Changing oil every 2,000 miles

Filter changed oil and repeat

 

1. Engine oil cooler on 4runner doubles life of lifetime oil or more. There's 7 quarts of oil to extend life more. That engine oil cooler is trick.

2. 0W20 circulates faster cleaning more which is important for the vvti cams and gears. Thinner oil in small passages is better.

3. Use synthetic for lifetime of service. I use Mobil 1 every 10k with filter. I drove home without a fan 50 miles and it never ever used oil. Use factory or Wix filter and use synthetic of your choice. Synthetic retains lubricating properties always. It gets dirtier with miles but its cleaning the engine. I used Mobil 1 since the 70s. I would use transmission cooler and not worry about oil.

4. Your wasting your money to profit nothing. You lose mileage and power with thicker oil.

 

The thing takes 7 quarts, not a small price. 2k is a waste of money. I have done two break in oil changes in 3000 miles. I am sticking to 5k interval going forward

 

These are rookie numbers. I use OEM Toyota 0W-20 every 500 miles, filter every 10k though to save money.

 

10,000 mile oil changes are not a good idea. Planned obsolescence. The 13 minute mark...
https://youtu.be/TJhFAwFv-O0?si=-pPyOLX7ucRDz49P

 

Just an observation that has helped me sort out some of the issues discussed in these “what’s the best” debates. The point isn’t whether one way is better, it’s whether it’s significantly better. Better enough to justify the time, cost, effort, whatever.

Changing your oil at 2K miles likely keeps the engine cleaner, but if there’s evidence that people are getting 500K+ from their engines using 5K intervals or more, what’s the point? Everyone has a different threshold and it’s not just a reasoned opinion; on this, mine is 5K miles even though my head tells me 6K or even 7.5K is likely fine.

Same with oil. Absent solid evidence (as opposed to the wildly popular anecdotal “it runs/accelerates/idles better”), I believe 100% that Supertech full synthetic and Royal Purple are essentially equal products in terms of significant differences in engine longevity and performance. We feel we’re doing something better by spending more on Mobil 1 and such, but the engine couldn’t care less.

 

I use Blackstone oil analysis to dial in optimal oil change interval. Send oil for the analysis after you do an oil change, if it comes back still clean then you did it too early. I have a DI supercharged car that I take to the race track, 2K change interval is probably too long for it. For my 4Runner that has naturally aspirated V6 and is driven garage-to-garage on paved roads it would be wastefully short.

Yes, you have to do first oil change very early. Yes, 10K is unreasonably long regardless of how you drive.

 

I'll go 400k plus on 10k oil changes with the cheapest brand of synthetic I can find

 

I change my oil every day.

And I don't start my 4Runner anymore because as soon as the engine turns over the oil is too dirty to protect the engine. So I have to shut it off and change the oil. I don't give a darn what the automotive engineers say...

It's exhausting... like this thread...