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Originally Posted by wdmark
With my now defunct 1993 Vintage Camry V6XLE I alway changed the oil every 3K and rarely burned much right up to its accident caused demise.
I'm curious...does anyone know what Toyota recommends for the 4 cyl Camry? Unlike some here, I'm no engineer, but it seems to me that by design, the Hybrid ICE will have had less wear/need for lubrication per odometer mile.
If you assume that the bulk of the MPG delta between the two vehicles is attributable to the E mode or combined mode, then maybe the approximate toll on the Hybrid's oil would be proportion to the MPG Delta between the two vehicles? Perhaps the TCH ICE is effectively averaging lower RPM's due to combo power? In any event, shouldn't that all add up to less frequent need for oil changes? Maybe the combined delta in MPG should be added to the recommended mileage between changes?
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I once met a elderly painter in Garland, Tx. He owned a mid 60's Plymouth wagon. He changed oil every 2000 miles. He said it had just under 350,000 miles on the meter and the engine ran just fine. He cranked it and drove off. I noticed he was a really slow driver.
About the hybrid:
I think the standard gas version Camry uses 5W-20 oil.
The hybrid oil recommendation is on the oil fill cap. It shows 5W-20 but the manual also shows you can use 0W-20 that seems to work really well in hybrids. Reason being the thin high film strength oil can get up in the valvetrain quicker with the engine kicking on and off so much. The engine starting and stopping may cause more wear than a standard running engine. I went with the 0w-20 full synthetic oil from my dealer.
For instance i'm a easy driver always trying for top gas mileage over the many cars I have owned. The '03 Corolla I had used a 4-cyl engine. It took 8500 miles for the engine to break in. I saw a nice jump in gas mileage when it occurred. I had a '06 Ford Five Hundred V6 and it took 6500 miles to for it to break in.
I looked at the list of the tanks of gas in the hybrid mileage database. The car icons at the top of the page. Many TCH's show to be broke in by their first oil change or 5000 miles. Thats when I went to the 0w oil and seemed to have picked up some mpg.
The 5000 mile oil change should be find using these new oils, dino or synthetic. There are some good synthetic blends available but i'm not sure if Toyota recommends them.