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Definitely, those are the details I was looking for. Thank you!
100,000 miles
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Definitely, those are the details I was looking for. Thank you!
Here's a quick pic of the truck decked out before heading off to the Little Juniata Float trip. We're nearing the 165,000 mile mark quickly and that's already about 2000 miles on the new treads.
Lookin' good. We spotted y'all Sunday on 218 heading back, must say, I was feeling pretty jealous...
Redline
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Tundra oil
Any idea what oil they use? What oil do you use? Not that it really matters much as the 4.7L is reportedly very easy on oil and will last a long, long time with most oils (like most modern engines).
Currently I have oil on the brain (better than water on the brain) as I'm trying to decide what to use in the new Tundra after wear-in. My gas engine oil has been Red Line 5w-30 synthetic since the first oil change in the 4.7L 4Runner. I may just run that same juice in the 5.7L, hard to go wrong with a good 5w-30, and it’ll be convenient to run the same oil in both engines. Though I'm sure I will read for hours the back an forth regarding the 0/5w-20 oils vs. the perviously universal 5/10w-30.
So what do you use and how often?
Any idea what oil they use? What oil do you use? Not that it really matters much as the 4.7L is reportedly very easy on oil and will last a long, long time with most oils (like most modern engines).
Currently I have oil on the brain (better than water on the brain) as I'm trying to decide what to use in the new Tundra after wear-in. My gas engine oil has been Red Line 5w-30 synthetic since the first oil change in the 4.7L 4Runner. I may just run that same juice in the 5.7L, hard to go wrong with a good 5w-30, and it’ll be convenient to run the same oil in both engines. Though I'm sure I will read for hours the back an forth regarding the 0/5w-20 oils vs. the perviously universal 5/10w-30.
So what do you use and how often?
Not to hi-jack, but I use Mobile 1 Synthetic 5w-30 Extended Mileage in my 2006 DC Tundy 4x4. I just spent a lot of time looking through oil specs and came to the conclusion that most of the oils on the market today are pretty similar when it comes to viscosity and lubrication, even to the point of being only slightly better by =/- 1 or 2 points. I was about to pull the trigger and get amsoil, but when looking at the similarities, it just didn't seem worth it to me. My truck doesn't get used a whole lot, probably 10-12000 miles in the past year of ownership. I changed the oil twice, 5000 mile interval. I will probably try to push that to 7-10000 now that I am using synthetic. Just my opinion.
jim65wagon
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They both just said synthetic without naming brands. I'll say (and this got me in trouble a few pages back) I've been running 5w30 Pennzoil synthetic since the truck had 500 miles on it along with a SuperTech filter from WallyWorld. Changed at least every 5000 miles (although I could probably go 7000, 5 is easier to remember on the odometer). I personally believe that any oil that meets your manufacturers standards in a modern engine ( and changed as needed) is going to make for a longlived engine.
Nit pickers of the world can pick their nits in another thread, I've had this argument before and I'm going to keep maintaing my vehicles my way regardless of their "good" advice....
jim65wagon
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Ya coulda shoulda went with us! We had pie!
Redline
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Though I have my personal biases, I agree that most modern oil is very good, or good enough, and we probably need to keep a vehicle a very long time and/or use it very hard for any of this to matter much.
What got you in trouble, the Pennzoil you're using or the synthetic since 500 mi.? If it's the early change to synthetic I changed to (Red Line 5w-30) synthetic at 900-mi., then changed it at 5,000-mi. intervals, now every 7,500-mi. It has never used any between oil changes, obviously the rings are seated. However, I've decided to be more conservative with the Tundra, and already changed the oil once at 1,200-mi. with petroleum 5w-30, and will change to synthetic around 3k and never look back. I'm planning to go immediately to a 7,500-mi. interval once the synthetic is in there, Red Line 5w-30 unless I decide to go crazy and use something lighter.
It will be a long time before I top 100k, hope you are well above 250,000 by then Mr. Jim.
jim65wagon
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Ha! What got me in trouble was the simple statement "I'm using Pennzoil" which sparked a whole argument on how much I don't love my truck and shouldn't be using said oil. Regardless of someone elses opinion I have continued to use said oil and currently the engine is smoke free, burns no oil between changes, and still sees 5000 rpm on a regular basis (I gotta pass slopokes right?). I may be all wrong, but I feel all right.....
You have no worries James.
I would have, but I never saw the planning thread, apparently it was in the Northeast section and not the Eastern section, didn't even know there was a NE one!
MMMM PIE
Redline
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I know I don't have anything to worry about, and neither do you. Seems your engine is perfectly happy. I'm pretty savvy about this stuff, though I was kind of fishing because even though I have an oil I like, I was considering putting 5w-20 water in the 5.7L instead of my normal 5w-30, but that's better left to another thread.
Back Jim's 4.7L Tundra, to infiniti and beyond
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jim65wagon
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Latest mod to the truck (well not so much to the truck, more like the wallet and the rack) After we had so much fun on the Little J float in our canoe, we couldn't stop talking about how manueverable and quick those darned kayaks were. As it was when we got home Dicks was having their annual boat sale and we drove away with these Trophy 126s strapped to our rack.
jim65wagon
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In a vehicles never ending quest for entropy, I actually had a real part failure last month. The little parking brake cable inside the passenger drum snapped in two. The drivers side was still intact but it couldn't hold enough by itself to hold the truck on a hill. And since the parking brake is also the rear brake adjustment, I was getting no self-adjustment (since I quit using the parking brake) and I could tell the fronts were working a lot harder to stop the truck.
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Yes, you can manually adjust them by crawling under the truck and spinning the star wheel.
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I picked up two cables from Toyota for $21 and replaced both sides.
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Easy repair, and the brakes self adjust again!
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167,000 miles now....
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Yes, you can manually adjust them by crawling under the truck and spinning the star wheel.
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I picked up two cables from Toyota for $21 and replaced both sides.
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Easy repair, and the brakes self adjust again!
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167,000 miles now....
Petrolburner
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Lookin good Jim!
How does that Hidden Hitch bolt on up front? Does it use the factory tow hook mount points? One of the backing nuts on mine got sheared off my an idiot with an impact wrench in his hands... Anyway I have a 9000lb T-Max competition winch off my old Bronco with no place to go...sooooo...why not?
How does that Hidden Hitch bolt on up front? Does it use the factory tow hook mount points? One of the backing nuts on mine got sheared off my an idiot with an impact wrench in his hands... Anyway I have a 9000lb T-Max competition winch off my old Bronco with no place to go...sooooo...why not?
jim65wagon
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It uses the 2 bolts for the tow hooks and a 3rd that you drill the hole for further back on the frame. The nut has a nice handle mounted to it so you can fish it into the frame through an existing opening....
