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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:24:37 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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> "Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
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>> First Oil Change for the Scion (By me, anyway)
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>> Whoever did the last one used a Genuine Fram OF and tightened it to the
>> max! I did MUCH better; I used a Bosch! (Hey...dealers are closed on
>> Sundays!)
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>> At any rate, in the Scion (if you look through the Tips and Easter Eggs I
>> posted) you can set the interval for the "Maintenance" light to start
>> flashing to tell you when to change the oil again. I set the reminder to,
>> I think (if I read it correctly) 3000 miles. It is set at the factory to
>> start flashing at 4,500 miles as a 'Reminder', and stays steady at 5,000,
>> the factory recommendation for oil changes.
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>> So, I was wondering. If I set it to 4,000 miles, it should start flashing
>> at 3,500, which I think would be a good interval to change the oil. I
>> believe it had Synthetic in it before (the oil was a reddish brown, and
>> not black) and I put in Castrol Syntech at the recommended weight.
>>
>> Since synthetic is supposed to be SO much better than Dino oil, I don't
>> think going 500 over 3K is going to do too much damage, esp when Toyota
>> recommends 5,000 miles, eh?[/color]
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> 500 miles, whether conventional or synthetic, will not make a difference.[/color]


Yeah, I know. I've had the 3,000 mile engrained in me since I was 17, but
then again, I have gone 4,000, 5,000 even 7,000 miles between changes
(Toyota's Recommndation USED to be 7,500 miles!) and still managed to rack
up over 250,000 on two Toyotas, and over 170,000 miles on another.

But, I'm suggesting diong this as de rigeur...