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Old 01-20-2008, 09:27 PM
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Default Re: Oil filled from the Factory?

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Originally Posted by E90Toay View Post
Just FYI, the factory fill 0W-20 for the 07+ Tundra are fully synthetic. A small portion of the 0W-20 is made by Mobil while the rest are made by Nippon Oil (whom I work for). I don't believe conventional 0W-20 are available on the market right now.
Nippon Oil doesn't appear to make a passenger car engine oil:
http://www.eneos.co.jp/english/products/lubricants
automobile.html#product_0

For years corporate Toyota has advised owners against using synthetic oil until after the first oil change. Therefore it makes no sense that Toyota would use a full synthetic as the factory fill in the 2007 Tundra 5.7 engine
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