Maintenace the 09 camry?

[yenracer]

hi fellas,

sorry to start another one of these threads but i had to ask before i proceed.

i was was wondering if it is better to change the oil and filter (mobile 1 oil and toyota filter) every say 5k miles because i drive close to 400 miles a week to work or every 10k (probably twice a year with amsoil oil and toyota filter?)

i hear amsoil is really good and i've seen it in action with my friends car after driving it for 1 year and still solid gold color.

i was looking to use amsoil but being this is a new car that i bough back in feb, i want to take real good care of it and change the oil more often.

also, should i stick with the dealership's conventional type or go fully synthetic? i used up 2 of my free oil change and now i have to do it myself.

thank you all for reading this long post.

peace out

[islandboy57]

Change your oil every 5K miles for the first 60K miles while your powertrain warranty is still in effect. If something goes wrong and Toyota asks for proof of oil changes and all you have is once every 10K miles, they'll easily deny your claim.

As far as conventional vs. synthetic oil, there are many many threads on that here on TN and it always sparks great debate. I won't tell you what the best for YOU is as we all drive differently and under different conditions, but I prefer synthetic. Both of my Camrys are on synthetic.

I drive my car hard and it's almost all city stop-and-go w/ AC on, and I've noticed my radiator fans aren't turning on as much - meaning, synthetic oil is keeping my engine slightly cooler. It's also smoother. Gas mileage is about the same as conventional oil. One big perk for me is that if I don't have time to change my oil, synthetic gives me a little leeway if necessary.

I've tried Pennzoil, Mobil1, Valvoline, and now Castrol synthetic oil. My car feels the best on Castrol; Pennzoil for some bizzare reason resulted in a drop in fuel economy, and with Mobil1 I can feel my car vibrating more at idle as the miles/months go by. As far as filters - I buy Toyota OEM from the dealer cause they're cheap and pretty decent as far as I know.

Good luck!

[yenracer]

thanks for the heads up about the powertrain warranty. i will do the change every 5k and use fully synthentic. i was wondering how do i prove to to toyota that i did change my oil? hahaha (receipt of oils and filters?)

damn, i just went to autozone to take a look at my options and those mobile 1 oils are freakin expensive, 7 bucks a quart. while there, i also was comparing two premium oil filter (busch's oil filter 7 bucks and mobile 1 oil filter 12 bucks.)

also, i know when i purchased the car, it came with shit loads of warranty and other warranty options i could have bought but i opt out of. during that time, i did not make sense of any of them and the finance dude was throwing too much information for me to comprehend. can anyone dummy me down the basic new car warranty for me and my rights as an owner?

thanks ISLANDBOY7 for your input.

peace

[touringcamry]

Get these filters instead. Buy enough to get free shipping and then claim the rebate.

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