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1992 Toyota 4x4 Pickup V6 with 263K miles. Just barely had a valve job (burnt exhaust valve), but now set for another 250K. Usually gets Valvoline ML. 1987 Toyota Celica GTS 196K miles. Also Valvoline ML. 1990 Toyota pickup getting close. Penzoil Platinum in this one.

I have a 2000 Sienna (81K miles) that technically falls into the sludge years category. I've used nothing in it but Mobil 1 or Mobil 1 EP from the second oil change. Changes are usually done in this van at 4-5K intervals (probably more frequent than necessary, but precautionary considering the...

Thanks for all of the replies. I didn't do a complete flush, but I dropped the pan and performed a couple of drains and refills over the course of a few hundred miles with the M1 to replace as much as I could. Overall, ran about 10 quarts through until I buttoned it up for good, at least for...

This one calls for Dexron III (says so on the dipstick). Not sure about the adaptive shift learning, however. I'll have to look into that. I assumed that the tranny was an AW design, but may me wrong on that too.

I recently switched to Mobil 1 ATF in my 2000 Sienna minivan with an Aisin Warner transmission. The van never shifted roughly with the standard issue Dexron III that the dealer uses, but after switching to M1 ATF, the shifting is now barely noticeable. The 1st-2nd upshift seems a little lazy...

Been running M1 EP in my 2000 Sienna at 5-6K OCIs.

1989 Toyota Cressida -Havoline 10W-30 w/ Napa Gold filter -4-5K -Many good Havoline UOAs here on BITOG and good bargain--thought I would try it 1990 Toyota Pickup -Havoline 10W-30 w/ Napa Gold filter -4-5K -Same reason as stated above--Used to run M1 in this truck prior to Havoline, but might...

I switched my 90 Toyota truck from Mobil 1 synthetic to Havoline dino a few months ago. From a cost/benefit standpoint, I just couldn't justify it for this vehicle. I'm also running the same Havoline in my 89 Cressida. My 00 Sienna, on the other hand, continues to get Mobil 1. With this engine's...

I haven't changed the filter yet but was planning to after the AutoRX run. In addition to the pan drain, I did take the transmission cooler lines loose and drained the TC to get out as much of the old fluid as possible before the refill. It calls for Dexron II, but I filled it with Supertech...

This car has been sitting for four years in a garage with headgasket problems. I recently inherited the car, fixed the headgasket and put it back on the road. I'm running an AutoRX cycle in the engine right now and it’s performing very well. I’ve been running the car back and forth to work and...

As far as the interval is concerned, you're absolutely right, Colt and Michaelc80, that I could probably go longer on the Mobil 1 and get equal bang for my buck. This truck has a carb, however (I think this is the last year they came equipped this way), and I always felt like I should use...

I’ve been reading with great interest the continued discussions here about Havoline. I thought I would chime in with some personal observations. My daily driver is a 1990 Toyota Pickup with the venerable 22R engine. Other than one brief AutoRX cycle with dino, it’s seen nothing but Mobil 1 10w30...

I just switched over to M1 5w-30 EP on a 2000 Toyota Sienna. I've been running M1 5w-30 since the van had about about 3K miles on it and it has never used any oil in 4-5K change intervals. It has 51K miles on it now. I've logged about 1000 miles on the EP with mixed highway and city driving So...

I take back what I said in my last post. After reading all of the posts in that thread, it sounds all too familiar. I'm convinced it's him.

This guy may or may not be Paul Cherubini. If memory serves me correctly from experience on the t4x4pickup.com discussion group, although he extolled the virtues the Toyota oil, he admitted that he used Mobil 1 in his 400K Toyota pickup. He regularly lambasted the BITOG crowd on that site, however.