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[g1212969]

I have a 2010 Toyota Camry (4 cyl ) . I received from Toyota a revised maintenance manual that claims a 10,000 mile interval on oil changes. The very first oil change was performed at 4800 miles , the repair shop did not put 0w-20 in like I request and put Castrol 5w-20 in and said to change the oil after 3000 miles. I change the oil after 3130 miles . I switched repair shops and they put Valvoline Synpower 0w-20 in as requested. I did have the second shop save a clean sample of the Castrol 5w-20 that I was going to send in for analyses, but now wonder if it is worth sending. I want to know when should I change the Valvoline and send in a sample ? 5000 miles ? 7500 mile ?

I guess I have two questions should I have the Castrol analyzed ?
When should I change and analyze the Valvoline ?

Thanks…

 

[Nick R]

7,500 miles if you can go that long without having a panic attack.

What castrol was it? GTX? Syntec? Edge? Only the edge might be good for 10,000 miles, and doubtful. Neither of the others you'd catch me dead having in that long.

 

[d00df00d]

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I wouldn't bother analyzing the Castrol.

I would plan on sampling the Valvoline at 5,000 miles first. If all is well, take the next oil change out to 7500 miles, and keep drawing it out (up to the factory-recommended 10k miles) until it's as long as you're comfortable with.

Why not use the Toyota 0w-20, by the way? It looks to be pretty good stuff.

 

[Hazmat]

Why not follow what the manual says to do? If they want you to do 10K OCI, I don't see any reason to do it sooner.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Welcome indeed. I agree on not analyzing the Castrol. It'll probably have "high" wear metals in it anyway, just from being in there directly after break-in.

I'm not sure yet how I feel about Toyota's recommended 10k mile OCIs. I just bought an '11 Camry myself, with the same 2.5L 4-cylinder that you have. Indeed, 0W-20 is the factory fill, and the '11 owner's manual does recommend oil changes every 10k miles, if using synthetic. If not using synthetic oil, it recommends 5k mile OCIs.

The 5W-20 oil was just fine to use. Even if it was bulk Castrol GTX.

 

[addyguy]

Te repair shop was just using inexpensive oil, and giving the standard 3k OCI to get you back for more business. They all do.

Go 10k on the 0W-20 Synpower, it can do it with ease!

 

[HTSS_TR]

If your drives are mostly highway and more than 15-20 miles each way with few cold starts a day, then Synpower or any 0W20 synthetic will be good for 10k miles. To be sure you should do UOA at 7-8k miles for this fill to see if 10k miles is OK.

 

[g1212969]

Thanks for the input, I believe the oil was GTX and I am 110 miles from my Toyota dealer. 10K OCIs sounds like alot of miles...

 

[HTSS_TR]

My '94 LS400 have had 6-7k/60 with dino and 12-14k/12mo with syn. It has 250k miles now without any engine problem. The car consumes about 1/2 quarts every 3-4k miles, I added 1/2 quarts if it had dino and 1 quart if it had syn during the OCI.

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: g1212969
10K OCIs sounds like alot of miles...

It is, but it should be totally doable for a modern Toyota engine with the right oil and non-severe service.

 

[Geo_Prizm]

Even old Toyotas.Corolla/Prizm regular OCI is 7500 miles on mineral oil.If mineral can go 7500 miles, syn can go 15K miles.

 

[chet2]

i would go 7k...my bil usually changes every 28k (or not) with no make up oil (even though it is usually 2 qts low) and his camry 4cyl still runs at 295k but it sounds rough...if it hadnt been for me adding oil over years engine wouldve croaked