Tacoma quest to 500,000 miles which oil?

[Vapor Lock]

My 06 Tacoma 4x4 V6 TRD Sport has 335,743 miles. Original engine and transmission. Goal 500,000 miles. Gentlemen we have the technology, we have the HM oil, (cue six million dollar man intro). From this day forward I will utilize Valvoline Maxlife HM oil to achieve the elusive 500,000 mile barrier. (Tacoma's sound barrier)

Of course I have to use up all my Quakerstate Full Synthetic and NAPA HM Full Synthetic stash first...BUT THEN... IT IS MAXLIFE HM OIL TO 500,000 BARRIER! God speed gentleman. I have miles to drive.

 

[HemiBenny]

Why change what has gotten you to 335k?

I don’t want to sound as if I’m poo pooing on your idea of changing to Maxlife HM, I’m sure that would be fine as well, but why the change? Any particular reason? Just curious.

 

[Vapor Lock]

12 qt box Valvoline MaxLife works out to $3.58 qt.

 

[Graham Piccinini]

12 qt box Valvoline MaxLife works out to $3.58 qt.

Good enough reason in my book.
Lately I've been playing around with the SuperTech 15W-40 HDEO at $2.99/qt. So far so good, but we barely even get a "winter" here in Carolina.

 

[ka9mnx]

Where do you live? Salted Winter roads are the detriment to Toyota's. They could care less what oil you use.

 

[Vapor Lock]

$2.99 a qt that is a great price!

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North East. Toyota replaced the frame, have 2013 frame, new leaf springs, and new break lines. Protected by CRC Heavy Duty Marine spray. My frame looks new! Several under carriage washes after winter and re spray with CRC.

 

[Astro14]

I don’t think you need an HM oil unless you’re trying to address a specific, known, issue. Use whatever got you this far.

 

[cptbarkey]

The only long term thing to watch out for on that engine is your timing chains, but even then you will probably have a boring journey to 500k. Good luck.

 

[Snagglefoot]

I didn't notice the grade you used for the 335,000 miles. What was it?

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

There are three camps here: those who think their particular off the shelf brand is best, those who think all oil is the same and saving a few bucks is the most important thing, and those who think boutique oils are worth it.

This thread is just going to be these three camps offering these three opinions over and over.

 

[JavierH19]

Any 0/5w-40 euro or diesel would be my pick,

 

[Pablo]

Brand doesn't matter.

 

[Redhawk454]

wat oil did you use?

 

[Vapor Lock]

I didn't notice the grade you used for the 335,000 miles. What was it?

5w 30

 

[Vapor Lock]

wat oil did you use?

Any brand Wally World sells I have used.
I think my success has been 5k oil changes with larger oil filter.

 

[Vapor Lock]

There are three camps here: those who think their particular off the shelf brand is best, those who think all oil is the same and saving a few bucks is the most important thing, and those who think boutique oils are worth it.

This thread is just going to be these three camps offering these three opinions over and over.

Yes, most likely. Possible fourth camp would be conduct oil analysis on used oil, let results decide best oil option. Not cost effective for me. I change every 5k. MaxLife HM offers best bang for buck with good additive package.

 

[grampi]

Where do you live? Salted Winter roads are the detriment to Toyota's. They could care less what oil you use.

They are a detriment to ANY vehicle, unless it's made from some magical metal that doesn't corrode...

 

[grampi]

I used nothing but Super Tech dino in my previous Corolla that went 295K, and my current Corolla that has 438K and is still going, but I started using their full syn after dinos went away, and they became blends. I think the price of blends are too high, which makes full syn a better value. I can't see paying the prices they want for a blend...either way, I don't think there is such a thing as a bad oil...

 

[02SE]

Where do you live? Salted Winter roads are the detriment to Toyota's. They could care less what oil you use.

As already mentioned, ANY brand of vehicle will become a rusty corroded hulk, if sufficiently neglected in a highly corrosive environment. I live in an area that just loves to dump as much Salt and spray as much salt brine as they possibly can, all winter long. I have seen all brands become rusty junk when neglected.

That era of Tacoma had frames improperly made by Dana Corp. As a result they were more susceptible to rust. Toyota replaced frames, or bought the trucks back.

Toyota also won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Dana Corp, for the improperly made frames.

 

[kschachn]

Yes, most likely. Possible fourth camp would be conduct oil analysis on used oil, let results decide best oil option. Not cost effective for me. I change every 5k. MaxLife HM offers best bang for buck with good additive package.

A $30 spectrographic analysis won’t yield “the best oil option”.