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Originally Posted by nglayton
Are you driving it more than 5K more? I wouldn't waste the oil change before the trip, just get it done afterwards. Or if you are dead set on it, pay for this one and take the 20k one when it's time. Either way you paying for an extra oil change you probably don't need.
Think of it this way...if you weren't getting it changed at 15k normally, why do it before hand? 5k extra miles around town are a lot harder on it than longer continuous mileage trips... besides that what if the oil change creates an issue that you don't currently have and because you are on a long trip you don't see it.
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I'll definitely go over 5K just from driving there and back. It'll be 6,000 miles total alone of travel. Then while I'm there I would guess I'd be putting on 1,000 roughly.
Granted now that I think about it, I could just change the oil while I'm there doing work on the 4Runner. Part of the reason I'm going home is to lift it and do a few other things, can just put a fresh batch in before I head back. That way it would be changed at around 19-20K.
Knew oil was better on highway than city/off-road, but wanted to make sure I wouldn't be hurting it. These things are pretty much indestructible and I'd like to keep it that way.
Thanks!