My company vehicle is a 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, which is basically a USDM Lexus GX-Series but with the 1GR-FE 4.0L V6.
There are quite a few different types of use mentioned in the owner's manual, including towing, driving in dusty conditions, off-roading among a few more. For some reason or another, Toyota recommend changing the oil every 5,000 km/3,000 miles with the only difference being time-based intervals:
Normal driving: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 6 months
City driving: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 3 months
Dusty conditions: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 3 months
Towing: 2,500 km/1,500 miles or 3 months
Offroading: 2,500 km/1,500 miles or 3 months
Extended service intervals are not mentioned, and based on the temperature chart, you can use anything from a 5W-30 to 20W-50. 5W-30 is listed up to 35 Celsius/95 Fahrenheit and the others (10W-30, 15W-40 and 20W-50) are up to 50+ Celsius/122+ Fahrenheit.
For 5W-30 and 10W-30, they recommend API SM/ILSAC GF-4
For 15W-40 and 20W-50, they recommend API SL "or better"
I don't treat company cars any different than my own and I don't want to be using Middle East sourced 20W-50 like everyone else, even if it is "Genuine Toyota Motor Oil". But I see no point in wasting a synthetic if I'm only going to be running it 3,000 miles or 6 months (80% highway/20% city driving, no offroading, slightly dusty conditions). I tend to cover 3,000 miles in about 4-5 weeks. If I could extend the interval, I would use a synthetic 5W-30 or 5W-40 meeting ACEA A3/B4 and be done with it.
But given I need to follow these intervals for warranty, I decided to go with Motorcraft Syn Blend 10W-30 SN/GF-5 - widely available, cheap and good stuff. Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions.
Also, I replace the air filter every 10,000 km/6,250 miles in all my vehicles and this is no exception. But out of curiosity, would it be a waste to run the cartridge filter only 3,000 miles? Thanks!
There are quite a few different types of use mentioned in the owner's manual, including towing, driving in dusty conditions, off-roading among a few more. For some reason or another, Toyota recommend changing the oil every 5,000 km/3,000 miles with the only difference being time-based intervals:
Normal driving: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 6 months
City driving: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 3 months
Dusty conditions: 5,000 km/3,000 miles or 3 months
Towing: 2,500 km/1,500 miles or 3 months
Offroading: 2,500 km/1,500 miles or 3 months
Extended service intervals are not mentioned, and based on the temperature chart, you can use anything from a 5W-30 to 20W-50. 5W-30 is listed up to 35 Celsius/95 Fahrenheit and the others (10W-30, 15W-40 and 20W-50) are up to 50+ Celsius/122+ Fahrenheit.
For 5W-30 and 10W-30, they recommend API SM/ILSAC GF-4
For 15W-40 and 20W-50, they recommend API SL "or better"
I don't treat company cars any different than my own and I don't want to be using Middle East sourced 20W-50 like everyone else, even if it is "Genuine Toyota Motor Oil". But I see no point in wasting a synthetic if I'm only going to be running it 3,000 miles or 6 months (80% highway/20% city driving, no offroading, slightly dusty conditions). I tend to cover 3,000 miles in about 4-5 weeks. If I could extend the interval, I would use a synthetic 5W-30 or 5W-40 meeting ACEA A3/B4 and be done with it.
But given I need to follow these intervals for warranty, I decided to go with Motorcraft Syn Blend 10W-30 SN/GF-5 - widely available, cheap and good stuff. Just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions.
Also, I replace the air filter every 10,000 km/6,250 miles in all my vehicles and this is no exception. But out of curiosity, would it be a waste to run the cartridge filter only 3,000 miles? Thanks!