Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: Danno
Originally Posted By: supton
What's wrong with changing it every 10k? Are you looking to change every 20k?
This.
Toyota is sticking with a 5K change rate on most of it's vehicles, 10K for a few, synthetic or not. The Toyota factory sites are clear on this. VVT engines, in particular, are apparently hard on oil. The manual for my 08 V6 Camry says 5000 miles, I searched for an a longer interval for that engine that Toyota may have back speced and couldn't find one on any of their factory Q&A sites. So, it's 5W 30 and 5 K until I read otherwise.
I have a Tacoma with the V6. It irks me that I have to change oil every 5k, even with synthetic. I wish there'd be a TSB about extending it to 7.5k or 10k. Almost thinking of switching from Mobil-1 to PYB, since it is only 5k. Sorry to hijack this thread.