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I recently did mine on my Taco about 900 miles ago. I'm sitting at 31K miles now. Although I didn't remove the pan, just did the drain through that drain plug, and standpipe I was a bit disappointed to see that the standpipe was plastic, and in addition to that, I wasn't sure just how far to...

Mine is the same, when I pull into the garage, I can usually smell it a few minutes after I turn the truck off. It's been doing that since new but never see any leaks on the floor or anywhere else. I've even topped it off with a small amount. I'm curious about this, but can't seem to deduce what...

For those of you who dislike 4 cylinders, or even the sound of this engine under the hood, I too feel the same way. I'm am NOT a 4 cylinder type of person. I will tell you that sitting @ 30k miles now, my engine is very quiet now. It, in no way sounds like it did early on in its life. So there's...

Had mine for almost 2 years, just rolled over 30K miles. I've been very happy with it. Nothing about the vehicle that I hate, although I do wish the interior plastics were nicer, although it's not something that I think about much these days. That's really my only true complaint.

Yes, and No. It's not an engine flush in that sense, however it is a "cleaning" oil, and most importantly, it keeps, or will clean clogged oil control rings. Once those are gummed up with returned crankcase gases via the PCV system over time, your engine will suffer from excessive oil...

I should point out that my Taco just rolled 30K miles, and It has become quite a bit more quiet staring around 24K miles. I barely hear the injector pulses anymore as I once did.

So I'll throw my hat into this ring. I've been a long time Amsoil fan. Their fuel system cleaner (PI Fuel System Cleaner) has been amazing across both my Tacoma, and my previous Truck. While I've been trying to save money on oil this time around, since I'm changing every 3-5k on my truck, I...

At worst you could take your truck to a driveline shop and get it balanced or verified if all is correct. After all your bearings, u-joints will thank you if that is indeed the culprit. I will tell you I bought a new JL back in '18 when they came out and the dealer tried to pass off a jeep with...

You're arguing over semantics, when at the end of the day State Farm is just trying to maximize its profits, while ripping the consumer off at all costs. But then again, that's our world today, all about marginalizing the wallets of middle-class and extracting as much as possible out of you...

I used a '96 Tacoma with my wife and daughter back in the day. Mine was the SR5 didn't have much space, as my '24 does. We made due with it, and in fact took family camping trips with it. My daughter would ride in her baby seat behind me in that small storage space. As for older kids, yea that...

I'm sure your not at all wrong, but makes me wonder why the dealer I purchased mine it is hounding me to come back in, leaving me all sorts of nonsense voicemail and whatnot. Quite honestly, I have no interest in trading in a not, quite 2 year old truck in for a brand new one. Dumb!

Got 7 or 8 quarts of AMSOIL SEVERE GEAR® 75W-85 100% Synthetic Gear Lube sitting in the box waiting for me to swap out the diff oil. I'm just under 30K miles on my truck, will change sometime after the 30K mark. I've got no compunctions about using 75W-85.

Another comment I'd like to throw into the ring, so to speak, is that while today's vehicles run lower tension rings for EPA nonsense, "typically" boosted vehicles have stronger rings to deal with the compression loads of boosted air pressure. With that said, I was wondering if the rings in...

Yea, I struggle with that guy as well. Seems like a nice man, very knowledgeable, but damn if I can't listen to him talk.... hahah... And I'm a pretty patient man.

You're absolutely spot on with all of your comments in my opinion. The EPA was looming over the car manufacturers for years tightening requirements as time went on, and here we are with low tension oil rings, direct fuel injection (walnut blasting anyone?), and oil about as thin as water, among...

Thank you for that! That's what I was wanting to understand, a better ride over OEM shocks.

Pretty much any mod, so far uninterested in all of them. Although one day I may splurge and get some Bilstien 5100's.

Engine is already broken in by the time you get it. Well the rings anyhow. The rest of the components will break in over the next 15K miles. Keep in mind these things, as most (all?) vehicles these days come with synthetic oil in them from the factory. So the break in process is going to drag on...

If you're not piling on a lot of miles as you state, then you'll want to change at least once a year, otherwise every 5K. That said, do twice a year if it suits you. Certainly no harm in that. But once a year, minimum is the key. Despite what you think oil contains contaminates from the...

Do what everyone else say, 5K. Oil is cheap. Quite honestly, I'm ratcheting mine down from 5 to 3K.