What was the mileages when you do the first oil change and your current mileages

I wonder what the recommended oci is for chick fil a fryer oil? Hope it's not 15k chickens.....

 

I should have Blackstone take a look.

 

Every 10k, do first one at 10k. Mileage currently 240k

 

20k easy

 

Yep a 4runner will go forever without all the time wasting bs.

 

Except it is abrasive, so you have abrasive particles suspended in the oil that cause accelerated wear.

Normal, as in unavoidable. Just like getting old is normal. That does not mean it is a good thing. And no, oil filter will not catch all of it. The only way to get all of it out is to change oil.

 

Nice. You must have one of the highest mileage 4Runners here.

 

Didn't you buy your 4Runner used? How do you know original owner did not do an early oil change?

 

Says who? Crackstone Labs?
it’s perfectly normal.

 

He more than made up for that with a couple 15k mile oci's. Ooooo internet collectively cringes...

 

I knew you'd just roll your face on the keyboard in response, that why I included a link to a scientific paper, had you clicked it, you could have read all about abrasive metal particle effects on engine wear.

You are making a clown out of yourself by attempting to deny that metal in oil is a bad thing. It is common knowledge.

 

I wonder how many scientific papers are funded by auto and oil manufacturers?

 

Some, but you can't buy everyone. I recall books on engine building from 70s covering different types of metal in oil, what they mean and what effects they have. This is because fleet management is done with data, that is someone's job to figure out down to a mile optimal oil change interval. They do it with sampling oil in the fleet and looking at oil analysis for various markers, including metal, to determine when to change oil.

 

You sure can buy everyone, and you can outright claim disinformation for the ones you cant, with nothing more than YT platform.

 

Accountability is out the window these days....

 

What's comedic is I do 3k mile changes in both my 4Runners. Why? because I beat the crap outta them. Am I wasting my money? Oh hell yea, but did it cost any of the forum members anything? Other than a head shake and a disagreement? No. So now I just entertain myself with all the hysteria.

 

Could double down and get a waste oil heater for your shop and stay nice and cozy over the winter when doing your oil changes.

 

Yea Im a driveway bitch, in Florida no less. Can't afford a shop cause I spend too much on oìl.

 

I am with you, Kerosene in mine currently and all oil gets donated to my dads heater in his shop/hang out site.

 

Show me all these engines that failed due to not having their first oil change done early.

 

There are none

 

Exactly. Yet all these people worry about the metal in their oil.

 

They will bring up the Tundra turdo engine that has manufacturing debris.

 

A quite a while back, some of the customers were over the road trucks, construction equip owners and such, hardly ever heard of pass. car or truck owners doing the test ritual.

 

You are intentionally misrepresenting what I am saying as an absurd "engines that failed due to not having their first oil change". This is dishonest and intentional, because that is not what I am saying and you know it. Are you a dishonest person in all aspects of your life or only online posting?

What I am saying is that early oil change timed to remove metal particles after initial engine break-in will prevent unnecessary wear. Everything else equal, the engine where early oil change was done will outlast one where initial oil was used for a full duration of the original oil change interval.

 

The engine won't fail if you don't do an early break in oil change. Not necessary at all.

 

I did my first at 10K, because I was just following the manual and doing mostly highway miles. I eventually switched to 5K due to extra weight, off-roading, etc. I'm closing in on 130K now. It runs as good as new.

 

I may not ever own one, but for the folks that do, I hope the 6th gen oci debates are long and plentiful and we're not talking drivetrain failures.

 

“I am driving my 2025 SR5 (stock, 4WD, I am alone in the vehicle with 25 pounds of cargo placed centrally on the rear bench) for three hours and twelve minutes (as of posting) at a constant 77 mph (GPS measured) on flat terrain and approaching a gas station 0.7 miles from the interstate off-ramp (also level, three miles away), how long should I idle before shutting the engine off to maximize engine life? Ten minutes? Twenty?”