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Originally Posted by BamaDrewski
I have written about this before but I now have a good bit of experience about using a quart of MMO in each oil change. I have read where MMO is a good, slow engine cleaner when added to the oil change. (Slow enough not to clog up the oil pump) I have a 2000 limited with the 3.4L 5VZFE engine. I have always run Mobil 1 and the past three oil changes, I have replaced one quart with MMO. I ran the first oil change with MMO about 3000 miles and the oil was really dirty. During my run on the 2nd oil change, I seemed to notice a smoother engine idle, slightly better mileage (about 1 - 2 miles more per gallon but this could be due to the change over from winter fuel formula to summer fuel formula at the gas station) and when I drained the 2nd "batch" the oil was still pretty dirty with about 4,000 miles on it. I did however, wipe some on a white piece of paper along side of the 1st MMO "batch" that I had saved. It appears a bit cleaner. Now I am on the 3rd go around with the quart of MMO and it might be my imagination, but my engine runs smoother and I seem to have better power right off the line. It took me a LONG TIME to decide whether or not I was going to try MMO in my engine. However, I am glad I did. I can tell a difference and as I intend to keep my T4R until the wheels fall off, I am careful about what I put in the engine.
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I researched it quite a bit the last week and I did the same last evening!
Yes it is smoother and has more pep to it. I am also adding 8 ounces to my fuel tank during fill up(20 gallons)!
I will report back on how it performs as time goes. The oil I used is Castrol 5w-30 Magnatec Synthetic Blend.
For those wondering why I did this... I usually get my Oil changed at the dealer and specify that I want synthetic whatever brand he carries. Usually Pennzoil or Mobil. But the last time I think he put one of his Junk/Bulk oil instead of synthetic. I didn't know.
So I usually change oil every 7000 miles with full synthetic and it is fine as the oil doesn't go really black.
But since he put junk oil in there and I was too busy last year I put off my oil change at 7000 miles and my engine gunked up pretty bad. Finally when I got around to taking care of the vehicle, I Immediately went to an oil service place and changed it with Castrol... drove it for 500 miles and then added half a can of seafoam in the crankcase. Drove it for another 40 miles, came home and drained the oil. Blobs of gooey oil and one even had a round shape with a hole in the middle!!! The gunk must have stuck to some bearing or something...
Only then I noticed that the dealer when changing oil, never really removed the old gasket from the drain pan nut and kept building a pyramid of washers one over the other with every oil change and then on top of it torqued it so bad that the oil pan hole went inside a little. I guess he was trying to stop the leak with a pyramid of washers!!! Morons!!! They couldn't spend a few seconds to remove the old washer.
So I said, never again and bought me some ramps and I do the oil change myself. Had to remove all the stuck washers with a knife and got a nice felpro washer and now its good.
I knew I had lot of sludge in the engine. So I changed to Castrol again myself in the home. Drove it for 3000 miles and then finally yesterday during oil change took the plunge to add half a quart of MMO along with my Oil. Engine is smoother and more pep.. I am planning to send a sample of the mixed oil to Blackstone to see if it altered the viscosity badly or just a little. If it's just a little I plan on using it with every oil change. Toyota recommends 5-20 now anyway so with 5-30 hopefully it didn't thin it too much!