Recommended oil for the 3.4L V6

I'll be changing my oil within the next 2k miles. This thread is a good read.

Any suggestions on high mileage oils? I'm going to use a 5W30 oil, just looking for an oil to protect against wear on cold starts in cold (sub 30°) days. Which are daily
 
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LMAO, Maybe I should have started # 364! Oh wait, than I would have been told to search. :evil:

Well, then you might have found a five-pager from last month:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/207431-oil-type-opening-can-worms.html

or this interesting one on over sized filters, active this summer:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/134268-oversized-oil-filter-5.html

Plus at least a dozen routine two pagers on oil and filter types from this decade. I was just curious why you picked this one.
 
I just called a dealer who always did my oil before purchase and toyota pil is pretty much mobil. Always used oem filters. I use bosch filter will be switching to purolator pure one though.

I attached a picture of my 4runner with 230k on it, oil still dont come out as dark as my 120k honda.
 

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I attached a picture of my 4runner with 230k on it, oil still dont come out as dark as my 120k honda.

Good looking engine there!
I only use OEM filters as they have more media then most of the parts store ones and going to try Castol Synthetic Magnatec wI think it's called this go around. At $17.00 for a 5qt. jug it's certainly cheap enough from Wally world.
 
I recommend oil that is suited for vehicles and filters not used in coffee pots.

1.) don't use FRAM. A broken condom filters better.
2.) use whatever oil makes you feel all warm and tingly in your nether regions. * on an old engine with old seals a full synthetic will cause leaks*
3.) Change your oil within reason.

This is pretty much the key takeaways from all 6million oil conversations that populate the Internet.

I absolutely despise this topic, but these things need to be said.


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I'll raise you 130,ooo more miles. 360,000 miles with Mobil 1 every 5000 miles.
 

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I have always went with Napa Gold filters the golds are manufactured by WIX
and if your one to run a bigger capacity filter they hold a lot more. As for oil I have never tried amsoil but will
 
I have always went with Napa Gold filters the golds are manufactured by WIX
and if your one to run a bigger capacity filter they hold a lot more. As for oil I have never tried amsoil but will

So what your telling me is all filters manufactured by wix are all the same? Napa farms out the filters at a certain tolerence, because this is how much they want to spend, just because it is made by wix does not mean it is their top of the line filter.
 
In a few years new vehicle oil change interval will be every 100k miles.
Folks will still ask the question what oil n filter.......:car:
 
So what your telling me is all filters manufactured by wix are all the same? Napa farms out the filters at a certain tolerence, because this is how much they want to spend, just because it is made by wix does not mean it is their top of the line filter.

He didn't say that at all. He said that NAPA Gold filters are made by Wix.
 
So what your telling me is all filters manufactured by wix are all the same? Napa farms out the filters at a certain tolerence, because this is how much they want to spend, just because it is made by wix does not mean it is their top of the line filter.

The Napa Gold 1516 is a rebranded Wix 51516. That is not top of either line but they ARE the same. NAPA has their Platinum line, also made by Wix. Wix has their corresponding XP line.
 
Has this turned into a flame war yet?

I'm running full synthetic 5W30 Mobil1 (or similar) with WIX 51348XP (or similar) filter
 
20w50?

So, I just got my first 4Runner, a 1999 from my dad's estate, he passed and left a few vehicles behind.
I noticed a service sticker on the windshield that said it was being filled with 20W50 oil. Is there any legitimate reason to use this weight oil in our trucks?
 
None.
20w-50 is too heavy for our 3.4L. This would cause deminished gas mileage too.
Who am I to say what's right or wrong. Run what you see fit, it's your truck.
 

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