I cant pick an oil?

[Thumper_sr5]

I've been running Mobil 1 5w30 in my 4x4 2003 Tacoma.
I've also used toyota brand dino and pennzoil.
I'm happy with the mobil 1 but have been reading bad uoa and other reports about poor quality. The
amsoil site shows poor wear numbers, while dino havoline showed great wear second only to amsoil.
I cant spend the money on amsoil but want the best oil for my truck mainly conventional oils. What oil should I use for 5,000 mile changes? I want to pick one and stay with it, so any opinion is very helpful. Thank you

 

[KW]

The Mobil 1 5W30 will do just fine as will the Pennzoil and Havoline for 5000 OCI's. If you like the Mobil 1 just stick to it, it's good stuff, that's why everyone wants to compare their oil to it.

 

[TSoA]

M1 is good, but a waste at only 5000 miles oci. I'd stay with M1 at 6 MONTH intervals, or use a more economic oil at your 5000-6000 mile interval, like $2q Syntec Blend 5w30. It has some great used oil analysis.

SB 10w-40 even meets ACEA A3 specs! A cheaper price of $10/5q makes it more likely that you will stick with your oil choice. At $2q you can stock-up.

[ February 08, 2004, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: TSoA ]

 

[Titanium_Alloy]

If you're looking for a good conventional oils which can go 5k miles my personal choices for this car would be (no specific order):

10w-30 Chevron (5w30 seems to shear down a little bit)

10W-30 Mobil Drive Clean

10W-30 Mobil Drive Clean Blend

If you want synthetics, but want to safe some money 10w30 SuperTech Synthetic from Wal-Mart should be fine.

I hope this helps.

 

[Thumper_sr5]

My two big brands are castrol gtx or Mobil 1 but
the moly rating on mobil 1 and the iron in uoa
change all the time like the oil is not made the same everytime.