Advice wanted landcruiser 2011-tabbu

[tabbu2000]

Hi everyone I am new to this forum actually I just bought a new 2011 60th anniversary edition of landcruiser it has only 15km on its odometer I would like to know when I have to change the automatic transmission oil and filter I mean after how many kms on the odo my car is petrol engine

 

[patrickfinley]

If you Google Toyota service maintenance it will take you to a Toyota website that will recommend what service to perform at what mileage for your particular vehicle. What's nice is that this is the Toyota Manufacturers recommendations.

A dealership or shops recommendations who will most likely recommend you do much more. They want to make money.

 

[tabbu2000]

Landcruiser 2011 60th anniversary edition

Thanks for your reply I have searched on internet about toyota mantainence schedule but could not find it I will like to ask that I bought new 2011 gxr v8 and It has done almost 1000km on odo I drove first 1000km at speed of 80-100km/hr could you tell me should I change engine oil or automatic transmission oil after 1000km on odometer.The dealer told me to bring the car in after 1000km for check up . Could you kindly give some advive.Thanks

 

[tabbu2000]

Thanks patrick for your reply

 

[tabbu2000]

Could ypu please tell me that my truck is 1057 km on odo I bought it new its 2011 60th anniversay edotion 4.7liter pertrol engine do I have to change the engine oil now .

 

[snobdds]

It won't hurt...and it looks like it will ease your mind.

You will never hurt your engine by changing the oil early.

 

[tabbu2000]

Thanks for your reply and also I would like to ask you that the dealer told me to bring the car in for first checkup after finishing initial 1000km I took the vehcile to them and after checking everything they told me no need for oil change now and I should bring the car back after the odo is 5000km I would like to have your advice and secondly how much km I need to break in my new engine at the moment my odo is 1100km.Thanks

 

[John]

Thanks for your reply and also I would like to ask you that the dealer told me to bring the car in for first checkup after finishing initial 1000km I took the vehcile to them and after checking everything they told me no need for oil change now and I should bring the car back after the odo is 5000km I would like to have your advice and secondly how much km I need to break in my new engine at the moment my odo is 1100km.Thanks

I've had two 5.7 liter and never had to do anything special to "break" it in. They didn't use a special synthetic break in oil or anything like that. I changed all my fluids to synthetic and will change the transmission fluid around 60,000km. Scheduled maintenance for mine is rotate and balance every 5k miles and oil change every 10k.

 

[tabbu2000]

Ok that means that you have all the matainance according to toyota recommended shedule

 

[tabbu2000]

Could somebody tell where is the automatic transmission dipstick located in 2011 petrol v8 engine

 

[bjowett]

No dipstick on these.

 

[tabbu2000]

Then how can one check the transmission oil level and condition

 

[tempestv8]

Not possible to check the transmission fluid condition easily, due to a lack of dip stick.

I wouldn't worry about changing the transmission fluid - it will be fine at 1000 kms. The fluid is Toyota World Standard fluid, which is a long life fully synthetic fluid.

You should think about changing out the fluid maybe around the 80,000 km mark. I think it would be pointless to do it any sooner than that.

And as for the engine, I wouldn't bother with an oil change either. Any metal swarf that might possibly be left in the engine will be picked up by the oil filter.

Just drive the vehicle normally and observe the running in guidelines in the owner's manual. But don't "baby" the engine either, as it needs some load to bed in the piston rings properly.

If you do a lot of sandy desert driving, then I'd half all the service intervals, because the engine oil and transmission fluid will be working much harder.

 

[tabbu2000]

Thanks buddy for your reply

 

[tabbu2000]

And onething more uptill how many km I have to treat it like a baby to let the pistons settle down in the cylinders uptill now its odo is 1200km and I hardly drive it above 100km\hr speed.

 

[tabbu2000]

Hi all I would like to know my truck has 4000km on odometer and first time I will chsnge my trucks engine oil at 5000km could you advice I should go for synthetic engine oil or the ordinary oil.

 

[gaijin]

Hi all I would like to know my truck has 4000km on odometer and first time I will chsnge my trucks engine oil at 5000km could you advice I should go for synthetic engine oil or the ordinary oil.

Definitely synthetic. I recommend Mobil 1 0W-20

 

[tempestv8]

Not sure if it differs from other markets, but the Australian owners manual recommends 5W-30 engine oil for good fuel economy and protection during cold weather.

With that sort of viscosity, it would 95% likely to be a synthetic engine oil.

 

[tabbu2000]

Actually I am presently living in kingdom of saudi arabia where tempratures are very high specially in summers its very very hot so which engine oil will be good for the life of the engine.

 

[tempestv8]

I posted a response to the "ROW Oil Recomendations" discussion thread, but I think it's worthwhile to cut and paste that response in here, to address your concern.

If your cooling system is working properly, the internal engine temperature will be hardly any different at full operating temperature regardless of whether it's the deep of winter or the peak of summer.

If you have a Scangauge, you'll be able to see your engine coolant temperature - this will reflect your internal engine temperature, which is what the oil is subjected to.

For me at least, in Australia, right in the middle of winter, my engine coolant temperature is 78 deg C in daily driving, and in the peak of summer, when I am towing my caravan, it is around 95 deg C max. Australia's summer heat wave temperatures can hit around 40 deg C, which is 100 deg F.

So my observation of the coolant temperatures is a maximum variation is around 17 deg C at very opposite driving conditions.

In my opinion, this sort of temperature range is hardly noticeable by the engine oil. So I don't think it's worth the trouble of switching from a "light" oil to a "heavy" oil during the seasonal changes.

The engine will suffer from poor fuel consumption when using the heavy oils and the benefits will be highly dubious. The heavy engine oils may be useful when the engine has reached very high mileage and very worn - plenty of time much later on before needing to think about using a heavier oil then.

That's my opinion anyway!

Buy a Scangauge or some other OBDII monitoring device and see it for yourself - if the cooling system is working properly, the engine's temperature will be very consistent.

It would be far far more important to regularly change your automatic transmission fluid, as the cooling system for the transmission is no where near as good as for the engine. I see that the transmission fluid temperature fluctuates over a very very wide range.

I would say to you that you can just stick with 5w-30 fully synthetic engine oil and just change it regularly, maybe every 10,000 kms would be fine.

But definitely get your transmission fluid serviced regularly, even though Toyota specify that it's a "lifetime fill" gearbox. I would suggest that if you drive in sand a lot, you may need to do a transmission service every 60,000 to 80,000 kms or even more frequently if the fluid gets burnt from the constant high loads of driving in the desert.