oil.

Why don,t you read the owners manual ,
an go by the manufactures specs ,
mechpete

Hi Les,

Best to get on LCOOL.org and read up on the many threads regarding oil. Its a topical subject and just as many opinions.

The V8 diesel had a bit of a reputation for using oil at one point and, apart from the very early ones, a lot of this was thought to be the oil type and how hard the vehicle was driven (big V8 and low load = glazed bores).

My take on all the opinions was to use a good quality oil mineral oil, perhaps a semi synthetic or even full if you wanted to spend extra $$$ for arguably no benefit, but best thing was to change on time or even early. More cost effecive to get a mineral oil and change early than a synthetic and change on time.

Anyway, read it all up for yourself and see what conclusions you draw!

Cheers

Captain

Mobile Delvac 1 ESP 5W-40 was recommended, for my 2008 Troopy by the Mobile Lube Engineer.
He also stated that a synthetics benefit will far outweigh the costs over the long term.

Les

Further to my comment above. Today I spoke with the service manager at the nearest Toyota dealer. The reason being simply that next week I take delivery of a new 70 series cab chassis and intended on having them carry out the services as they are quite handy to us. When negotiating the purchase, unfortunately another dealer some distance away was able to come up with a better deal, hence they did not sell us the vehicle.

Regardless, the bloke I spoke with was most helpful and (I think) fair dinkum. As far as he is concerned the oil issue still exists (and he was somewhat less than gracious in his comments about Toyota and their handling of the matter), though primarily with the twin turbo 200 jobbies. However they use fully synthetic oil (and don't charge extra) which he maintains solves the problem. Also another matter I found interesting was the point of the fixed price servicing. His comments were along the lines that Toyota picks up the tab for the shortfall, as part of their marketing strategy.

I was impressed with his straight forward attitude and he certainly appeared honest, so I'll be giving them a go. And I have been around long enough and I reckon I'm long enough in the tooth to be a reasonable judge of a bloke. However in light of the foregoing I feel it circumspect to not publish the name of the outfit.

Anyone interested, feel free to PM and I will disclose freely.