2004 2.4 camry oil

[ritchie.rich]

hi guys

any1 tell me what is the proper oil i should be using in my camry

my local motor factor outlet tells me fully synthetic but im sure that on its last service it got semi

its a 2.4 with 24k on the clock if that makes a difference

also what is the proper interval between oil change

many thanks guys

[jeffy]

im using 5w-40 atm,

changing to 15w-40, as it seems to drink oil more,

i change every 15,000 as its daily driven

[aem]

im using 5w-40 atm,

changing to 15w-40, as it seems to drink oil more,

i change every 15,000 as its daily driven

15000 per oil change isn't that too long?

I changed it every 5000 and even then the oil are blacker than the black hole.

[FRM05A]

5000 km or 6 months, which ever comes first.

[Andrew357]

5000km is excessive for the 2az. You can get away with 10000km no problem, just use a quality Semi-synthetic oil.

I change mine every 7500 and I don't exactly baby it.

[jeffy]

im using 5w-40 atm,

changing to 15w-40, as it seems to drink oil more,

i change every 15,000 as its daily driven

15000 per oil change isn't that too long?

I changed it every 5000 and even then the oil are blacker than the black hole.

yeah seems long i guess..

here's my oil now ( dunnoe how yours gets blacker than black black lols)... hoping to change is by this saturday,

[ritchie.rich]

cheers guys

but what if i use fully synthetic

[Andrew357]

10K using full synthetic is fine.

Unnecessary though.

[Buff Hamster]

I use Mobil 1 EP 5w30 and i change every 12 months. That's around 12-14k each year i drive.

[bathuu]

im using 5w-40 atm,

changing to 15w-40, as it seems to drink oil more,

i change every 15,000 as its daily driven

15000 per oil change isn't that too long?

I changed it every 5000 and even then the oil are blacker than the black hole.

yeah seems long i guess..

here's my oil now ( dunnoe how yours gets blacker than black black lols)... hoping to change is by this saturday,

How many k's on that oil so far?

[jeffy]

just about to hit 15,000

its on 13,5xx atm, thus the low levels,

[aem]

Regular oil changes will lessons the amount of dirty build-ups remaining inside the engine. You cannot completely remove old oil, so the longer the dirty oil stays in your tank the more build-ups likely to past through the engine...and stay there. Over a long period of time every moledules counts.

You can spend $100s on top quality oil and change them at 10,000km, or you can spend less but correct recommended grade and change them every 5000Kms, the result might be the same costs wise over a period of time, but not the build-ups.