The Motor Oil Geek's recommended engine break-in & oil change frequency + oil analysis on the factory engine oil (2024+Tacoma 4th gen)

[coldtaco]

he recently posted on youtube a discussion on using 0-20 vs 5-20 or any other weights offered in different countries. Basically his take is that engines that "require" 0W-20 have the oil pump that is electrically controlled, I think he said, that it is set to work with 0W-20 and cannot adjust for other oil weights. Some thing to think about maybe.

Actually it might have been the car care nut, or maybe both discussed this

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[32spoke]

he recently posted on youtube a discussion on using 0-20 vs 5-20 or any other weights offered in different countries. Basically his take is that engines that "require" 0W-20 have the oil pump that is electrically controlled, I think he said, that it is set to work with 0W-20 and cannot adjust for other oil weights. Some thing to think about maybe.

Then why does Toyota recommend 5w30 and even 10w30 oil in the European market? What engine has an electronically controlled oil pump? The pump is a mechanical device…. The only way to control it is by restriction on either the suction side or pressure side of a pump- show me where this occurs with this engine.

 

[coldtaco]

Then why does Toyota recommend 5w30 and even 10w30 oil in the European market? What engine has an electronically controlled oil pump? The pump is a mechanical device…. The only way to control it is by restriction on either the suction side or pressure side of a pump- show me where this occurs with this engine.

I think it might have been the car care nut that said this. One would need to watch it again to understand his point he makes. Was surprising to me too, but also makes sense. So....?

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