Who Makes Toyota Oil and Is It Any Good? 

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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 RU-vid. 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.

You should ask project farms RU-vid channel.

The local Toyota parts store here (it is not connected to any dealer) sells both conventional and synthetic Toyota oil. Conventional oil just above $5 US dollars a quart. They even sell Toyota brand coolant.

Different countries do things differently. For example in Australia for my 2017 Camry, they wanted to use SEMI-SYNTHETIC Castrol engine oil..... 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 oil......

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.

When you go to toyota dealership for service they don't use toyota oil they use valvoline I don't know why and most newer cars uses 0w16 as someone mentioned earlier

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

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.

change your oil every 5k miles or 6 months if your using toyota oil or cheapest from walmart.

Unless you’re willing to pay for the manufacturers oil you getting what ever brand they get the best deal from meeting the specifications. I deliver a lot of Napa (made by valvoline) valvoline,Kendall to dealerships along with aftermarket filters such as Napa proformer,or off brand. So if you think you’re automatically getting your manufactures products without specifically asking and paying a premium for them you are a grossly uneducated consumer.

Useless info. You could have at least told us the additive package in Toyota oil. I hear Toyota uses a large amount of Molybdenum.

Toyota Avalon, as I remember, uses 5W-30

I have been using Mobil1 for many years, but I have realized there are engine oil better.

I would like an honest test of the cartridge oil filter for the Toyota Tundra. Most if not all videos show spin on motor filters. The design of the OEM filter is hard for me to believe all the oil is filtered. Do the filters need a ADBV or not? I am not an engineer and appreciate RU-vid videos.

Same for coolant... like Suzuki with crappy Ecstar promotions... it's made my Eneos ans relabeled with ecstar logo with a heftier price tag. Super secret coolant technologynthatnonly suzuki knows😂 same with their oil (as API SM!). I use not genuine oil and coolant in my 2007 suzuki

No one has been able to tell me if a 0w16 - 0w20 will hold up in the extream tempatures in these low displacement turbo charged engins. I fear we will be seeing a lot of burnt out turbo engins in the future.

Didn't care for the digital voice, especially the way it was botching SAE.

Mobil makes a lot of private label products

Toyota/Lexus uses 0W20 to meet ours government new fuel consumption and emission norms. They don't want to pay stiff fines. Premature wear out of our engines isn't their problem. You'll return to dealer earlier and bring them more money.

I hope you can suggest me the best to do. I just bought a new 2024 Rav4 XLE made in Canada three months ago. I live in Mexico City. Well, the manual says that the engine oil that comes from factory is a 0w20, but at the toyota dealer they put a decal in the engine compartment that says that the correct oil for that vehicle is 5W30, and all the dealers in Mexico only sell this kind of oil, 5W30. My question is, is there any problem if I use that oil? I have to take the car for service at the dealer every 6 months or 10,000 kilometers to keep the warranty alive and they only apply that kind of oil. Today I asked the parts manager if they have any other oil and he told me that not, he told me that all the toyota cars sold in Mexico are homologated to use the 5W30 oil. What do you think about all this situations?

My 21 Land cruiser calls for 0w20, but the same Land cruiser every where else in the world says 5w30, why? They are all built at the same plant in Japan and I have the v8 5.7 engine, which is exactly the same v8 used in ALL the v8 regardless of which country it goes to, so why is it only America that you can only use 0w20 but everywhere else you can use 5w30? Why?

I thought Mobil made the Toyota oil. Look at Mobil Super Synthetic Oil bottle and Toyota Oil bottle. Exact same shape.

2023 Toyota XSE hatchback USA market (Made in Japan) Engine oil sticker calls for 0W/8 engine oil. This is just about impossible to find. I did find it at Toyota Parts Dept. at $20.00 per quart. I was told 2023 is the first year of the Corolla using this new 0W/8 motor oil. Will this oil become more available as time goes by? Right now I am locked into getting it from Toyota Dealership and not all dealerships stock this oil and must special order it. It's that new.🤑🥴😵‍💫😱🙈

...this... sounds like A.I voice...

Although Toyota Oil in made by Mobil 1, that is where the similarities end. Mobil 1 makes Toyota oil to Toyotas Specifications. The additive package is very robust especially in the 0w20 & 0w16. Toyota oil is one of the best on the market. FAR superior to M1, Pennz or Castrol.

My advice. Use the cheapest oil you can get that meets the specification and change it early. Read the fine print in the owner's manual or shop manual. Sometime it will allow different oil weights at different temperature ranges. My car is 20 years old. The recommended oil is 5W-30 but the manual says you can use 10W-30 if the local temperature does not go below 0 F. The manuals for other vehicles I have had say the same. I have long used whatever is the cheapest, but recently 5W-30 has always been the cheapest. Life is tougher for people who do not do their own work though. A large pitfall is that people do not want to accept that all-short-trips driving represents severe service. It may not feel like it, but it is. If you drive a vehicle that does not require synthetic oil, you can use the cheapest oil and filter you can find and go 5000 miles if you do all highway driving, and even get away with going 7500 miles. All of my driving is around my local city, I use semisynthetic and my change interval is 2800 miles.

My dealership uses shell oil 0W-20

I order idemitsu oil directly from Japan, later loosers

How about honda?? Where did they get there engine oils from??

Now 0w8

JASO JIS

Except Mobil one 1 is not a full synthetic

Toyotas are loud as hell that oil is to thin

Never heard of Toyota Ass oil

Somewhat inaccurate, newer toyotas most use 0w16 and is not to be substatuted .