oil for my Camry

[02whiteLE]

My '02 Camry is getting up in miles. It'll be at 75,000 in the next week or two at most. Right now I'm using mobil1 synthetic 5w30, and have been for a long time. The bottle says its formulated for newer vehicles. Since mine is now 4.5 years old and with that mileage, should I switch to one of those high mileage oils, or a different viscosity, or just stay with what I've got. The car has had its oil and filter changed every 4-6,000 miles since new, and doesn't burn a drop between changes, nor does it leak at all. Mechanically, it runs as well as a brand new one, and I wouldn't hesitate to drive it a long distance. I'm actually going to be taking it on a 3,000 mile round trip to Miami in a couple of months. I've given up the thought of trading it on an '07 because it just doesn't make sense for me to take on a car payment for three years when there's nothing wrong with what I've got, so I want this one to last me.

[Tom 2000]

Keep using the Mobil 1 5W-30.

I used Mobil 1 on my old Honda until 146k miles (till I got rid of it) and it didn't burn a drop either.

[Gary_602Z]

Why change? It isn't even broke in yet!

Gary

[JMSinMD]

Stick with 5W-30 or 10W-30 and keep at it. I have Mobil 1 Synthetic 15,000 mile that I change every 10k with a Mobil 1 Synthetic oil filter and clean my K&N drop in air filter every 10k. Jon.

[felonyr301]

well somebody put 20w-50 oil on my gen 3 camry 4 cylinder engine for the oil change is that bad-my area is getting kinda of normal to hot ?

[Lord_Anarchy]

20W50? That too damn thick. That'll more than likely start robbing some MPG. For the summer, I like to go with a nice 5w30 blend. For the winter, I bump it to 10w30 Synthetic is fine for your engine.. It's only when you go from crap oil to synthetic that you MAY run into problems but that's a RARITY!

[nodrogkam]

keep it the same. high mileage for a camry is like 200+K!

[ichlove]

20W-50 doesnt work to well in the winter conditions, its a thicker oil that race engines use.

[v-cam]

I use semi-synthetic 15w-50 oil in mine. I have used heaps of other oils and none of them compare to Pennzoil. The numbers are thick but it doesn't seem to affect the engine. I use the thicker stuff becuase im up to 220,000kms on the clock and I have some noisy valves that need adjusting, so the thicker oil works well. I change it every 5000 km and it comes out very clean when I change it. Other oils I have used have come out black - so yeah a little thick but alot cleaner and is protecting my engine well.

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by 02whiteLE

The car has had its oil and filter changed every 4-6,000 miles since new, and doesn't burn a drop between changes, nor does it leak at all.

You probably could stretch that interval further than that with no problems. I can go 4500miles on Mobil Clean 7500 and still have very good results from the oil. I'm gonna take it up to 5400-5700 for my next oil change.

[nodrogkam]

i just changed the same oil in my car at 5k. pretty darn clean. it really could go to 7K with little problem.

[touringcamry]

I had an oil analysis done on Mobil Clean 7500 with 4500 miles. It came back with excellent results - very little wear metals found.

[Blackhawk3D]

I'm trying some full synthetic I found at the store, it's house brand but it has been doing fine so far, 10W-30.