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Re: Perhaps silly, but Synthetic Oil weight correlate exactly to convention oil weights ?
"FJ" <sec4251@remove the remove yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps silly, but Synthetic Oil weight correlate exactly to
> convention oil weights ?
>
> I am coming up to the first oil change - 5K.
>
> Obviously Toyota put the original oil in the crackcase and I did not.
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> Per my manual it reads 5W-30 for oil for the 2006 4runner.
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> I have purchased 5w 30 Mobil 1 and a Mobil 1 oil filter for the 5K -
> that would be the appropriate weight, should it not ?
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> Separately, the shop that will do the oil change - I would do the oil
> change myself, but it would probably look better for warranty purposes
> to have a nice receipt showing that a quality shop did that very oil
> change.
> That shop manager mentioned that he did not see a need to futz with
> the brakes at teh 5K mark.
>
> Would there likely be a pointless economy error in not having the
> brakes checked, even if they do not need it, in terms of the warranty
> compliance (again, even though the shop manager says that the brakes
> are fine) ?
>
> Thanks[/color]
Mobil 1, 5W-30 works great on newer Toyota engines (if the engine
accumulated a lot of miles before switching to synthetic, then I would
recommend 10W-30 or higher viscosity). Just mark down on a sheet of paper
the date of the oil change and odometer reading and attach the receipts for
the oil and filter, and sign it indicating that you changed the oil. That
will suffice as evidence that you changed the oil. If you have any receipts
for an oil pan, filter wrench, car jack, etc, that would also help.
The odds of Toyota ever claiming there was a problem with oil changes on a
car that used Mobil 1 on a regular change interval (7500 miles or less
between changes) is infinitely small (assuming the oil filter or drain plug
does not leak). They cannot deny a warranty claim unless they can show that
the problem was caused by lack of adequate oil changes, so the issue oil
changes will likely never come up during a warranty claim. If they do ask
you about the oil changes, mention you use Mobil 1 and just say you have
receipts at home (without mentioning you changed the oil yourself). If they
ask for the receipts, then show them the items mentioned above.
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