What oil to put in my 1UZ?

[suss_slide]

orright its time for me to change the oil on the ol' girl and im not to sure about what oil to use, what oils do you guys use and are you happy with em?

[hosking1991]

ive heard the penrite hpr series is pretty sweet i'll be running it in my new engine

[Norbie]

Use the oil weight and viscosity specified by the manufacturer. As for which brand is "best", you'll get about 200 different answers - just go with whatever you're comfortable with. As long as you change the oil regularly and use genuine filters you can't really go wrong.

[suss_slide]

genuine filters, you mean toyota? there gonna charge through the roof i imagine, i guess ill have to expect it with a car like that

[Dale]

They're not that dear, you should get change from a 20

[suss_slide]

orright i wont complain then if its not that bad. cross my fingers, anyone got any sweet toyta dealer hook ups?

[Vios-GT_07]

for a 1UZ?

hm.. my corolla filter retails for 22 ish... i noticed different dealers have slightly different prices though.. (it's a Ryco Z386 equivalent) .,.. definitely cheaper at trade / mates rates

[Norbie]

Oil filters are important, don't be tight.

[JustCallMeOrlando]

Toobs said there is nothing wrong with the Ryco ones either.

[EldarO]

there isnt...

my oil looked just as dirty after i swapper out the genuine filter as it did with the ryco swap.

that said, the ryco one did cause me a massive headache after the sealing rubber ring was left on the block and i didnt see, started the motor up and oil went all over my driveway!!

rushed oil changes and parents yelling at ya = loss of concentration FTL!

[JustCallMeOrlando]

Haha, I wish I couldn't relate to that. I did exactly the same thing, the dude at Repco was wondering why I was back for more oil an hour after I left, and this was just before my massive road trip.

[Dust]

I use HPR15 in my 1UZ.

I have also done the same thing with the rubber ring except I noticed the old filter didnt have it on while I was cleaning up, thankfully I didn't start the car because I was parked on my lawn hehe.

[JustenGT8]

Use a genuine filter, internally they provide a huge surface area increase over ryco. Even if they cost $100 (and we know they don't), this amount every 5000km is still cheap insurance. Look after your UZ and it'll do 400,000km no probs.

Any fully synth will do the job, as Norbie says, just get the oil weight right...a little thinner in fully synth won't hurt.

Skimping on oil changes, quality and filters is the number one false economy

[Norbie]

Skimping on oil changes, quality and filters is the number one false economy

Quoted for emphasis.

[TooF]

agreed, toyota genuine filters are cheap i know the 4ag ones are like $15 trade and the big one i use on my hilux is only $17 or there abouts. given toyota only have about half a dozen filter types they share between engines just suck up the $17 and buy the right product. and you should be able to get trade, any financil member of toymods get trade and most other car clubs then to have similar arangements

[MR22ZZ]

even non-trade the 4A-GE filters set me back $17... some of you people are getting reamed...

[TooF]

rrp they are like $22-23 from memory

[MR22ZZ]

hmmmmm... maybe the guy gave me a discount... cool, I never asked for it

[9000rpm]

1UZ oil filters = 90915-YZZD4 RRP should be $23.10

Z386 equivalent filters 90915-YZZE1 RRP should be $17.60

4AG + 3SG filters 90915-YZZE2 RRP should be $18.70

V6 filters 90915-YZZD2 RRP should be $18.70

[TooF]

the D2 also suits some of the bigger 4cylinder engines (3RZ-FE)