Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Pickups Toyota Tacoma Toyota Tacoma Care and Maintenance
184 messages, Last post on Jun 02, 2009 at 11:32 AM
You are in the Toyota Tacoma Forum. Your Host is kcram
|
Replying to: leob1 (Feb 10, 2005 7:56 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: accesscaber (Mar 03, 2005 12:22 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: jjohnson16 (Mar 23, 2005 9:04 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: ddees (Apr 10, 2005 7:00 pm) It does not entail disconnecting the battery (which will erase radio station presets and a number of other things). I believe it is the same as on my Honda (but look in your Tacoma owner's manual), where, with the ignition off, you press and hold the odometer reset button, turn on the ignition (while still holding the button), then release it after the maint light goes off. This is probably covered online at Toyota.com as well under FAQS.
|
|
|
|
|
Replying to: msibille (Apr 11, 2005 6:45 am) |
|
Any of you guys that have changed the oil on the 05 V6, what filters are you using and how did everything go? Since Toyota made the oil filter so easy to change, I think I'll be doing all of the oil changes myself. I'm not ready for an oil change yet, but I bought a K&N air filter and also a K&N Gold oil filter. I plan on using Royal Purple synthetic oil, once the engine has 5k miles on it.
|
|
|
Replying to: pb2themax (Apr 11, 2005 6:29 pm) After years of maintaining family vehicles (since middle school), and 25 yrs of practice as a mechanical engineer (knowing part of the design criteria should be ease of maintenance), I'm with you. Of course, when you can save $1 on 200 000 vehicles, you can justify your job. Hopefully, the word will get out that expectations of owners regarding ease of service will make a difference in our purchase selections. As for filters, I'm a fan of Purolator, but find AC/Delco and Wix reasonable substitutes. I used to buy FRAM, but have to admit that a few studies of sectioned filters turned me off to the "Walmart of oil filters". Fram does make some OEM filters (I found a Honda filter that was a FRAM) but they build something different for the low end mass market. As for oil, I go with conventional motor oils. The oils refined and packaged by majors these days are just so much better than years ago, that they truly do handle the more severe requirements better. Synthetics have their advantages, but I think that consistent oil changes with a good quality oil, within the recommendations of the manufacturer are a better investment than synthetics, and FAR better than trying to stretch the intervals by using synthetics. As in previous discussions, no matter how good the oil is to begin with, the contaminants are going to build up with time. Additive packages that meet the current API standards for gasoline engines (per the vehicle mfr's specs) are going to handle the contaminants just as well in a conventional oil as in a synthetic. You may start with more consistent molecule chain sizes with a synthetic, but you won't end up any better, and the contaminants don't care what the base oil is. A good filter and a good oil are a good investment if applied as prescribed. You can do more damage w/ a synthetic by stretching the time interval, or not changing the filter. It makes even less sense to spend several times the price for a full synthetic, and not prefill the filter. Happy trails. |
|
|
Replying to: msibille (Apr 16, 2005 12:00 pm)  What I meant was, that you can do more harm by using the excuse of synthetic oil to increase the oil change interval, than if you used the less expensive conventional motor oil with the recommended oil change interval. Sorry for any confusion. |
|
We have a 99 2wd Tacoma. Its a great little pickup. very reliable. no problems, with 60 plus k on it now. we keep getting a mailer from our local dealer, telling us that we are overdue for our 60k maintenance. It will cost $500.00. We kinda of don't really feel that we need to have anything done, we regularly change the oil and have replaced tires and do what is ever needed if something goes wrong. I'm wondering if anyone has any opinion about this? Should we just go do it? I always feel that if it ain't broken don't fix it. Maybe I'm wrong?.....I'm sure there are things that we haven't done but should we??? We also hate the mechanics at this place but its local and convenient..but we really don't trust them.
|
|
|
Replying to: mauigrom23 (Mar 27, 2005 6:04 am) |
|
You are here:
Forums
Pickups Toyota Tacoma Toyota Tacoma Care and Maintenance
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2011 Toyota Tacoma
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
