Best Oil for 2014 Lancruiser GXL 200 series TT V8 Diesel

[Greynomadsx2]

Hello all,

I am a new owner of 2014 Landcruiser Diesel, never owned a diesel before and we travel Australia extensively towing a 3 ton caravan.

My question is simple, what grade/brand of engine oil is best suited to my V8 TT Diesel engine? I want to do 5000K filter and oil changes and will not always be able to get to a Toyota Dealership and therefore will carry my own oil/parts to guarantee I do NOT void my warranty.

I have done a lot of research and am told I should be using a 5w40 diesel recommended oil i.e Castrol Edge 5W40 or Castrol Magnetic 5W40 diesel Oil. I have also looked at Penrite and other brands.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in anticipation

Cheers

Ross

[trentmeyer23]

That information is listed within the owners manual, generally under specification/lubrication.

[Greynomadsx2]

Many thanks for taking the time Mr NG, I have read most of
the 620 pages of the owners manual. I noted the viscosity range recommended. It
does NOT recommend brands (as you would expect). To clarify further I was
hoping someone may have had experience with particular "Brands", you know
semi synthetic VS full synthetic and are there any brands better than others?
Sorry I didn't explain that better, I will go back to researching myself.

[trentmeyer23]

I would not have any issues running any of the oils you listed. I use Penrite regularly so I can recommend that, however there is not a huge quality difference across the market.

[kenuppa]

You need to use oil that meets the specification listed in your manual.

All brands sell good oil and also oil that is basically just sludge.

I very much doubt that Castrol Magnatec meets the specification listed in your owners manual.

Just ask yourself, why and how would oil be magnetic? It is just advertising hype.

The recommended viscosity is probably 5w30. Please check your manual and confirm if this is correct.

That is what is recommended in my manual.

The oil specification is something like CF.

Rgds,

Ken

[Team JA]

I have recently purchased a 2007 Sahara which has had every service at a Toyota dealership every 10,000kms. It is due for it's 170,000km and the dipstick is showing just on minimum marker. My mechanic says that is about only 2 litres left of 9 litres. I am hoping that it's not "one of those ones" that chews ridiculous amounts of oil. I have bought Penrite HPR5 Diesel 5W-40 Semi Synthetic which states it's ok for use in 5W-30 applications. I will let you all know how it goes!

[trentmeyer23]

It may have used 2L, not have 2L left. The dipstick sits in the upper portion of the oil level and most only have an inch or so in the oil.

[Team JA]

Hopefully you are right Trent. I drove it back from Queensland to Melbourne and it drove like a dream with no oil pressure lights. I thought only 2 litres left was too little.

[tempestv8]

The amount of oil that will bring the oil level from the lower dot on the dipstick to the higher dot is only 500 ml.

The engine oil sump takes about 9.5 litres of oil in total.  When the level is at the lower mark, this means that the engine has 9 litres of oil remaining.  Basically not a big deal at all for the oil level to be at the low mark.