Can I switch to synthetic after my first 8000km oil change?? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Moore · 06-10-2007, 02:25 AM

Is that too soon? I have heard and read that I should wait until atleast 30,000kms to let the everything set properly.

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-10-2007, 02:49 AM

i switched at close to 7k miles. i think you'll get different responses here tho.

blacksan · 06-10-2007, 09:14 AM

A lot of cars come from the factory with synthetic.

Yaris_Fan · 06-10-2007, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by blacksan

A lot of cars come from the factory with synthetic.

Yes, but many of those high performance cars go through hours of testing at the factory. Essentially they're broken in when they are delivered new.

blacksan · 06-10-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Yaris_Fan

Yes, but many of those high performance cars go through hours of testing at the factory. Essentially they're broken in when they are delivered new.

?

I very much doubt they do more then drive a new Vette very far from assembly to customer delivery. Stop by the local Chevy dealer and look at an odometer.

eTiMaGo · 06-10-2007, 10:45 AM

I switched at 2,000km

Not sure if it's a direct effect, but mileage had a big boost, engine smoothness too...

HTM Yaris · 06-10-2007, 11:06 AM

I made Toyota change to synthetic before I drove off the lot . They tried to tell me that the oil would be fine for 3000 miles . I quickly reminded them of who was the cash paying customer .

foober · 06-10-2007, 12:20 PM

I put in amsoil 0-30 at 3,000. I don't know if my car is just a well made yaris or what. But it has so much zip to it that I'm always having to purposely try and slow down. It just wants to go fast. Speed limits are dangerous for this car.

This lucas fuel treatment seems to work. YOu might try it.http://lucasoil.hodgsoncorp.com/cata...products_id=40

Moore · 06-10-2007, 03:18 PM

Thanks, I think I'm going to switch around 3000-4000km's.

hans_fh · 06-10-2007, 03:53 PM

Just go for it:)

GOOD LUCK

Ogredude · 06-12-2007, 04:08 PM

Frickin just DOIT i did at 4000km
Every synthetic website lists 'synthetic Myths' and how any car today is so tight they barley need a breakin
They factory fill cars with synthetic
I think it only applies to older cars from the 70's when they actually used 'break-in-oil' from the factory and all those myths carried over into the 90's and 2000's cars

r300f28 · 08-09-2007, 07:22 AM

Switched to Amsoil 5W-30 Synthetic & EAO09 filter at 1017 miles. Engine runs smooth a silk, and mileage went up almost 4 miles per gallon more.
Will do the transmission next & the rear end later down the road.

Indianspringsaz · 08-09-2007, 11:05 AM

Old wives tale. Do it whenever you want. Many cars come from the factory with it in the car.

Thotprawsis · 08-09-2007, 06:52 PM

Did mine @ 2500 miles. Seems to run smoother. I don't know if there was an increase in mpg yet. Just go for it!

Pavel Olavich · 08-09-2007, 10:51 PM

Putting synthetic in a car with less then 1,000 will make it blow up, cause massive burns to the occupants, mar, scratch, and incinerate the cylinders beyoud repair, often doing this will cause a piston to explode up, out of the engine, smashing through the little Yaris hood, often causing the driver to wreck his car.... DON'T DO IT!

Thotprawsis · 08-09-2007, 11:02 PM

Really

eTiMaGo · 08-10-2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

Putting synthetic in a car with less then 1,000 will make it blow up, cause massive burns to the occupants, mar, scratch, and incinerate the cylinders beyoud repair, often doing this will cause a piston to explode up, out of the engine, smashing through the little Yaris hood, often causing the driver to wreck his car.... DON'T DO IT!

aaaah so that piston hit you in the head, explains a lot

Black Yaris · 08-10-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris_Fan

Yes, but many of those high performance cars go through hours of testing at the factory. Essentially they're broken in when they are delivered new.

2.2 ecotech is a high preformance motor?
it comes with mobile 1 full synth from the factory...0 miles

so there goes the break in, and high preformance motor theory

I dumped my dino oil as soon as I could, can't remember the exact mileage, but it was under 1000

06-10-2007, 02:25 AM	#1
Moore Drives: 2007 yaris 3dr ce Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: canada Posts: 15	Can I switch to synthetic after my first 8000km oil change?? Is that too soon? I have heard and read that I should wait until atleast 30,000kms to let the everything set properly.

06-10-2007, 10:45 AM	#6
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	I switched at 2,000km Not sure if it's a direct effect, but mileage had a big boost, engine smoothness too... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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06-10-2007, 02:49 AM	#2
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	i switched at close to 7k miles. i think you'll get different responses here tho.

06-10-2007, 09:14 AM	#3
blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	A lot of cars come from the factory with synthetic.

06-10-2007, 11:06 AM	#7
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	I made Toyota change to synthetic before I drove off the lot . They tried to tell me that the oil would be fine for 3000 miles . I quickly reminded them of who was the cash paying customer .

06-10-2007, 12:20 PM	#8
foober Drives: two yaris liftbacks Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: kalispell, montana Posts: 351	I put in amsoil 0-30 at 3,000. I don't know if my car is just a well made yaris or what. But it has so much zip to it that I'm always having to purposely try and slow down. It just wants to go fast. Speed limits are dangerous for this car. This lucas fuel treatment seems to work. YOu might try it.http://lucasoil.hodgsoncorp.com/cata...products_id=40

06-10-2007, 03:18 PM	#9
Moore Drives: 2007 yaris 3dr ce Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: canada Posts: 15	Thanks, I think I'm going to switch around 3000-4000km's.

06-10-2007, 03:53 PM	#10
hans_fh Drives: Yaris Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 133	Just go for it:) GOOD LUCK

06-12-2007, 04:08 PM	#11
Ogredude Drives: 2007 Red Yaris RS Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 25	Frickin just DOIT i did at 4000km Every synthetic website lists 'synthetic Myths' and how any car today is so tight they barley need a breakin They factory fill cars with synthetic I think it only applies to older cars from the 70's when they actually used 'break-in-oil' from the factory and all those myths carried over into the 90's and 2000's cars

08-09-2007, 07:22 AM	#12
r300f28 Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Castaic Calif Posts: 17	Switched to Amsoil 5W-30 Synthetic & EAO09 filter at 1017 miles. Engine runs smooth a silk, and mileage went up almost 4 miles per gallon more. Will do the transmission next & the rear end later down the road.

08-09-2007, 11:05 AM	#13
Indianspringsaz Drives: 07 Bitchin Blue HB Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 106	Old wives tale. Do it whenever you want. Many cars come from the factory with it in the car.

08-09-2007, 06:52 PM	#14
Thotprawsis View User's Garage Drives: '07 Blazin' Blue LB Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 201	Did mine @ 2500 miles. Seems to run smoother. I don't know if there was an increase in mpg yet. Just go for it!

08-09-2007, 10:51 PM	#15
Pavel Olavich Banned Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orange County, Calif Posts: 284	Putting synthetic in a car with less then 1,000 will make it blow up, cause massive burns to the occupants, mar, scratch, and incinerate the cylinders beyoud repair, often doing this will cause a piston to explode up, out of the engine, smashing through the little Yaris hood, often causing the driver to wreck his car.... DON'T DO IT!

08-09-2007, 11:02 PM	#16
Thotprawsis View User's Garage Drives: '07 Blazin' Blue LB Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 201	Really