I'm coming up on 5000 miles, and I'm wondering if I should take the plunge and commit to synthetic motor oil.
I've used synthetic in my F150 religiously every 10,000 miles, and it's got 140,000 miles on the engine, and still runs like a Rolex.
The issue is that it runs me $50 at Wally World to get the oil changed with Mobile 1 synthetic. Should I bother with Syn with the Tundra, or are these engines bullet proof and run fine with regular oil? My mileage never improved with the synthetic in the Ford, but I never trusted the Ford engine to regular motor oil.
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I'm coming up on 5000 miles, and I'm wondering if I should take the plunge and commit to synthetic motor oil.
I've used synthetic in my F150 religiously every 10,000 miles, and it's got 140,000 miles on the engine, and still runs like a Rolex.
The issue is that it runs me $50 at Wally World to get the oil changed with Mobile 1 synthetic. Should I bother with Syn with the Tundra, or are these engines bullet proof and run fine with regular oil? My mileage never improved with the synthetic in the Ford, but I never trusted the Ford engine to regular motor oil.
I ran mine on dino every 3 to 4k while under warranty, now 5 years later, I use synthetic every 5 to 7k thats every 10 months, I'm conservative. I only buy the oil when its buy one get one or special sales, dino is just as good in shorter OCI's like 5k.
People run them for a better peace of mind that the protection is better against breaking down from heat, and that you can go longer for oil change intervals. To me, getting at a minimum of 10K on each oil change is great.
If you've got the money to spend, I'd go for it. But if you keep your maintenance on a tight budget, stick to regular oil. I ran the regular mobil (in blue containers) in my Tacoma with no problems till 60K when I got rid of it. I ran that engine HARD (supercharged)
I'm coming up on 5000 miles, and I'm wondering if I should take the plunge and commit to synthetic motor oil.
I've used synthetic in my F150 religiously every 10,000 miles, and it's got 140,000 miles on the engine, and still runs like a Rolex.
The issue is that it runs me $50 at Wally World to get the oil changed with Mobile 1 synthetic. Should I bother with Syn with the Tundra, or are these engines bullet proof and run fine with regular oil? My mileage never improved with the synthetic in the Ford, but I never trusted the Ford engine to regular motor oil.
Buckeyefan,
I run Mobil 1 in my truck. 146k miles with no engine problems. Really smooth. I go 7-10k in between oil changes. If cost is a concern, Wally World has Supertech Synthetic that is pretty cheap. Over on Bob Is The Oil Guy they say its pretty good.
Ken
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Supertech, eh? I never thought of that. I wonder if a syn blend or Wally's brand of syn is just as good.
I'm a roof estimator, which means I'm pretty hard on a truck. I'm starting the engine at least 7x a day, and I drive house to house, which means a lot of stopping/starting.
I probably put 20,000 miles a year on a truck, and it's all city driving. I'll probably get rid of this and upgrade in a few years to the new body style. That's why I'm up in arms over syn vs. regular.
Going 10k between changes will definitely save over every 5k and regular oil. That's a no brianer.
I'm just curious with my driving habits, if it's worth it to go full syn. You never see a post with someone's engine crapping out on them. I'm sure not everyone here uses syn.
Thanks for the advice so far.
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I just like the comfort of knowing the synthetic is a better lubricant the dino when I change my oil it still looks cleaner than new dino straight out the bottle,so that tells me its definitely worth IMO.
Motors and motor oil technology have advanced to such an extent that just about any SM-rated oil will easily go the 5K interval recommended for the Tundra. The 4.7L engine has a reputation for being easy on oil, and will run just about forever on dino juice.
Having said that, synthetic oils typically exhibit better performance in key properties (ability to withstand heat, ability to maintain viscocity, etc.) than dino, so they generally perform better in situations that stress an oil. Such situations include extended drain intervals, towing, stop-and-go, and short-trip/cold start situations where the engine never gets the chance to get up to operating temperature.
For my truck, I like Penzoil Platinum synthetic. When on sale, it's only marginally more expensive than conventional oils, and gives me peace of mind knowing that I have the extra margin that synthetic provides.
I have a 98 Maxima with 324,000 miles. Castro gtx 5-30 changed every 5000 miles. Engine still runs very good and burns no visable oil. But leaks a quart every 800 miles from rear main seal.
My 06 Tundra 4x4 TRD I use Mobil One 5-30 and change every 5000 miles. Should I bump up to oil changes at 10,000 mile intervals.
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1st oil change - syn or standard?
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