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Engine Oil for 3.4 v6
How many quarts are everyone puttin in their 3.4 4x4 tacoma engine WITH oil filter change. Mine takes a little over 5.5 quarts. What does everyone else use? also it says on the fill cap SAE - 5w-30 oil....but i use 10w-30 oil...is this ok? I live in south CA so it dosent see much freezing weather... thanks!
p.s i use castrol non synthetic gtx oil at 148k miles the engine dosent drip a drop or consume anything noticably...
p.s i use castrol non synthetic gtx oil at 148k miles the engine dosent drip a drop or consume anything noticably...
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A tad over 5.5 qts w/filter change (when don't you change the filter when doing an oil change?!?!?!) on my '00 V6 3.4L.
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Originally Posted by Rick F.
A tad over 5.5 qts w/filter change (when don't you change the filter when doing an oil change?!?!?!) on my '00 V6 3.4L.
Anyone else use 10w-30 in Cali?
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Originally Posted by InFlames
I was stating that I always change the oil filter with a Toyota oil filter every oil change. Some people go 10K on the same oil filter...i wouldnt!
Anyone else use 10w-30 in Cali?
Anyone else use 10w-30 in Cali?
I use 5-30 but I go up to the snow a lot....but I have friends who are desert bunnies and some of them run 10w-30
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The TSB can be found here:
http://www.matrixowners.com/tsb/TS-EG018-06.pdf
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