1st...yes this takes a cartridge filter. I used a fram tough guard...known as the orange can. It looked totally fine...uoa supports it
2nd...higher viscosity oil is allowed by Toyota and in fact recommended for my duty cycle.
3rd...OCI was stretched only to accommodate a busy schedule and...
2019 Toyota 4Runner, 4.0. Oil was M1 0w40 with a fram orange can.
Typo on the mileage...it was an 11,000 mile run. Saw temps from -40 to 80 Fahrenheit. Lots and lots of idle time. Oil was replaced with M1 0w40 and a fram ultra
I can chime in here...ive got a heavily modded 4runner TRD with the 4.0, a Taco with the 3.5 and a heavily modded Taco with the 2.7. The 3.5 is a work vehicle.
My Taco is lifted and on 33s with a bunch of other mods and has 4.30s. Its not only my daily driver, its my off road toy and it gets...
10k oci M1 0w40
Fram ultra every other change
UOAs to prove it works lol
40wt oil is speced for this engine all over the world and the full saps Mobil (and Castrol) products are on the brink of being 30s anyways. Hugely strong add packs and TBN and they both meet the strictest oil specs on...
I have a 2019. I dumped the oil after 1500 miles and replaced it with Mobil 1 0w40. It gets changed every 10,000 miles and the TBN is still over 5!
Very easy on oil and very very nice vehicles...you will love it!
Originally Posted by ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted by qball16
Hi.
I've been doing a fairly obsessive amount of research on what I want to run on our 2019 Forester. First oil change is coming up. I'
Anyway, what oil should I use?
Yep you got it bad. But Ive done the research and have owned 3...
I had a forester and a outback with the fb25 engine. I ran 15k ocis on Mobil 1 EP. great UOAs...keep an eye on your oil level. Those engines have a bad ring design and are known to burn it...
Ran an oci of 10 year old Mobil 1 10-40 atv oil in my wife's Malibu...does that count?
Last time my parents were up I topped their oil off 15w40 hdeo lawn mower oil