First oil change at 840 miles with filter cut open (LOTS of debris!)

[saerandy]

Doing my first oil change at 5K when they rotate tires and Toyota Care does an inspection. I really like my Goose Gear rear delete and pretty sure I need to swap back to the OE rear seats for the multi-point inspection to go smoothly.

OEM filter doing its job. But how do you know for sure cutting the casing didn't expose the pleats to debris...

I used an oil filter cutter/opener [This One] that doesn't really leave shards in it. Also the metal debris and gasket sealer were all along the length of the pleats and not just at one end. As you can see in the pics. I also put together a Youtube video where I go through the filter pleat-by-pleat and show what it's caught. You can click here to see it.

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[Franko Manini]

You can find the comparisons & virgin UOAs at BITOG HERE and HERE and The Motor Oil Geek HERE

I love it when someone asks for a reference and the author can just slam one down. That's fantastic. I love a good reference drop.

 

[TrustButVerify]

You can find the comparisons & virgin UOAs at BITOG HERE and HERE and The Motor Oil Geek HERE

That may have changed within the last year. The moly in some recent samples of TGMO is showing around 80-100 ppm if memory serves. The type of moly used is more important than the quantity, as some types of moly are more effective than others. There's also a whole bunch of anti wear things added to oils not captured on those VOAs.

The biggest issue I have with the TGMO 0w-20 is it is an extremely thin base oil just absolutely steroid jacked with viscosity modifiers to stretch it out. That helps the fuel economy significantly but is it not always good for long term engine wear. Add in fuel dilution, shear, and it drops out of grade. This is a non-event for 5k oil changes, but does become impactful approaching 10k. The used oil analysis people have done on this T24A-FTS engine suggest it performs just fine up to 10k on the TGMO oils though. Reality is Toyota did the testing with their oils and I seriously doubt you will find an oil-related failure up to the life of the other components of the truck if you did 10k changes on TGMO 0w-20.

I had similar debris in my oil filter on a first oil change at around 1k miles. There were also some metal particles I found in mine. Mostly it was silicone sealer crap. The fact that it's in the filter is not a worry, as that means the filter did its job.

 

[TrustButVerify]

Unless you're rocking a 6MT, the tranny's are sealed- zero maintenance theoretically

Sealed just means no dipstick. They are far from maintenance free. The only complication, which requires zero tools and can be done DIY, is to put the truck into transmission temp check mode with the shifter to bring the temp up and let excess oil drain out.

Lock thermostat in place with a pin, drain with trans cool(ish), refill with cold (room temp) oil and let excess drain out of the standpipe.

Trans temp check mode, let it expand and get warm, drain the excess, and when it becomes a very slow drip you close the drain plug. Pull pin out of transmission thermostat.

That's it.

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