I have an 06 Double cab. Mostly Chevron Supreme but currently Castrol GTX (all 5w30) GTX seems to give a bit higher oil pressure, but the Chevron seemed to let the engine rev a bit quicker. What do you run? Oh yeah, 4.7 V8.
Tundra owners - Which oil do you use and why?
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seems like gtx is working good for you. higher oil pressure isnt a bad thing for sure..
those v8's are tough and low wearing usually.. use any good brand of oil you want just and follow your book for OCI's
supertech 5w30 dinois a good brand and 5k oci's are fine.
if you work the ____ out of it go to synthetics everywhere, but for normal light pick-up use conventionals are plenty.
my tundra is at 140k and shows little or no wear using all supertech lubricants
GC 0w-30
We have a fleet of Tundras (04 to 08) and they get Jiffy Lubed every 7-8k (spose to be 5k but they are lucky to get in at 7k) with Pennzoil 5w-30 or Qs 5w-30 and all are running great.
The trucks are idled 20+ hours a day (to power the A/C, Heater, computers or light bars) and see hard use when responding.
They don't leak oil, use oil (about 1/4 quart on the worst one at the oil change) and run great.
Very nice engine (all have the 4.7 incl the 08s) and we have the both the crew cabs and the standard cabs. All are 4x4 with Autos.
(iffy lube will not touch the Automatics.. They just state FACTORY Dealer and you'll have to get Toyota to service it)
Take care, bill
The trucks are idled 20+ hours a day (to power the A/C, Heater, computers or light bars) and see hard use when responding.
They don't leak oil, use oil (about 1/4 quart on the worst one at the oil change) and run great.
Very nice engine (all have the 4.7 incl the 08s) and we have the both the crew cabs and the standard cabs. All are 4x4 with Autos.
(iffy lube will not touch the Automatics.. They just state FACTORY Dealer and you'll have to get Toyota to service it)
Take care, bill
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We have a fleet of Tundras (04 to 08) and they get Jiffy Lubed every 7-8k (spose to be 5k but they are lucky to get in at 7k) with Pennzoil 5w-30 or Qs 5w-30 and all are running great.
good info bill. particularly regarding the extended idling.
what kind of mileage . closing in on 200k yet?
also any transmission problems?
what kind of maintenance on those?
are the 04's the year where toyota went to the TIV tranny lifetime fluid?
The trucks are idled 20+ hours a day (to power the A/C, Heater, computers or light bars) and see hard use when responding.
They don't leak oil, use oil (about 1/4 quart on the worst one at the oil change) and run great.
Very nice engine (all have the 4.7 incl the 08s) and we have the both the crew cabs and the standard cabs. All are 4x4 with Autos.
(iffy lube will not touch the Automatics.. They just state FACTORY Dealer and you'll have to get Toyota to service it)
Take care, bill
Anything you like. The big thing is not running the oil change interval past 6 months in these engine as a general rule of thumb with conventional and not more then 9 months with synthetic unless you are doing all HWY driveing. This is what i have gathered from all the UOA of this engine and the Lexus engine lineup. Milage does not seem to matter on the oil nearly as much as time does. Conventional 10W30 works a little better then conventional 5W30 but either will work well. Havoline and Chevron Supreme have turned in some great numbers in these engines. Viscosity does not really matter that much. My Mothers Tundra is a 2002 and it has been run mostly on M1 15W50 in the warm months and M1 10W30 dureing the winter. It has had a few OCI's on M1 0W40 and 5W40 as well. It runs great no matter we put in it.
I pretty much echo John.
I have used;
Schaeffers 5w40,5w30,10w30 and 15w40
Mobil 1 10w30
Mobil drive clean 5w30,10w30
Castrol 5w30,10w30
Citgo 5w30,10w30
Right now using Castrol Tection 15w40
I wish I didn't catch BITOG-itis I would stick with Schaeffers ,but I gotta do something with this stash.
I have used;
Schaeffers 5w40,5w30,10w30 and 15w40
Mobil 1 10w30
Mobil drive clean 5w30,10w30
Castrol 5w30,10w30
Citgo 5w30,10w30
Right now using Castrol Tection 15w40
I wish I didn't catch BITOG-itis I would stick with Schaeffers ,but I gotta do something with this stash.
I have been using M1 5W-30 ever since the first 6K miles. The truck (2000 Regular Cab V8 4WD) now has 57K miles. If you search UOA posts for the 4.7 liter Toyota V8, you'll see it is not hard on oil. My OCI's tend to be every 4-5 K miles.
Switched back to Chevron Supreme. Dealer sent me a coupon. Did the rear diff too, Chevron 75-90 Syn w/LSD additive
You sir own a vehicle with literally one of the best engines ever offered by Toyota. Since it was introduced in the 1998 Landcruiser and the Tundra in 2000, we have had ZERO, yes zero internal engine repairs at my Toyota dealership. One or two years of seeing an engine is no where near enough time to determine a realistic expectation on engine quality, but at almost ten, that's saying something. We are a decent size dealer in Ohio, and there are people that are super anal retentive about maintenance, and others that do 10,000 mile OCI's. I really cannot believe how this engine performs. Sorry, I have seen some Toyota engines that will rear their ugly head around when not treated well, this engine is not one of them. WOW.
Anyway, I would say just about anything will work well with this engine. We run 5w30 in them year 'round with no issues.
Problems? Exhaust manifolds cracking or warping, and an occasional concern about normal piston slap when cold.
Anyway, I would say just about anything will work well with this engine. We run 5w30 in them year 'round with no issues.
Problems? Exhaust manifolds cracking or warping, and an occasional concern about normal piston slap when cold.
derek244 - concerning those engines that "rear their ugly heads" - do you think w/ the 1998-2001 Sienna engines, that some of those engines were prone to sludge, but if (as in my case) the engine has made it past 130k miles with no known problems, then perhaps such an engine just isn't going to have the sludge problem? Or should all of these engines be closely monitored for their entire lives?
DEREK, what about the 3.4 v6's?? i have heard nothing but great things about them. i have a 2002 tacoma 4x4 auto..
I believe the sludge problems are the result of some design changes Toyota implemented on the 3.0L engine starting in 1997. If that is the case, you will need to keep following strict maintenance or you will have problems. I know for a fact that the 3.0L V6 in my Avalon runs very, very hot. That prompted me to become a synthetic user. To overcome logistics I use the same grade and brand synthetic in both my Tundra and Avalon.
you are right harry.. most late 90's model yotas in the 3.0 v6 and the 4 cylinder i believe had gunking issues. switch to syn or blends and that will be taken care of
Yes Mike, you are right about the problems with the 4 cylinder engine as well. I think both went through changes in 1997 to fix some emissions problems. It is interesting that before those changes the same engines were trouble free. The use of a full synthetic or synthetic blend will help these sludge prone Toyota engines go on trouble free for a very long time.
i use mobil 0w40.
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