Hi! My 2011 Toyota has 15,000 miles on it. I just got its oil changed, and the new place that I took it to told me that I NEED synthetic oil 0W-20 (so they put in “Castrol Edge 0W-20”). But they also told me that I only need to get the oil changed every 10,000 miles. The built-in oil reminder in th…

Step #1: Open glove compartment Step #2: Take out Owner’s Manual, and turn to section entitled Toyota Maintenance Schedule. Also, refer to the section that specifies the type of oil required for this engine. Step #3: Adhere to the type of oil and the maintenance intervals specified by the vehicle…

I agree with VDCdriver. The owner’s manual is the authority when it comes to your vehicle. The new place is wrong so don’t ever take your vehicle back there. There are no mechanics there that’s for sure.

I would never go 10k miles between oil changes and in some cases even 5k miles is a bit much. Hopefully you’re in the habit of checking the oil level regularly rather than rely on a dashboard oil minder. Those things have gotten many people in trouble, mechanically speaking.

If Toyota states in their maintenance book that you need to have the oil changed every 5000 miles, then you will void the warranty if you go 10,000 miles between oil changes. If the Oil Life Monitor says 5000 miles and Toyota says to follow the OLM, then change it every 5000 miles. And you can use…

Use the reminder. These do a great job typically as they measure exactly how the car is driven in what condition/temperature/length of time and give a more exact answer.

Toyota learned their lesson about extended drain intervals when they had some nasty sludging problems…

I wouldn’t go beyond the Toyota recommendation and if you do lots of short trip driving even cutting the mileage between changes to 3K mile intervals will probably increase longevity. When a car is driven on short trips of only a few miles at a time the engine never reaches full temperature and doe…

Even if the manual says you can wait until 10K to change the oil, or the oil life monitor says you have 10% or whatever left with 5,000 miles on the oil, understand that by following these, you are doing the bare minimum. Kind of like waiting until you’re on fumes before filling the tank, or showin…

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GSragtop May 21, 2012, 4:44am 6

Personally I don’t care if the owners manual says 10,000 is ok. It is a BAD IDEA !! Just because you can does not mean you should. Ask all the poor shlubs with mini-coopers who were told 15k was ok, and they are now hitting 100-120,000 miles and there motors are slugged up. Personally I am a 5k type of guy.

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