Which are you? I hope you’re on the right side of history…..
Which are you? I hope you’re on the right side of history…..
- Celica fuel pump shuts off after exactly 12 minutes
- I have two “poverty buttons” on my 2023 RAV4 XLE Hybrid. What else could I be missing?
Welp, here we go 🍿
I do mine every 5k miles or year, whichever comes first.
I get roasted for it a lot but i do mine every 5k km (about 3k miles), full synthetic 0w20 😶🌫️
I drive a lot for work, and I get a fairly genrious travel comp payment for it every day, so especially things like oil changes I can do myself for 30$, I do them on pretty tight intervals so that I can get the most out of my car I can
For my daily, I do 5k miles. For my project car running VR1, no more than 3k if even that.
5k kilometers (~3k miles), we drive 1000 km (a bit over 600 miles) every second weekend.
Every 5K
Here we count in km so 5k or 10k doesn’t matter, super mega Chad
For the record, Toyota and Lexus HQ employee vehicles and on-site engineers and mechanics only change the synthetic oil every 10k miles except for the high performance engines (RCF, LC500, etc.). Follow the manufacturer instructions as you’ll be fine. If you drive in extreme conditions or operate the vehicle in high stress situations (off-roading, racing, etc.), you’ll need to change it more frequently than the manufacturer recommendation.
Edit: Adding that you should use OEM parts and oil if you want to follow the manufacturer recommendations.
Toyota suggests every 10k miles for full synthetic oil. Why would the manufacturer tell you 10k miles if it wasn’t good for the vehicle? They would have even more problems on their hands at that point.
Every 10k for me. Which ends up being around every 6 months. Brought my car to get oil changed at 5k once and once they checked the oil the guy told me to not even bother with changing it and save my money.
I do a full synthetic every 7-8K. I do it myself at home thanks to Toyota design being so simple
5k miles here. I’m just overly cautious and driving a commute with high acceleration and hills. Better safe than sorry. Could be ptsd from blowing an engine on my first car in high school but that was a shit ford that a change every three miles wouldn’t have saved 😂
I only look at mileage, not dates, and do synthetic every 7,500.
i do 15k
Every 20K miles on my Tacoma and FJ.
i change my full synthetic bmw oil every 15k lol
My Toyotas are like part of the family. I feel like I’m hurting them if I don’t change every 5K.
Any data to support this assertion, or just a guess?
I do every 7k. 2010 Prius (Yes, the one with the scarry head gasket failures) and not a single issue after 265k miles.
Link to my Blackstone oil analysis that just came back today!
https://www.reddit.com/r/toyotasequoia/s/37X4ocsqSW
Do’nt ask engineers about oil change intervals ask the mechanics who rebuild engines tell you about oil change intervals…I do oil changes every 5k or 6 months
I change my oil every 3rd fuel fill-up and then bathe in the oil. All others are beneath me.
My 2000 Avalon has 375k miles. I got it at 203k and I haven’t changed the spark plugs. This. Sucka. Still. Runs. It needs many repairs, but it cranks when I turn the ignition.
I use the Mobil1 20k/1y full synthetic in mine. Changed it at the year mark which was 8k miles. The oil was still a nice light caramel color and had tons of life left in it.
Engine design, oil type, and driving habits make it a much more complicated answer than “everyone who changes at 10k/1y is a moron.”
Had a 2006 Corolla. Did 10k oil changes with full synthetic and a good filter. Thing ran like a top for 315k miles before I gave it away
Changing the oil in your Toyota every 5K miles will ensure that it outlasts cockroaches and Mitch McConnell.
I have noticed that a lot of the people who claim 10k mile oil changes will inevitably result in engine damage use the Car Care Nut as justification as if his opinion is the ultimate verdict on the matter. He’s using personal anecdotes and not statistics. There aren’t any statistics on this matter that I know of.
On multiple occasions, he has spoken out against the maintenance guide, suggesting a potential conflict of interest in relying solely on information from the Toyota maintenance guide, given that it is produced by the manufacturer. This is definitely a valid concern as the guide’s recommendations could align with Toyota’s economic interests rather than being solely based on impartial maintenance needs. But this is only an assumption with absolutely no evidence. He keeps repeating it as if it were a fact.
The Car Care Nut on multiple occasions gave justifications that 10k mile oil change will destroy an engine since he himself has seen more blown motors having 10k miles oil changes than 5k changes. There’s many apparent levels of statistical bias to this thinking. Confirmation bias and selection bias immediately come to mind.
While the Car Care Nut’s recommendation for a 5k-mile oil change may be a prudent approach, relying on personal anecdotes rather than statistical analysis could very well raise scrutiny. Respectfully recommending a 5k-mile interval acknowledges the potential benefits without imposing harm on the engine. However, this does not mean 10k mile oil changes will inevitably result in engine damage.