1. What kind of vehicle you have
2004 Toyota Sienna CE (Cheap Edition) 105k miles
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well
0w-20, 5w-20, 5w-30 don't have manual
3. Where you live
Houston, TX
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
Very easy, hardest is overtaking a semi
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
HWY long distance trips, cross country, coast-to-coast
6. Whether your car has any known problems
afraid of carbon build up
Basically just bought the car, it had a sticker saying fresh oil change with Quaker State, once I got time to finally change the oil it was a disaster (to me). Filter was MicroGuard. Changed it for 5w-30 ML synblend and Wix oil filter.
Once I got the opportunity to open the cap on top of the engine I was in for some serious crusty black build up. At this point I am a bit scared, so I searched through this great website and decided on Kreen, but I am bit worried that it might loosen up some big chunks.
I am grateful for any help.
Thank you all very much.
P.S.: I bought some synpower jugs thanks to $5 off coupons. I have 0w-20 for the "Winter" (wanted to see how the van likes it) and the rest is synpower 5w-30. I have receipts, so I can exchange them just in case.
2004 Toyota Sienna CE (Cheap Edition) 105k miles
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well
0w-20, 5w-20, 5w-30 don't have manual
3. Where you live
Houston, TX
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
Very easy, hardest is overtaking a semi
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
HWY long distance trips, cross country, coast-to-coast
6. Whether your car has any known problems
afraid of carbon build up
Basically just bought the car, it had a sticker saying fresh oil change with Quaker State, once I got time to finally change the oil it was a disaster (to me). Filter was MicroGuard. Changed it for 5w-30 ML synblend and Wix oil filter.
Once I got the opportunity to open the cap on top of the engine I was in for some serious crusty black build up. At this point I am a bit scared, so I searched through this great website and decided on Kreen, but I am bit worried that it might loosen up some big chunks.
I am grateful for any help.
Thank you all very much.
P.S.: I bought some synpower jugs thanks to $5 off coupons. I have 0w-20 for the "Winter" (wanted to see how the van likes it) and the rest is synpower 5w-30. I have receipts, so I can exchange them just in case.
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