Hey Scotty. Love your YouTube channel. I have a 2011 Toyota Rav4, base model, with the good 2.5L 4 cyl engine. It states on the cap to use 0w-20 or 5w-20 motor oil. The last oil change I used castrol edge high mileage 0w-20 with Wix XP filter. I'm not noticing any leaks, buy she's used about 1/4 of a quart since last change (about 3,000 miles).
98K miles at purchase, just under 106k now. Automatic transmission, purchased end of April (buy here pay here) for 14,998.
I live and work in Grand Forks, ND. Car has been in ND (bought new and only recently transferred from Fargo to here. Fargo is 72 miles away) it's whole life.
BTW, is Peak 50/50 for Asian vehicles a good product (I have the pink antifreeze, Menard's stocks both the pink and the blue for asian vehicles)
Should I change to 0w-16 next time?
Thanks ahead of time!
Nope. Keep using the same oil.
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At that rate you'll use less than 1/2 quart of oil between 5000 mile changes. Doesn't sound too shabby.
Peak is one of the leading brands for antifreeze, there should be no problem using it. You'll want to stick with the OEM chemistry.
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The base engine is 2AR-FE. While these engines don't have the same piston ring problems as the predecessor engine, the 2AZ-FE, they do need regular oil changes (5K or 6 months, at the outside). Otherwise they burn oil. (This is from a discussion of these engines by thecarcarenut, a Toyota Master Technician).
Scotty's discussion of the 0W16 goes to the GDI/Turbo combo engines, which the RAV4 is not. So, keep on using 0W20.
Parenthetically, find a specific oil brand and use it. Switching brands can create oil consumption problems, because while all the major oil brands are good, they have different additives. There can be undesirable chemical reactions between additives from major brands.
Finally, eight oz. of burnt oil over 3K miles is not a major concern for an engine of that age. Just keep up the maintenance (3-5K miles per change/6 months), be consistent with the brand, and the engine should be fine.
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Can you imagine all the broken engines out there if you couldn't mix oils! 😆 What a bunch of hooey.
FYI, Jim701: Here's some evidence about incompatibility of mixing oils from a trade publication:
https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/235/mixing-lubricating-oils
Read the evidence, with attention to the section on Lubricant Incompatibility, and make up your own mind, weighing the evidence.
So according to you, we all need to call up our car factories to ask them which exact oil product they put in our engines, and then use nothing else?
That's not evidence. That's a bunch of theory and academic discussion. Yes, obviously you shouldn't put engine oil in your tractor hydraulic fluid. 🙄
This is what oil standards and testing are for. Just use oil that meets the specifications in the manual and you'll be fine. If GM says use Dexos oil, then use ANY Dexos oil.
It would simply be too impractical if there were significant incompatibilities between oils on the store shelf.
It's preposterous.