Who Makes Toyota Oil and Is It Any Good?

In this video we'll talk about toyota oil, who makes it, if it's any good any which types we recommend.

We cover the following questions and topics:

who makes oil for toyota
who makes toyota synthetic oil
toyota recommended oil brand
what brand of oil does toyota recommend
toyota genuine motor oil sae 0w 20
toyota genuine motor oil 5w 30
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tgmo 0w20

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[clfaraci]

Anyone changing oil at 7500 or 10, 000 miles is just asking for trouble and eventual burning oil. Oil is cheap, engines are not. Please folks, change your oil at 5000 miles.

[PHILLIPS]

That's interesting because The Car Care Nut who worked for Toyota for years before opening his own shop said they use the cheapest oil out there

[AaronEbright]

0w20 is for fuel economy most engines use 5w30. Toyota dealership uses the cheapest company to contract with.

[williamclick]

I have a 2000 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L. The Camry was given to me by my late cousin it was his father's Camry. I'm the 4th owner of the Camry. The oil I use is Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage Synthetic oil 5w 30. My cousin and his father Pennzoil or Quaker State which is made by the same company. I have always used Pennzoil. I've never had any issues with Pennzoil. I change the oil every 3000 miles. The Camry now has 185, 000 or just over it. I change the oil every 3000 miles like cloak work. When the Camry was given to me it had 166, 492 miles on it.

[notsureyou]

The thin oils were chosen for 2 reasons:

- Fuel economy (due to thinner oil versus say 5W30 BUT at the cost of protection)
- Fuel savings in that the oil will get to N.O.T quicker than 5W30 for example (so the engine won't have to idle at a higher rate for as long).

[NomenClature-os]

‘99 4Runner. 513, 000 miles. Factory filter, Mobil 1 every 10, 000 miles.

[Nellis]

What, you shouldn’t use Pennzoil Ultra Platinum or Valvoline Extended Performance.
You are joking right ?
Both are better than either Toyota oil or Mobil 1.

[BobMellinger]

The oil change interval varies according to the owners manual based on how the vehicle is driven. The manual lists 2 different scenarios, normal and severe. Severe would be short trips, towing, cold weather climates etc. If the severe conditions are met the oil change interval is cut in half.

[juanzingarello]

I remember a service rep told me Toyotas OEM oil is actually Mobil 1 Advanced Full Synthetic. Which explains why when I first bought my Rav4 in 2016, they said they only needed annual oil changes. Needless to say, I am still not comfortable with annual oil changes and prefer to do it every 6 months in the Spring and Fall (my miles stay below 5k miles every 6 months so its easier for me to go based on time and I have a fresh batch prior to the extreme seasons of cold winters and hot summers). When I stopped taking it to the dealership (once the free maintenance plan went away) I was doing Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy, then switched to Mobil 1 High Mileage once I hit the 75k mark. Now with a second car (a Cadillac) that uses the same viscosity level, I just buy the Kirkland brand from Costco which comes in a box of two 5 quart bottles. Just as good and at 90k miles she still runs like a champ. Provided the electronics hold up I expect 200k miles from her easily.

[notsureyou]

The owners manual will tell you what specs the oil needs to meet / exceed.

So if the oil that you buy meets / exceeds those requirements then you will NOT void your warranty.

[bakmahon]

I changed my oil at Toyota dealer . They're use 5W-30 for my 09 Tacoma and its run smooth.

[craigfin]

Dealers are the ones who get the service costs. The only thing that manufacturers see from it are the parts cost, which dealers get at a wholesale prices. Manufacturers will even usually have to pay dealers to cover warranty work.

[Pexman-huzw]

Really! Toyota recommended every 10000 miles oil replacement😮 im not leasing the car im buying and keeping the car so i replaced my oil change every 5000 out of my pocket still in my warranty dealer will replace every 10000 miles minus my own pocket every 5000 with same oil Mobil 1

[donniev]

Just bought a new Toyota Camry SE and their recommended oil change interval is every 5000 miles. Theres a great video that breaks down the additives in oem toyota, mobile 1, penzoil and one other motor oil here on YouTube. Toyota has extra additives that none of the others have, or they have a lot less of certain additives. The former head engine guy for Nissan suggests changing the oil at 2000 miles regularly.

[philipeli]

Toyotas 0w-16 oil has a better additive package than others. Amsoil has now added a new signature 0w-16 yet to be tested.

[joea]

I just started doing my own oil change as Im no longer receiving the "free oil changes" at the dealership, it has 25, 770 and I went with Mobile 1 Advance full Synthetic 0W-20 as I live in Texas Heat and think it will do just as good as the 0w-16. will see how she does in the long run I plan to change it every 7, 500 miles.

[notsureyou]

Different countries do things differently.

For example in Australia for my 2017 Camry, they wanted to use SEMI-SYNTHETIC Castrol engine

Semi-synthetic here in Australia is:

Mineral oil that has been blended with Synthetic oil

In Australia we are a bit more relaxed about what can be called "full synthetic"

Even though it's origin might be from crude oil, if it has essentially been engineered and altered / changed by people with white coats....

We call that Synthetic....

So yeah I supplied my own

[marctorres]

When my 2015 Camry started burning oil at a fast rate, I used Valvoline syrhetic extended oil. Then decided to use oem toyota oil to see which was better, and the oem Toyota oil burned alot better than the Valvoline oil did, not even close. Then I decided to try the Pennzoil syrhetic motor oil, and that was so much better in terms of burning oil. I agree with you on the Pennzoil, its a great product. But the Valvoline not so much.

[Brararaf]

i been buying 0w16 from dealer past 5 years i see mobil one 0w16 is like 20 bucks cheaper can i safely switch? My old camry i used the cheapest oil i found no matter of brand had it 300k plus no engine issues ever.

[dwrs]

Use only the best oils - Castrol, Mobil 1, or Liqui Moly