watched vids for 2 hours still undecided on oil and oil filter
02-01-20, 12:43 PM
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02-01-20, 03:04 PM
#17
Lexus Fanatic
When was the last time you heard about modern engine failure due to type of oil that was used? It simply does not happen! If you use any API certified oil that meets required viscosity grade and change it as per manufacture recommendations, your engine will not give you troubles because you did not use boutique oils. You dont need amsoil, its BS marketing to suck your money. buy any quality brand synthetic oil such as pennzoil, mobil1 and etc, change it as required, and I can assure you, your engine will not give you oil related problems.
if you change oil as per manufacture recommended intervals, OEM filter will do fine
if you change oil as per manufacture recommended intervals, OEM filter will do fine
02-01-20, 04:36 PM
#18
Lead Lap
This ain't brain surgery... ANY name brand full synthetic oil such as Valvoline, Castrol, Mobil, Quaker State, will do the job. Then pick up a name brand filter and you're golden...
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02-01-20, 04:47 PM
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02-01-20, 04:54 PM
#20
Lexus Fanatic
Ordering stuff from Amazon and just having it show up at my house is way more convenient to me than driving to a store and buying something.
02-01-20, 05:09 PM
#21
you will never see me in walmart, the place is a dump, but OK online
02-01-20, 06:25 PM
#22
Lexus Fanatic
02-02-20, 05:03 AM
#23
Intermediate
Also agree that just about any 0-20 synthetic will do.
02-02-20, 07:52 AM
#24
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
Plenty of good info here.......oil threads are easier to deal with then tire threads.
So I purchased the OEM Toyota oil via the Amazon package......12qts for $84.......basically $7 per quart. Then following SW17's lead I am purchasing the AmsOil filter which will be $21, So rounding up I will be paying $65 for a full synthetic oil change with the best filtration possible. Maybe as the car gets up in miles I can ween her off the OEM nipple and over to Walmart Mobile 1 with a Mobile 1 filter....which I havent done the math but I assume would save me about $20 per oil change.
Note I dont drive my car much as I have a company vehicle that I drive all week......my car new to me only has 21k miles on it......it will take forever to put 5k to 7k miles on it for its oil change.
A good point some of you guys made......u just dont see many oil related failures out there.......advice taken.....just want to spoil my garage queen for a while.
So I purchased the OEM Toyota oil via the Amazon package......12qts for $84.......basically $7 per quart. Then following SW17's lead I am purchasing the AmsOil filter which will be $21, So rounding up I will be paying $65 for a full synthetic oil change with the best filtration possible. Maybe as the car gets up in miles I can ween her off the OEM nipple and over to Walmart Mobile 1 with a Mobile 1 filter....which I havent done the math but I assume would save me about $20 per oil change.
Note I dont drive my car much as I have a company vehicle that I drive all week......my car new to me only has 21k miles on it......it will take forever to put 5k to 7k miles on it for its oil change.
A good point some of you guys made......u just dont see many oil related failures out there.......advice taken.....just want to spoil my garage queen for a while.
02-02-20, 11:48 AM
#25
Plenty of good info here.......oil threads are easier to deal with then tire threads.
So I purchased the OEM Toyota oil via the Amazon package......12qts for $84.......basically $7 per quart. Then following SW17's lead I am purchasing the AmsOil filter which will be $21, So rounding up I will be paying $65 for a full synthetic oil change with the best filtration possible. Maybe as the car gets up in miles I can ween her off the OEM nipple and over to Walmart Mobile 1 with a Mobile 1 filter....which I havent done the math but I assume would save me about $20 per oil change.
Note I dont drive my car much as I have a company vehicle that I drive all week......my car new to me only has 21k miles on it......it will take forever to put 5k to 7k miles on it for its oil change.
A good point some of you guys made......u just dont see many oil related failures out there.......advice taken.....just want to spoil my garage queen for a while.
So I purchased the OEM Toyota oil via the Amazon package......12qts for $84.......basically $7 per quart. Then following SW17's lead I am purchasing the AmsOil filter which will be $21, So rounding up I will be paying $65 for a full synthetic oil change with the best filtration possible. Maybe as the car gets up in miles I can ween her off the OEM nipple and over to Walmart Mobile 1 with a Mobile 1 filter....which I havent done the math but I assume would save me about $20 per oil change.
Note I dont drive my car much as I have a company vehicle that I drive all week......my car new to me only has 21k miles on it......it will take forever to put 5k to 7k miles on it for its oil change.
A good point some of you guys made......u just dont see many oil related failures out there.......advice taken.....just want to spoil my garage queen for a while.
There is also no solid evidence that Toyota oil at $7 per quart is any better than Mobil1 AFE you can get at walmart for $5 per quart. Toyota/Honda marketing likes to push their oils by making it sound like they are adding something special that you can only find in their oil, its all marketing.
02-02-20, 11:58 AM
#26
I have not read the manual, but I think it requires 0w-20, does not need to be full synthetic? 0w-20 is available in synthetic blend. So my point is that if you go with full synthetic, you are already going above and beyond of what manufacture requires for 10K oil change.
02-02-20, 12:39 PM
#27
Lexus Fanatic
I think mobil1 filter is also around $20, which is too much for a filter IMHO. If you are not doing 20K oil changes, you dont need to buy fancy $20 oil filter.
There is also no solid evidence that Toyota oil at $7 per quart is any better than Mobil1 AFE you can get at walmart for $5 per quart. Toyota/Honda marketing likes to push their oils by making it sound like they are adding something special that you can only find in their oil, its all marketing.
There is also no solid evidence that Toyota oil at $7 per quart is any better than Mobil1 AFE you can get at walmart for $5 per quart. Toyota/Honda marketing likes to push their oils by making it sound like they are adding something special that you can only find in their oil, its all marketing.
02-02-20, 12:46 PM
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02-02-20, 02:01 PM
#29
Lexus Fanatic
You can call it whatever you want, and you don't have to participate in it if its not a discussion that interests you.
02-02-20, 05:26 PM
#30
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
As I normally do I dodged and weaved.......and at the last second because the damn AmsOil filter was impossible for me to find on Amazon or anywhere else other then the AmsOil site........oh then I tried to order on the AmsOil site and they wanted to charge me $9.00 shipping on an oil filter......I just gave up! I switched over to the Mobile 1 filter because its available everywhere....well built.....and the Toyota oil is Mobile 1 anyway so I thought it would be a good match. It still cost me $20 for the filter.
Note I didnt search for coupons or wait for a special i am just on a mission to get my oil changed and a base line started.
I bet u guys will tell me my filter is available on Amazon to........well if it is.....I sure as hell couldnt find it.
My car is a 2016 ES350
Note I didnt search for coupons or wait for a special i am just on a mission to get my oil changed and a base line started.
I bet u guys will tell me my filter is available on Amazon to........well if it is.....I sure as hell couldnt find it.
My car is a 2016 ES350