with the Amsoil in my truck, but, it looks like the Toyota four cylinder will last darn near forever with any oil, dino or synthetic.

FYI

My 1994 LS400 has more than 370k miles on odometer. It had dino/syn of various name brands of 5W30 which is the spec'ed grade. Dino OCI is twice a year, syn is once a year and oil filter once a year.

No work in the engine ever, it till has original valve cover gaskets. It had some parts replaced over the years, such as alternator, starter, power steering pump, timing belt, radiator and hoses ...

 

[expat]

As I have said on this site before (at the risk of over telling a story)

I had an 82 Toyota 22R that went over (I assume that because I sold it) 500k miles on Canadian Tire 20w-50, even during -10c winters.

So, What oil should I have bought to prevent the truck looking like garbage and rusting?

 

[901Memphis]

Oil doesn't know time. Amsoil or Mobil 1 EP with only 2k per year would be a 3 year oci for me. The filter would be a synthetic microglass changed every 3 years also.

 

[Leo99]

I was talking to a guy that drives a refrigerated truck for FedEx as a contractor; he owns his own truck. Said he had 485k miles on it. Drove about 90k a year. It was his second truck. He sold his first truck with 858k miles and the guy he sold it to was driving for FedEx for a couple years so it could have close to 1million miles on it. Asked him what kind of oil he used: Mobil 1.

 

[dlundblad]

Originally Posted By: expat
As I have said on this site before (at the risk of over telling a story)

I had an 82 Toyota 22R that went over (I assume that because I sold it) 500k miles on Canadian Tire 20w-50, even during -10c winters.

So, What oil should I have bought to prevent the truck looking like garbage and rusting?


And yet we have many people here worried about cold flow in southern Tennessee during the summer.

 

[tinmanSC]

Originally Posted By: Ethan1
No cause for alarm. This is what some people refer to as a "normal person".

 

[meborder]

Originally Posted By: Oldtom
In my case about 10 K miles per year, mostly highway. Last year I got a job just 2 miles from home, so my yearly mileage is down to about 2000. I may do an oil analysis to see if the Amsoil is holding up, or switch to Mobil 1 EP changed twice a year.


2000/year ?!?!? i drive that in a month!!
I've already put on over 10,000 since january.

no way am i using an EP oil and changing it ever 1,000 miles.

if you want to do twice/year oil changes, save your money and get the cheapest 5w30 you can find. even at that, you would be changing it about 3 times more often than you would need to. at 2,000 per year, it is getting yearly OCI's at the MOST at this house.

 

[Chris142]

Our shop truck has over 400k on it running whatever was on sale and changed when I have time.

 

[Chris142]

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/3472494/Searchpage/1/Main/222759/Words/Tacoma/Search/true/400,000_miles!_Pic!#Post3472494

 

[andyd]

Heh heh, The only trouble with Toyota trucks is that the frames rust. The engines are known for lasting. The Top Gear guys tortured an old Hilux and couldn't kill it. They drove to the North Pole in a fleet of Tacomas. So you're preaching to the choir about Toyotas.

I was running my first 528e on cheap oil,due to a head gasket flaw. It leaked a qt in 1500 miles. This is above average compared to some of my clunkers. The car had low level warning lights for oil,gas and water. I added 200 k to a car I bought with 150k on it. Cheapest oil and filters I could find on a rigid 3k OCI. A fellow 5er guy mentioned BITOG back in '04. I came seeking an elixir that could revive a cat. An 02 sensor cured that issue. But I discovered that I could double my OCIs. Also that the cheapo no name oil and Autozone house brand filter had to conform to the same government specs as the brands I saw in the ads.
How I prattle. We are blessed, Oldtom, with a perfect storm of good engines and good lubricants. As long as there a lube of some sort in its proper sump. then you're all set. Party on.

 

[JFK]

Baring an over heat, sever neglect or running the engine out of oil every I4 ever used in a Toyota pickup truck are bullet proof.

300K-500K should be easy. The parts that will fail routinely over that time frame are starters, alternators, timing chain tensioner, pressure plate is manual, slave cylinder, power steering pump etc.....

Wear numbers are never an issues with Toyota engines it is always a battle over insolubles when going any length of time with the OCI. Insolubles going out of range would end the OCi long before wear numbers ever would.