If thin oils are bad then Toyota is stupid?

[oil pan 4]

Let me guess, 2500 oil change intervals and 25K mile coolant changes on this one as well?

Coolant is a lot simpler than oil. Simple test strips tell when the coolant is done.

 

[Kalle.J]

Coolant is a lot simpler than oil. Simple test strips tell when the coolant is done.

Nah mate, its lifetimefluid. Ask the manufacturer

 

[oil pan 4]

Toyota once had a sludge in their engines with recommended 10k oil changes, they reverted them back to 5k. They are far from being perfect when they are making “recommendations”

My boss has a 2021 Toyota and they still recommend 10,000 mile oil changes.

 

[oil pan 4]

where? in europe or here?

Not on this planet.

 

[Kalle.J]

My boss has a 2021 Toyota and they still recommend 10,000 mile oil changes.

Should not be a big problem MercedesBenz among others had up to 18k. OCI

 

[tolian21]

My boss has a 2021 Toyota and they still recommend 10,000 mile oil changes.

It was around year 2003 when they did that, they eventually went back to 10k. But a lot of people that followed “recommended OCI” with certain models got sludge problems, cutting OCI in half mitigated those issues. The point of the story is that sometimes mistakes in “recommendations” are made even by Toyota.

 

[OVERKILL]

It was around year 2003 when they did that, they eventually went back to 10k. But a lot of people that followed “recommended OCI” with certain models got sludge problems, cutting OCI in half mitigated those issues. The point of the story is that sometimes mistakes in “recommendations” are made even by Toyota.

Toyota also manufactured engines with inadequate piston drainback holes, which would plug up and then they'd drink oil.

 

[burbguy82]

Nowhere, it was sarcasm.
US has on average higher milage when comparing used cars.
Probably on average shorter OCI aswell.

@kschachn usually makes sense, could not tell it was sarcasm. hard to hear in the voice...........

we drive more miles here than anywhere else by a lot

 

[tolian21]

The cars are no longer built like they used to be 20years or so ago; they spend a lot of their budget developing electronics and other useless gizmos instead of focusing on quality of power train

 

[NorthernDriver]

There is a guy on reddit with a 2019 RAV4 hybrid with something ridiculous like 400k after 3 years. They know what they are doing I wouldn't worry.

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final update:

 

[TurboZedd-R]

The cars are no longer built like they used to be 20years or so ago; they spend a lot of their budget developing electronics and other useless gizmos instead of focusing on quality of power train

I think that is a pretty bold statement. Engines are making more power with less size and we have yet to see what will happen in 20 years. Honda is still using a variant of the K. AMG is lining their cylinders with a proprietary carbon, and VW uses the EA888 which is pretty much bulletproof. Not a whole lot changes other than efficiency. If anything the average joe is following 10k intervals. Compared to 3k, 12 years go. So you can't really compare. New engines compared to old with equal oci, the new ones will last longer.

 

[M56959]

So concludes today's thick/ thin bickerbait waste of everyones time.