Comments by "Rimrock300" (@Rimrock300) on "TOYOTA OWNERS! Please NEVER Do THIS to Your Toyota!" video.

  1. As long as the oil meets the Toyota specs, its okay. Mobile 1, Penzoil, Valvoline full syntetic are high end brands,
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  2. Complicated yes, but keep in mind after after 100+ years of development, the IC engines of today generally are quite dependable, give one are good with the maintenance. Many pplaes around the world it's corrotion and general wear and tear that kills the cars, before engine and drivetrain gives up.
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  3. Chicago region
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  4. I would say if one got long experiene with cars and oils, and feel 10K miles oil changes has worked fine through all years, one can go ahead. Most car owners will be better off change every 5K miles, including synthetic oils. One do not need to buy the more expencive brands
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  5. Will be the same rule for any petrol/diesel car. A realtively 'cheap insurance' to change oil often as 5K miles. One do not have to go with the most expencive brands when changing that often, but a full synthetic oil that meets the min specs of the car manufaturer
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  6. Brand is not so critical as long as the oil meet the specs and one replace it often, like every 5K miles. Same with transmisson oil, change it more often than adviced from the manufacturer of the car. Full syntetic Mobile 1, Penzoil, Valvoline are top brands
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  7. I hear several comment about using the Valvoline Restore and protect. Would possible try that one for some time and take notice of any improvements. If not there are oil cleaning addiatives that can be used, but can be hard on gaskets and such if overdone, used too long
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  8. Still, experience says one are much better of with 5K intervals than 10K when it come to Toyota, and sure others. Feel free to do any conclusion leading you to go for 10K miles+ intervals
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  9. The dealer/manufactuers are worried they will sell less cars if they give shorter service intervals than the competition. If one buy the car new, or quite new, replace it after 5 years or so, no big issues with the recommended intervals. It will be second hand owners down the line what will get the issues
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  10. If the car got a relative high milage, one can maybe assume 'previous owners did something right')
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  11. He is in the Chicago area
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  12. Yes, manufacturers will compete about longer intervals, and Meredes I belive has/had some automatic transmission where oil would last 'for ever'. The smarter thing to do is just to forget about the intervals given by the manufaturers, just change oils more often, at least once a year for the engine. Hey, if one buy the car new and replace it with a new every 5 years or so as many do, it will be some second hand owners that will get the issues
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  13. with many lower cost models 10K is an issue. Pre year 2000, larger tolerance in general with many engines, not so critical with longer oil intervals
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  14. wow, impressive) I'm just looking at buying a cheap Toytoa Corolla 2004 model with the smaller 1.6 liter engine over in Europe, that has 185K miles on it. I feel it's pretty high milage compared to other models of the same car and age for sale, and thinking to myself 'would it last a couple of more years and 10-15K miles without any larger engine issues?' I guess there is a chance, it's peanuts compared to 600K miles
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  15. Many engines deals with once a year oil changes with no issue. Other engines will be better off with more often
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  16. Full synthetic will be a added bonus, especially if one live in a place with cold winters and/or do much city/que driving. Number 1 is do the change every 5K miles, no matter oil as long as it meets the min specs. I use some lower cost full synthetic, helps keep the engine even cleaner inside, and helps towards a bit less wear and less fuel use starting and driving off in the cold winter months
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  17. Hard to prove 100% naturally, but this mechanic have worked with these engines for a couple of decades and seen a lot..he can indicate these things with a quite high accuracy..There is always a potential chance the engine could been damaged with 5K intervals to, but the chance of it not happening would been much bigger with the 5K
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