Oil: Is there a suggested type in the manual? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Big Grim · 07-18-2009, 11:29 AM

I recently picked up a used 2008 Yaris and it's time to change the oil. The owner's manual was absent when I made the purchase, so I can't RTFM and get the answer. :(

Can anyone tell me if there is a preferred type of oil to use for the engine? 5w30, etc?

Thanks!

PatrickJohnson · 07-18-2009, 11:32 AM

5w30 is the recommended oil in the manual.

Big Grim · 07-18-2009, 11:34 AM

Thanks Patrick!

BLH · 07-18-2009, 06:32 PM

I my 2007 also has the information printed on the oil filler cap.

R2D2 · 07-19-2009, 02:09 AM

My owners manual specs 5W-30 ILSAC oil-and states 10W-30 can be used if 5W is not available.

There was a TSB issued however that recommends ILSAC GF-4 oil and approves 5W-20 oil for use in the Yaris's 1NZ-FE engine. So to make a long story short you could run any of these grades produced in the last several years by any reputable manufacturer and be OK, even while under warranty.

I love it when it when they make it easy for the consumer. VW for example is a PITA with their oil requirements.

R2

Yaris Hilton · 07-19-2009, 01:27 PM

Any oil with the API "Star" symbol on it also meets ILSAC GF-4 specs.

07-18-2009, 11:29 AM	#1
Big Grim Drives: 2008 Yaris Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Inland Empire, CA Posts: 4	Oil: Is there a suggested type in the manual? I recently picked up a used 2008 Yaris and it's time to change the oil. The owner's manual was absent when I made the purchase, so I can't RTFM and get the answer. :( Can anyone tell me if there is a preferred type of oil to use for the engine? 5w30, etc? Thanks!

07-19-2009, 02:09 AM	#5
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	My owners manual specs 5W-30 ILSAC oil-and states 10W-30 can be used if 5W is not available. There was a TSB issued however that recommends ILSAC GF-4 oil and approves 5W-20 oil for use in the Yaris's 1NZ-FE engine. So to make a long story short you could run any of these grades produced in the last several years by any reputable manufacturer and be OK, even while under warranty. I love it when it when they make it easy for the consumer. VW for example is a PITA with their oil requirements. R2 __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

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07-18-2009, 11:32 AM	#2
PatrickJohnson Drives: 2008 Yaris LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 198	5w30 is the recommended oil in the manual.

07-18-2009, 11:34 AM	#3
Big Grim Drives: 2008 Yaris Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Inland Empire, CA Posts: 4	Thanks Patrick!

07-18-2009, 06:32 PM	#4
BLH Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CT Posts: 271	I my 2007 also has the information printed on the oil filler cap.

07-19-2009, 01:27 PM	#6
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Any oil with the API "Star" symbol on it also meets ILSAC GF-4 specs.