Engine oil Shell or OEM Toyota
I suggest running Shell t6 5w40
I suggest you to use 5W40. I have a Toyota Auris and i change them every 7.500km without filter change and at 15.000 km with filter change. In my city at summer the temperature is about 40°C on summer and I have 257.000 km. I haven't any problems till now. My engine running smooth and never burned oil.
Rotella 15-40. FTW
I run this one in our 04 BEW TDI. No issues what so ever!
Just to add my two cents, I am using Shell Helix Ultra ECT C2/C3 0W30 (it is basically the same as Pennzoil Euro 0W30 in the US) in my AGU 1.8T (150bhp) after I have killed an AGN 1.8 (125bhp) by using 10W50 for about 8k miles (I was flooring it a lot). I bought an oil pressure and an oil temp gauge after I have killed the 1.8, and the oil pressure seems to be perfect with the 0W30 (the engine has about 100k miles on it).
I plan to run Toyota oil in my rav4. In the past, I would have never considered running OEM oil and I would tell most people it's a waste of money to do that. However, I've seen a few reports showing Toyota 0w-16 as having more than 700ppm of molybdenum in it, and it isn't from assembly lube used when putting the engines together.
Just get good oil. T6 is one of the best oils for EJs and it’s dirt cheap.
Nothing goes into my trucks other than Rotella T6. It's a great oil, so oil changes can be spaced out over a longer period.
Looked great on the Rotella ????????♀️ I change every 5k right now on the Motul but should get a new analysis done on that.
But yeah I use Rotella in all my vehicles and small engines.
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