Mechanic poured in 20w-50 (Toyota) oil in Altis SR Cruisetronic

[abid110]

@makhan01 Toyota pours 20/50 in our xli since ages - their own Toyota oil. the car is still zero meter after 110k kms on odo. bhai nothing will happen.keep driving. you will just drain your hard earned money and nothing else. complete 3000-3500 kms on this and then shift to 10/30 or 10/40.

[makhan01]

@abid110 thanks brother for your advice. I'm not as freaked out as it may sounded by the above post
Will definitely keep your advice in my mind. Thanks

[anon35615524]

To add to

100k is when you should CONSIDER viscosity change.

wo b agar zrurat paray to. Unless / until there is reduction in oil or performance, no need to switch from 5w-30, API SN, Fully Synthetic oil to any other grade / viscosity.

[makhan01]

Agreed, I was speechless when the attendant / mechanic at Toyota Garden did this, he never even bother to ask me which oil I prefer. I only came to know this when I saw the remaining oil from 1liter can he put in the trunk so that it could be utilised for next oil change.
I was seriously disappointed with Toyota Garden. If the dealership has staff with the same desi mechanic mindset, then why would someone go to pay exorbitant prices? Will never go there again. Thinking of getting next service done from Toyota Walton. Please suggest if you have good experience with any other dealership. TIA

[Ashhad4]

Nothing is going to happen. Use this oil for 5k kms and then pour whatever you want. There won’t be any huge difference of performance with this oil. Pour japnese toyota 5w30 oil or liqui moly next time.

[nifiii]

Never ever rely on Dealership (read stealership) guys and never leave your car unattended. I take all the stuff with myself that needs to be changed. Never do unnecessary maintenance from them like throttle cleaning at 10k or plugs changing at 20k (on a 2ZR-FE) lol

[ch.daniyal3341]

Go to a famous oil store, such as Makki oil store. I use Total Parco oil because they pack the oil for Toyota and Toyota rebrands it (Toyota doesn't own any oil refinery or such.) My GLI gave me 11 in city with heavy foot when I bought it used, and after oil change to Total 10w30, it gives me 13 with heavy foot. That is with in city without AC. I usually speed on empty roads...

[nifiii]

No offence, but I found Makki Oil store PIA road’s air and oil filter fake. A high copy may be but not genuine.

[ch.daniyal3341]

I haven't had any problem with them. They do try to upsell you but not like the dealers. My air filter was changed (250 rs or something) 8000 km ago, i had it cleaned by compressed air twice and it is still 50% clean.

[makhan01]

For oil, I'm a little bit skeptic about originality of the oils being sold at private vendors, therefore always get it changed from either official dealerships (or stealerships ) or flagship Total Parco fuel stations with service shops.
For oil and air filters (Toyota), interestingly I found some people importing them directly from Japan and selling at a price marginally less than dealership prices. So I found it more cost effective.
For Suzuki's I still rely on Guard's OEM genuine filters.

[abid110]

i have a very bad experience with one Total Pump's service center. i got oil changed for my car and i an 200% sure that i was cheated as it was fake oil. within 1500 km the oil was totally black and reduced too with no problems in my engine. i immediately drained it out. point here is that most petrol stations of Total/Shell/Caltex are franchised and NOT company owned. they sell mix of fake/repacked and original oils which only they can differentiate. jab ye log 1liter petrol me 1/2 liter ki dandi maartay hain tou kon original genuine oil sale karay ga

[makhan01]

Everything is possible is our dear country... lol

[ch.daniyal3341]

I had same experience with shell pump near raja sahib close to shoukat khanam. I think makki is a registered distributor of Total. I have NO bad experience with anything. I change at 4000 km, and the oil is still dark brown. Not black. I don't think you should spend that much on oem filters, your going to change the oil at 4 or 5000 anyway. There is also an official zic service center near my house, but never used that oil as I'm fine with total.

[zia1288]

For Total lubricants for residents of Johar Town should use the Company Operated Total Pump adjacent to LDA office.

[mehrozniazi1]

na tang kia kero logon ko

[capsat]

@rozzzzz you know well there exist keyboard jockeys over this portal who would jump and flood with recommendation as "engine ka rape ho gaya swap to kableee" pour use 0w 30 :)

[Hitlersaab]

@makhan01 So how is your car performing after switching back to 5W-30 oil??? Any change/increase in tappet or engine noise? That's what happened to me when I switched from 20W-50 to 10W-40. However, my car was being driven on 20-50 since long (about 215K km) & I changed it to 10-40 without any particular reason. No smoke, oil reduction or loss of power at all, just increase in engine noise.

[makhan01]

Hi @Hitlersaab. I drove the car for 3K KMs and then replaced the oil with 10w30. I initially thought of switching directly to 5w30 fully synthetic but then reverted to 10w30.

Driven the car almost 4K Kms on 10w30 and so far didn't notice anything. No oil reduction no noise. Fuel economy is little bit better than it was on 20w50. Else not a single notable difference so far.

[Hitlersaab]

Thanks for the update. I switched to 10-40 from 20-50 when the car ODO was about 215K. Now it is at 265K & it is still on 10-40. No oil reduction or smoke or any problem at all except increased tappet/engine noise.

[makhan01]

Means your engine is in a great condition ma sha Allah. I guess the noise issue isn't related to the the low viscosity oil, however the experts here could provide a better opinion.

Is the engine noise greater than before even at the idling RPMs?