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Post by nuclear3579 on Jul 21, 2004 21:19:33 GMT -5
My g/f and I just bougt a '98 4x4 Extended CabTacoma with the 3.4L V6 and 5 speed manual tranny. It has 112,000 miles on it and everything is stock. What type of oil would you recommend? I use fully synthetic on my older '94 Toyota (2.4L with 128,000 miles), and the engine really likes it (always stays nice and cool) , but I'm not sure what you recommend for the tacoma.  Let me know your input ! Thanks |
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Post by nuclear3579 on Jul 28, 2004 19:06:15 GMT -5
Haha.. Well, I guess nobody cares about engine oil !  Strange.... I thought that from all you guys that care about your engines and rigs, that you'd at least have an opinion about what oil you put in your motor....if anyone DOES have a preference, then please feel free to say so ! I use fully synthetic in my older toyota 4x4 pickup, and the 4 banger seems to stay very cool, i'm wondering if this is nesessarily a good thing or not....  BTW , I like the smileys ! |
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Post by gitrdone on Sept 8, 2004 10:57:21 GMT -5
I usually dont recommend you use synthetic on a older engine just for the fact that it is a lot thinner and if you have any bad gaskets it will find a place to leak, make sure you are not leaking oil already and you should be good to go. I loke synthetic oils but not good on worn gaskets.
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Post by BurntOrngeLonghorn on Sept 8, 2004 15:54:52 GMT -5
I've never used sythetic so i don't know what to tell you, but i've never been let down by regular oil. I kind of think sythetic oil is a scam (maybe that will get this thread active). I mean the engines are designed to run off of regular motor oil. Unless you're cranking out 400+ hp....what do you need synthetic for??
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Post by Stock02 on Sept 8, 2004 20:19:34 GMT -5
Well, until I have an engine failure related to running dino oil that's what I'll continue to use.
I've logged well over 800k miles on my vehicles over the years and have fed em nothing but dino juice.
So I'm gonna say pick a good dino oil and filter (no Frams) and run it 3-4k.
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Post by Sean on Sept 10, 2004 12:52:45 GMT -5
I'm partial to mobile 1 in a leak free motor. But like mentioned on older motors synthetics will leak when the motor had no leaks with conventional.
For a older motor like yours with no leaks, I would try a semi synthetic first, which is synthetic and conventional oil blended. If your are still totally leak free after one oil change period go for the fully synthetic.
What sold me on mobil 1 was that after rebuilding the big block in my 70 Challenger the oil pump died. I drove my car with no oil pressure several miles and never overheated or had oil related failures. Fortunately I discovered the problem and changed out the bad pump. Imo the Mobil 1 saved my motor from serious top end damage.
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Post by LasVegasM1LF on Sept 16, 2004 11:59:17 GMT -5
I would have to say go with Synthetic. It will long the life of your truck even though it may cost more than regular, it is worth the $$
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