tC Fuel-up Log

2009 Scion tC
Property of BDC. Added Nov 27 2008

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Dec 7 2013

Changed oil, almost 5,000 miles on this oil. -- After consideration, I am going to stop using the lifetime oil change service we paid $340 for when we bought the car. We have used it 19 times which means we paid about $18 per oil change. We can still use it if we want to, but they use cheap oil and filters and lately it has been inconvenient, resulting in long oil change intervals. I am going to start doing it myself and buying Mobil1 synthetic and OEM filters by the case (Scion and MR2 use the same filter). This tank is the regular Toyota YZZF1 filter ($5.31 at local dealer) with Mobil1 5w-20 ($27.99 for 6 qt at Costco). My previous experiment with 0w-20 in this car resulted in the motor eating a quart over the 8,000 mile interval, so hopefully the 5w-20 will be alright. (Cap recommends 0w-20 or 5w-20 but dealer has always used 5w-30.) Still trying to decide if I want to spend $4.21/ea on made-in-Thailand 90915-YZZF1 filters or $7.36/ea on the made-in-Japan, fiberglass media 90915-10004 unit (original part number). Cost for this oil change was $23.97 total.

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Added by BDC on Dec 8 2013 at 6:53 am