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Old 05-15-2023, 09:51 AM #76
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At least during the warranty period, I'll be letting my dealer do the oil changes. After the warranty period... I'll probably still let them do the oil changes.

Would be nice to know if they're using quality oil. I wonder if I would get a truthful answer if I called and asked what oil they use?
Man, I got the free oil change and rotate at 10k miles. I went back over it.

The lugs were loose as were the skid plate bolts never again.
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My issue is I love to wrench to if oil is due on a car I am ready. 5k is my interval on things but I will send in an oil sample at 15k miles.
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You can get your 6.5 quarts of Mobil 1 at Walmart for $35 or less. Quaker State is even cheaper and just as good, some studies say even better in some aspects. Toyota OEM filters off Amazon for $42 for 10 or $4.20 apiece, delivered. So really we’re talking an oil change for less than $39 and 20 minutes of my time. I’d spend more time just getting it to a dealer, let alone the wait and getting it back home. Then there is the issue of minimum wage lube techs stripping the bolts out on your skid plate by zipping them back in with a cordless impact. All that said, I still change at 10K intervals because the synthetic holds up and 95% of our miles are interstate highways.
No matter how hard I tried, my best time to change oil from jacking up the car to lowering it back is always more than an hour even when I lined up the tools and materials required in perfect order. 20 minutes seemed impossible for me. Do I miss anything here?
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No matter how hard I tried, my best time to change oil from jacking up the car to lowering it back is always more than an hour even when I lined up the tools and materials required in perfect order. 20 minutes seemed impossible for me. Do I miss anything here?
No, you didn't miss anything. I take more than an hour to change oil and filter and spend extra time inspecting other items while under the vehicle. I take pride in the way I do it; I am working for myself.
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No matter how hard I tried, my best time to change oil from jacking up the car to lowering it back is always more than an hour even when I lined up the tools and materials required in perfect order. 20 minutes seemed impossible for me. Do I miss anything here?
Tons of experience and skill. This task is a no brainer.
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No, you didn't miss anything. I take more than an hour to change oil and filter and spend extra time inspecting other items while under the vehicle. I take pride in the way I do it; I am working for myself.


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Tons of experience and skill. This task is a no brainer.


I would add use of cordless tools will speed things up. I tend to really take my time workin on my car. Just recently bought a Dewalt cordless ratchet. We’ll see how that works out for me.


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I would add use of cordless tools will speed things up. I tend to really take my time workin on my car. Just recently bought a Dewalt cordless ratchet. We’ll see how that works out for me.


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The most time consuming part of the job is removal and reinstalling the front skid plate. A TRD skid plate plus the “Saker stud mount modification” makes this part much easier.
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What else could it be other than Toyota 0-20? Actually asking, not being sarcastic. Maybe you know something we don't or work at a dealership or something.
The oil is usually supplied in large drums and they use overhead hoses to fill. They don't use individual bottles of it. I highly doubt they use Mobil1 or Toyota oil. I would say the cheapest of the cheap. I'm sure the dealership has contracts with oil distributors and the brand can/will change depending on market conditions.

Every single dealership is in business for profit. Money is their sole motivation. The Parts and Service department is where they make a huge amount of their profit.
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The oil is usually supplied in large drums and they use overhead hoses to fill. They don't use individual bottles of it. I highly doubt they use Mobil1 or Toyota oil. I would say the cheapest of the cheap. I'm sure the dealership has contracts with oil distributors and the brand can/will change depending on market conditions.

Every single dealership is in business for profit. Money is their sole motivation. The Parts and Service department is where they make a huge amount of their profit.
I understand the "use what's in the gun" thing and making a profit. It's what all the big shops do. It's a tale as old as time, but we're not using 5W30 here. This is a fairly specific oil at 0-20, so that's why I question the "big drum in the back" theory. It may be true, but I'd be curious to know who makes the drums, if so.
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