Great site, just found it! Love oil and the discussion of oil...........
Anway, just purchased an 05 tundra with the 4.7 liter v8, an engine I am not very familiar with. I just did the first oil and filter change at 1500 miles, using Valvoline all weather 10w30(I know, I know, but it was cheap in the gallon and will only be in for 1500 miles, and pure1 filter).
I plan to do another change at 3000 miles, using pure1 filter and possiby penzoil 10w30. Let that run the next 3000 miles till 6000, do change with penzoil/pure1 till 9000 miles, THEN use mobil1 synthetic 10w30 starting at the 9000 miles.
I would go 7500 mile drain interval and filter change, still using a pure1 filter with the mobil1.
My driving is a mix of highway and city driving, sitting in traffic for 30 minutes every morning is the norm, stop and go the whole way, for 10 miles. Same thing on the way home, 1 hr mix of stop and go, and some 50mph stretches.
With all of what I stated, would I be ok with the mobil1 10w30 and 7500 miles intervals in this engine?
I've used everything in the past, ranging from dino oil/fram filter(before I knew better) on my 275,000 mile toyota 22re pickup engine its whole life, to amsoil 10w30 with amsoil sdf filter in my toyota land cruiser 1fze engine at 177,000 when sold. I also used the amsoil in my xterra but have gone to mobil1 syn 10w30 since its easier to get, using a variety of filters like amsoil, pure1, and wix. To be honest, I dont know which is best.
Will the mobil1 hold up in this engine for that amount of time? I dont want to be bothered with analysis all the time, I would just rather change the oil then.
Thanks
joe
Anway, just purchased an 05 tundra with the 4.7 liter v8, an engine I am not very familiar with. I just did the first oil and filter change at 1500 miles, using Valvoline all weather 10w30(I know, I know, but it was cheap in the gallon and will only be in for 1500 miles, and pure1 filter).
I plan to do another change at 3000 miles, using pure1 filter and possiby penzoil 10w30. Let that run the next 3000 miles till 6000, do change with penzoil/pure1 till 9000 miles, THEN use mobil1 synthetic 10w30 starting at the 9000 miles.
I would go 7500 mile drain interval and filter change, still using a pure1 filter with the mobil1.
My driving is a mix of highway and city driving, sitting in traffic for 30 minutes every morning is the norm, stop and go the whole way, for 10 miles. Same thing on the way home, 1 hr mix of stop and go, and some 50mph stretches.
With all of what I stated, would I be ok with the mobil1 10w30 and 7500 miles intervals in this engine?
I've used everything in the past, ranging from dino oil/fram filter(before I knew better) on my 275,000 mile toyota 22re pickup engine its whole life, to amsoil 10w30 with amsoil sdf filter in my toyota land cruiser 1fze engine at 177,000 when sold. I also used the amsoil in my xterra but have gone to mobil1 syn 10w30 since its easier to get, using a variety of filters like amsoil, pure1, and wix. To be honest, I dont know which is best.
Will the mobil1 hold up in this engine for that amount of time? I dont want to be bothered with analysis all the time, I would just rather change the oil then.
Thanks
joe