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02-15-2009, 08:38 AM | #1 |
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Anyone running Royal Purple?
I've always had it in my Mustang and am considering using it in the Yaris too...right now the car only has 1000 miles on it with the factory oil. Any suggestions on when to change to synthetic?
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02-15-2009, 09:30 AM | #2 |
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did my switch on my first service 5000 km's with rp
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02-15-2009, 10:33 AM | #3 |
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02-15-2009, 11:55 AM | #4 | |
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I'd suggest doing it yourself, and leaving the care about an hour to drain the old oil, so you get as much of it out before putting in the new one. |
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02-15-2009, 12:05 PM | #5 | |
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02-15-2009, 12:09 PM | #6 |
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That's about it. Just be really careful not to overfill, and to store the oil somewhere to keep it from hurting the planet.
I'm almost sure there's an oil chance DIY guide somewhere in here, not sure if it was before the hack tho.. |
02-15-2009, 01:16 PM | #7 |
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Royal Purple is great, but AMSoil is better. Plus AMSoil comes in 0w20, whereas Royal Purple only comes in 5w20. That said though, my dad runs Royal Purple 0w40 in his 996TT-S and it seems to perform better than when he was running Mobil1 0w-40. (1% more power, 1mpg better FE, 2% less oil consumption -- all of which can be placebo effect, but who knows?)
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02-15-2009, 02:06 PM | #8 |
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The Yaris is the easiest of all cars to change oil. I have the 2" TRD lowering springs on mine and I don't even jack my car up to change the oil. I am running the Royal Purple in my car now and it seems to run a little smoother than the Mobil 1. I use the K&N oil filter as well.
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02-15-2009, 02:29 PM | #10 |
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The K&N oil filter. I have the AFE CAI.
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02-15-2009, 07:35 PM | #11 |
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HAd RP and dumped it after a week. Got MOTUL in there now but its the economy grade and not for rompin on the revs. RP gave the most power at the top of the rev band but somehow seemed sluggish down low around town. I assume you mean the RP std street oil, 5W-30, not the fancy race formula? Rp street, Its not full synth so changeover shouldnt be a prob.
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02-15-2009, 07:37 PM | #12 |
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Get one of thouse plastic cup-type filter wrench heads to help get the filter off. Works miracles. Only 3.5 Qts on th refill - 1/2 qt stays in the engine no matter how hard you try to drain it.
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02-15-2009, 07:51 PM | #13 |
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i use RP 5w30. love it! i also use the 75w90 trans fluid as well.
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02-16-2009, 07:48 AM | #14 |
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02-16-2009, 08:04 AM | #15 |
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Did Toyota issue an updated TSB? Their last one didn't recommend 0w-20 for the Yaris.
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02-16-2009, 10:25 AM | #16 |
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I have done a lot of my own oil changes. this Yaris is the easiest car i have ever worked on. i changed to synthetic at 800 miles. the factory oil in the car was causing a rough start and a lot of noise in the morning (was getting down to -18*F) so i switched to Pennzoil Platinum.
i plan on changing to castrol edge. which has a good portion of its base oil as a PAO. i would like to run AMSoil or redline though. |
02-16-2009, 12:18 PM | #17 | |
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02-16-2009, 12:30 PM | #18 |
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That is my question! Does anyone online use the 0W20 in their Yaris? I would be interested to know if there was a jump in mileage for going to 0W20?
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