jimbostar Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Anybody have any tips for doing an oil change on a '92 SC400? I'm planning on using 10W-30 full synthetic Mobil oil and a Fram oil filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich21 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 the car recommends 5-30w. i use mobil drive clean plus 5-30w. i got the oil filter from lexus. that runs about 13-14 dollars. i wouldn't use 10-30w just because of the recommendation that the car requires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF3 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 use 10w30 on a high mileage car. fram will do. Tips: warm your oil before you empty the pan. Big bucket or pan always helps since there's a lot of oil. Take your oil out and replace your filter with a little screen. Put your new oil in, and then you're done ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexual Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 10w30 would work fine, but if new york is still cold you will want to use 5w20 or 30 I use 15w40 myself but i live in arizona and drive the car hard so the eninge is always hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbostar Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 I do live in NY, but the car has 115K miles on it, so I'm thinking use 10W-30 for the spring/summer and 5W-30 for the fall/winter. Plus I don't mind going a little heavier when I use synthetic oil under these conditons, because it seems to flow well even when it gets a little colder. UCF3, what are you referring to when you say "...replace your filter with a little screen."? What screen? This is my first time doing an oil change on this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPORTcoupe300 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Using Mobil 1 synthetic oil with a fram filter is a waste of money in my opinion. Just go to your local Toyota dealer. I buy my filters for $12/set of 3 Same price as fram but I know I'm getting genuine toyota quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexual Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 i started running the KN high flow oil filter $8 at checker and i was using Castrol High performance Synthectic but I am switching to mobile 1 this time around, i noticed a much smmother running and happier engine with the performance oil..if you are going to leave the car stock i would say but some good oil not perfromace or synthetic but better the the 99 cent crap and use 10w30 summer/srping and 5w/30 in winter like you said, oil filter you may be fine with the toyota one once again if remaining stock but a fram wouldnt be bad either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbostar Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 I did the oil change this morning, it work out good - I like a car that I can do an oil change on w/o jacking it up (my drain pan JUST fit under the oil pan). The oil filter was easier to get to than I thought, it's up front with just a few hoses close by it, I was able to wiggle my filter wrench past the hoses. Personally, I think Fram is a good oil filter, maybe not the best, but for the 6k miles it'll be in there for with the synthetic oil it should be OK. For what it's worth, I won't buy Castrol anything... I know that they have good commercials, but I was never impressed with their product. For non-synthetic normal usage I like Pennzoil, for synthetic under any conditions I like Mobil 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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