Best Motor Oil for your Toyota, and coolant too Options

[hurley97]

If you had any questions as to what kind of oil and/or coolant is best for your Toyota, this might help.
Its from a Toyota Complete Maintenance Care booklet they gave to the Service Advisors at the dealerships...

6 out of 10 [Toyota] vehicles come with Exxon Mobil as "factory fill"

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

My beliefs are pretty simple with oil.

Synthetic oils are much more resistant to thermal breakdown, and its definately more viscous and more protective than standard oil. Conventional oil will do the job as well, but lacks the same physical properties of synthetic oil to offer the same long-term protection.
Most important thing with either oil is that you keep the level where it should be, change it regularly or as soon as it gets dirty, and use a high quality filter. If you neglect those three things then it doesn't matter what type of oil you use, you will end up with wear and tear on your engine over time.

On a high-performance motor that sees alot of high-RPM's and hot temps, I would only ever run full synthetic with an OEM filter or better, simply because it won't break down as quickly as standard oil under heat and it will protect critical areas like the main bearings and moving parts in the head much better. On your mothers minivan with 100k+, regularly changed conventional motor oil will certainly get the job done.

I wish I took a picture of my 3rd gen 3SGTE when I had the valve cover off, it was scary how clean it was..... even with 80k miles everything is SHINY silver with a thin coat of fresh oil, not a bit of burnt oil around the valves, not the slightest bit of wear on the camshaft lobes or the shims. Definately a motor that saw nothing but synthetic oil and OEM filters from the factory, toyota red coolant, and OEM scheduled maintainence.



Ok now that I'm done typing all that, I think i need to check my oil.