Expensive Oil Change & Tire Rotation?

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by PriusPeep, Oct 25, 2020.

  1. Mendel Leisk

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    Yeah the return to spin-on happened a year or two into 4th gen.
    Gen 2’s are all spin-on.
    there’s a link in my signature* with info. Note, there were/are multiple versions of the main spin-on component, AFAIK they all work fine, mostly bored engineers with time on their hands.

    the one I got from Amayama was an earlier version, works.

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    Extremely unlikely. I would try the version sold for a gen4 nearest your year.
     
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    You have a gen3. Gen4 has block and many other changes which could make revisions relevant.
     
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    Okay man this is what I got on the 2018 Prius Base Model. Thank god its a spin on.
    0-20W 5 Quarts Synthetic Oil
    90915-YZZN1 (Original 2018 Toyota Oil Filter)

    This is what I have in my stash and a lot. Do you guys think these would work a slong as it fits on the threading and housing?
    90915-YZZF2 (Original 2007 Toyota Oil Filter)
    PH4967 (Fram Oil Filter)
    Thanks!
     
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    It fits! So far I've done the oil and filter.
    I have to go to the mailroom first before I go to the rest of the mild service. Theres alot of things I found out that the dealer didn't do right. Hopefully when I open the air cleaner its not gonna be like the first time it seen daylight after its original assembly. s0092.gif
    Thanks!
     
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    Does the 2018 prius base model have service reminder and service mile tracker on screen?
    Just wondering because the 2007 I use has all of those.
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    Yes, maintenance minder will go off around 4.5K from last rest. It'll disappear when you get moving. If you ignore it past 5K, It'll stay on-screen until you manually clear acknowledge it.
     
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    Thank you for the follow-up and the help. Great to know you guys are here. I feel alot better now.
     
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    All set on the 2018 car. My wife is hardly using that car with still under 20k miles. Were always driving the 2007 and that's the one that I worked on a lot. Since the '07 has 177,000 miles, I started using 5w-40 oil (from the previous 5w-30). Surprisingly the car runs smoother with this oil, been quiet even in morning first start, lesser oil lost and able to maintain a better MPG in the stop and go driving. I notice that I go to the gas station lesser. I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence and I just rebuilt the hybrid battery. But also I been driving this car since I bought it back in 2018 as a used car with 98k miles. I use to change my oil previously set on 4,500 miles. Let's see what it looks like when it gets there. Anyone religiously using the same 5W-40?
     
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    I believe the 2018 calls for 0w20; IMHO - moving to 5W40 is a bridge too far to cross. Your way out of specs for a car engineered for 0W20. If you live where the snow don't stick, you might be able to get away with it. Your 2007 was engineered for 5W30; so pushing it to 5W40 isn't much of a stretch. When that 2018 engines stops and then restarts; it'll need to push 40 weight oil all the way up to the valve train. That's going to be a dry start every-time that happens.Thin oil has been proven on the race track; though they rebuild the motors after every race.
    If your getting oil consumption issues in the 2018, try moving to 5W20; but I wouldn't jump to 5W40.

    It's your car, do whatever you want.....
     
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    Excerpts from Toyota Australia Owner's manual:

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    LoL......
    read it again....:ROFLMAO: