2024 Rav4 LE gas...Valvoline Advanced 0w16 and OEM Toyota filter changed at 1000. Will try GTMO or Idemitsu next and compare the engine noise at 3000 or 5000 or both lol
I saw this topic came up again recently. I recall a long thread last year that I thought put this to bed. But I guess not. The electronic oil pump speculation appears to be based on a video by the Car Care Nut saying the oil pump was electronic and calibrated for 0w-16. This being the reason for strict adherence to the 0w- 16 oil (not here to debates that specifically.)
Searched YouTube to try to find this video and figure out where this came from, but instead found this.
A video of the Car Care Nut assembling the A25A in question and talking about the oil pump chain...