Current vehicles in use are 3 Toyotas, 1 Mazda. 89 Cavalier is out on loan to a friend.
Two of the Toyotas, Camry and Sienna are the 3.0L 'Sludgeable
' V6's.
In the winter they get one or two Dealer Oil Changes in winter as soon as it reaches 5000kms. Saving 29.99 is still too cold for me!
From Spring to Fall I fill them with 50%Walmart Synthetic 5W30 and 50% Quaker State 5W30.
I keep a gallon jug of each oil with 6 Toyota oil filters.
Third Toyota us the 2.2L "Sludgeable
" I4, the one I drive most, an average of 1000kms each week, so it is filled with Rotella. I always keep 2 gallona of Rotella Synthetic 0W / 5W -40 on hand and 2 Toyota Filters for this car.
I
because it is a good excuse to change the oil.
I buy one each time I change the oil to be able to show a reciept, plus I get a good discount at my dealer. I also buy Air filters 6 at a time as all three use the same one. Denso-USA makes them and seem to be built much better for tapping
than the Wix type I tried once for the same price. I make it a habit to "tap" the air filter on the driveway to shake out any loose dust and clean the air box of bugs, dirt and sometimes seeds.
Note: I find that a clean Intake air helps keep the engine, AND oil cleaner!!
The Mazda Protege is my wife's car and has 3L of Castrol 5W30 synthetic always on hand, 1 oil filter and 3 Air filters.
I found it very hard to find Air filter under $20CDN. Fram's orange material #5955, $16CDN at Walmart, seems to be better than the paper elements sold at most parts stores (According to my 'tapping' habit
)
Please do not
the use of FRAM, I know of no better alternatives to date
. Suggestions are Welcome.
