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Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 12:53 am
by ragingfish
I read in another thread if you use synthetic oil, you need to use a synthetic oil filter.I was planning on buying Mobile 1 syntehtic for this oil change. I already purchased the Toyota filter for this engine.Does anyone know if the Toyota filter will properly filter synthetic oil, or if I need to stick to non-synthetics?
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:59 am
by ragingfish
Yeah lemme tell you, this "doing my own oil change" to save money idea isn't quite working out that way...the oil was about $19 for 5 quarts, filter was about $6...total of $25, about what I would've paid for a pro job...should i not have spring for mobil 1???i'm having trouble seeing the benefits here...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:27 am
by ragingfish
What brand do you use that is "semi-synthetic?" Never seen that before...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:48 am
by Vibe Rater
quote:I take my oil and filter to the dealer and they charge me for labor... Thats it.How much for labor only?
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:03 pm
by Kissfan79
An oil change runs me about $12 after tax. 5 quarts (some left over of course) of Castrol 5W-30 oil and 1 Purolater Plus oil filter.
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (Kissfan79)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:20 pm
by ragingfish
quote:An oil change runs me about $12 after tax. 5 quarts (some left over of course) of Castrol 5W-30 oil and 1 Purolater Plus oil filter. The guy at Pep Boys told me that the Purolator PureOne is supposedly the best filter on the market...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:27 pm
by ragingfish
Hey, that's what he told me...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:34 pm
by ragingfish
It's what he told me.Doesn't mean it's true. He might've just been trying to sell me the most expensive one. I didn't actually need one...I already bought the Toyota one...I just asked him which one it was cause i needed to get a filter to size a filter wrench...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:41 pm
by ragingfish
Well, it was the most expensive one THEY had...lol...
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:26 am
by ragingfish
Nah. It's called "let's sell the most expensive stuff so I can get a bonus this christmas for cheating people out of their money and making the store tons of profit."I'm guilty of it too at work -- I try to encourage people to buy expensive appetizers, or expensive entrees, or use premium spirits in their cocktails, because it makes the checks larger which (hopefully) boosts my tips.
Re: Toyota Oil Filter & Synthetic Oil (silverawd26)
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:29 am
by ragingfish
*sigh*If only there were more people like you...On behalf of servers everywhere, thank you for not being a cheap ungrateful SOB.