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Old 08-22-2007, 09:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Oil Change Questions?

1) Do you change your own oil?

If so proceed...if not, go change your oil:

2) What oil do you use?

3) What filter do you use?

4) Do you use a filter magnet?

5) What interval do you change your oil?
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Old 08-22-2007, 09:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

1. Yes
2. Red Line synthetic 5W30
3. Toyota filter 90915-YZZD3
4. No
5. 5K miles
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Old 08-22-2007, 09:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

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1) Do you change your own oil? YES

If so proceed...if not, go change your oil:

2) What oil do you use? 5W30 Valvoline dino

3) What filter do you use? Purolator PureONE

4) Do you use a filter magnet? Yes, Bear Claw

5) What interval do you change your oil? 3,000 or 3 months
I plan on keeping my truck a long time.
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

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1) Do you change your own oil?
If so proceed...if not, go change your oil:
2) What oil do you use?
3) What filter do you use?
4) Do you use a filter magnet?
5) What interval do you change your oil?
1) Yes
2) Mobil 1 5W-30
3) TRD high performance , PTR14-00000-07
4) No
5) Every 5,000 miles
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Old 08-22-2007, 09:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

WTF!!? It`s not a sealed unit like the transmission?!!

Where is my manual
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

1) Yes
2) Castrol Syntec 5W-30
3) Fram TG3614
4) No
5) Every 5000 miles
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

1) Yes
2)Amsoil XL 5W-20
3) Toyota stock from dealer
4) No
5) 5,000 - 7,000
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

1) Do you change your own oil?

Yes

2) What oil do you use?

Mobile 1 extended performance, synthetic oil

3) What filter do you use?

Mobile 1
4) Do you use a filter magnet?

no

5) What interval do you change your oil?

10,000 ~ 15,000 mile, (what it said on the oil bottle, went through 4 oil change/60,000 miles on my Acura, np what so ever)
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

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1) Do you change your own oil?
Yes.

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2) What oil do you use?
Amsoil 10W-30 synthetic

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3) What filter do you use?
Amsoil EAO57 Absolute Efficiency

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4) Do you use a filter magnet?
No.

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5) What interval do you change your oil?
Worked my way up to 10,000 miles; I'll probably keep changing it at that but the oil still tests good.
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Re: Oil Change Questions?

Quote:
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1) Do you change your own oil?

If so proceed...if not, go change your oil:

2) What oil do you use?

3) What filter do you use?

4) Do you use a filter magnet?

5) What interval do you change your oil?
1) Yes

2) M1 5W30 SUV oil

3) M1-301 (large oil filter)

4) No

5) 7,500 miles

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