Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

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Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

Postby J-Lux on Sat, 06 Oct 2012 6:37 +0000

So the hilux is in need of a service at 80k.
I've been putting in 10-40 in it, at 80 does it need to be thicker ?
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Re: Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

Postby J-Lux on Sat, 06 Oct 2012 6:42 +0000

And what oil brand is recommended.
Past experience magnatec has been decent.

Thanks for your comments.
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Re: Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

Postby Qwerty on Sat, 06 Oct 2012 9:24 +0000

Hmm I use 10w-30 a Fuchs one. That's just what a friend at covs recommended. What's Toyota spec say?


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Re: Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

Postby jakelux on Mon, 15 Oct 2012 3:27 +0000

I have always used genuine 10W-30 thats what Toyota use. change it every 5000, filter every 10,000
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Re: Oil grades - 80k service - petrol.

Postby GeeTee on Mon, 15 Oct 2012 7:12 +0000

J-Lux wrote:So the hilux is in need of a service at 80k.
I've been putting in 10-40 in it, at 80 does it need to be thicker ?



No.
It's hardly run-in!
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