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Originally Posted by ramoine
Whoa , there .
5-30 will not void your warranty so I don't know why that would be a major concern ? Not everyone has a bad experience with thier dealer , and it's really cheaper for most to have them do it and recycle your old oil. If the dealer does the oil changes for one , it's logged under your Vin# , and two if they screw it up , they have to fix it .
This is a sticky for the DIY oil change the way it's suppose to be done , and if people want to try it thats the purpose of the thread .
I have always changed my own oil , but the dealer does mine for 22.00 dollars and that's cheaper than I can do it myself and I have to drive about 35 miles to get there .
If you do your own that's great ! But no reason to get rattled because some of take them to the dealer and suggest others to do the same .
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I am not rattled in any way. I just feel some disappointment in the way Toyota designed the oil change procedure on the 5.7 engine. I would like to have the option of going to a local shop for oil changes, but the procedures required keep me from doing that. If my local dealer were more trustworthy I would use them for the oil changes. Believe me, the pain in the butt process is worth letting someone else do, but I am not willing to allow my local dealer the opportunity to tell me they put in 0w-20 when they didn't. Fool me once, shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me.
So, use your local dealer if you want. I will continue to change my oil until they either get a different service manager or someone opens another dealership closer to home.