Thursday, July 17, 2008

Which oil should I use in my 95 Toyota Camry with 200k miles.

Just use the same regular oil that is recommended by the manufacturer.

They have high mileage oils, but most of these are synthetic blends...and synthetics are bad because they don't get contaminated. This lets the blowby gasses sit on top of the oil and when the oil is up in the engine, there is a fresh shot of raw gas sitting in the oil pan for the pump to pick up and try to lubricate the engine with...THAT is not a good situation to be in. This will usually destroy the oil pump before it hurts anything else, though. FYI, I have never had to change an oil pump on an engine that used regular oil..they have all been on engines that run synthetics.

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