my "new" used 2000 toyota corolla...

[pbm]

Originally Posted By: Knox
Personally i wouldn't let the warm up bother me, if i lived in texas.

For your car i would use, 0w20 and change it at 10K miles. That's not an issue. Toyota would even be fine with that. It's in there official oil change chart. Just use a quality filter and you don't need to change it. If you want to stick with fram, use a fram extended quard, the one that comes wrapped in plastic. Most fram filters are not that great, but the extended guard is great and can go 10k miles no problem.

EDIT: I mean you don't need to change the filter at 5k miles, but just at 10k with the oil.



I would stick with 5w30 or even 10w30 in Texas.
While Toyota backspec'd later 1zzFEs my research leads me to believe that this is one application that does better on the 30 weight.

 

[mechtech2]

It's a mistake to let the car warm up.
In winter while you scrape ice and snow off the windows is another story.
But 3-4 minutes every time? No way! Just start it and drive it.

We don't drive WWII aircraft with straight 70 weight oil that needs to be warmed up.

 

[synthetic_crazy]

Welcome to BITOG Tony.

I have a '99 Corolla with 128,000 miles; these are great vehicles, you made a wise purchase. My Corolla does burn oil at a rate of around 1 quart every 1500-2000 miles. The consumption has slowed with the use of Mobil 1 5w30. I don't know if I would go past 5000 miles on an oil change in these engines, they seem to be hard on the oil. In the future I will probably try some Mobil 1 High Mileage to see if it will slow the consumption.

I have used Pennzoil Ultra and Platinum in this car with no problems as they are great oils. If you are price conscience, buy whatever syn is on sale and this car will never know the difference.

Keep an eye on your dipstick to see if it burns any oil. Keep us posted...

 

[Smokescreen]

Stick with 5w30.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: tony1983
What is a mmo soak and kreen soak?

Thanks


Pouring liquids through spark plug holes (1-2 oz per cylinder), soaking overnight or longer, evacuating fluids back (as much as possible due to hydrolock danger), starting engine to burn residual liquids, changing oil+filter.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: synthetic_crazy
I don't know if I would go past 5000 miles on an oil change in these engines, they seem to be hard on the oil.


I agree. I did UOA and 5W30 oil thickened to SAE 40 after 5000 miles on my engine. People talking about extended OCI don't know much about this engine. Even Amsoil got burned on this.

 

[Bill in Utah]

I've got a 1ZZFE and do 7-8k OCIs all the time. 212k miles and still like new in operation and MPG. My longest OCI was a little over 11k.

They are hard on oil but today's oils are up to the task. Toyota's OCI of 5k or 6 months in ANY condition with ANY SL/SM/SN API rated oil is safe. IF you drive it often 5k is a easy OCI.

Bill

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: pbm


I would stick with 5w30 or even 10w30 in Texas.
While Toyota backspec'd later 1zzFEs my research leads me to believe that this is one application that does better on the 30 weight.


I'd agree with this. I've run 0w30 and 5w30 in temps from -20s+ and well over 110+ and 5w30 is the ticket in my 1ZZFE. I have not run 5w-20 as I really don't see the need if 5w30 works so well.

10w-30 would not hurt down in the south IMO.

Bill

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
I've got a 1ZZFE and do 7-8k OCIs all the time. 212k miles and still like new in operation and MPG. My longest OCI was a little over 11k.

They are hard on oil but today's oils are up to the task. Toyota's OCI of 5k or 6 months in ANY condition with ANY SL/SM/SN API rated oil is safe. IF you drive it often 5k is a easy OCI.

Bill


Bill,
no disrespect, but you have 2003+ 1ZZ-FE, that is much improved compared to 2000 1ZZ-FE. You have better rings (more tension and chrome coated), better pistons (more oil circulation), improved bore and more rigid short block. You advice and experience don't apply here.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

I agree that you'll need to keep an eye on oil levels in that Corolla. My wife's 2001 is a good little car but the engine is a known sludger and it consumes at least a quart between 3k changes after about 72k miles. It consumes even more and is a heck of a lot noisier when I had a synthetic blend in it. I'm not going to even bother trying a full synthetic.

As mentioned a few times already, use a quality 5w30 conventional and keep the OCIs relatively short. Just because many oils out there can handle long intervals doesn't mean the engine will like it.

Oils I've tried that it 'likes':
Castrol GTX
Mobil Super 5000 (what's in there now, probably the best I've used so far, and it's cheap!)

Oils that were noisy or increased consumption:
Pennzoil conventional
Valvoline DuraBlend

I have some conventional Valvoline NextGen on deck for the next change but I want to try a high-mileage oil at some point.

 

[addyguy]

Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
I've got a 1ZZFE and do 7-8k OCIs all the time. 212k miles and still like new in operation and MPG. My longest OCI was a little over 11k.

They are hard on oil but today's oils are up to the task. Toyota's OCI of 5k or 6 months in ANY condition with ANY SL/SM/SN API rated oil is safe. IF you drive it often 5k is a easy OCI.

Bill


Bill,
no disrespect, but you have 2003+ 1ZZ-FE, that is much improved compared to 2000 1ZZ-FE. You have better rings (more tension and chrome coated), better pistons (more oil circulation), improved bore and more rigid short block. You advice and experience don't apply here.


Not really true - some later Corolla's still burn large amounts of oil.

Keeping a close eye on the oil level of ANY 1.8L Corolla is sound advice.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
I've got a 1ZZFE and do 7-8k OCIs all the time. 212k miles and still like new in operation and MPG. My longest OCI was a little over 11k.

They are hard on oil but today's oils are up to the task. Toyota's OCI of 5k or 6 months in ANY condition with ANY SL/SM/SN API rated oil is safe. IF you drive it often 5k is a easy OCI.

Bill


Bill,
no disrespect, but you have 2003+ 1ZZ-FE, that is much improved compared to 2000 1ZZ-FE. You have better rings (more tension and chrome coated), better pistons (more oil circulation), improved bore and more rigid short block. You advice and experience don't apply here.


Not really true - some later Corolla's still burn large amounts of oil.

Keeping a close eye on the oil level of ANY 1.8L Corolla is sound advice.


Pardon me, did I say otherwise?