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Cheers for that. When I got my IS200 I had such an oil and filter change so as to ensure fresh stuff was in the sump, and a year on it is still the colour of honey, so I am fairly pleased. However I will buy my own oil next time and get my top under the arches man on the case for me

I use Castrol in the bike - it's good oil anyway (specialist motorcycle oil, obviously) but it's also a bright pinky-red colour which is pleasing on the eye. :whistling:

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I am looking into purchasing some Amsoil 5w - 30 fully synthetic oil, it seems to be rated well in all the reviews i have read so far. Need to start looking at the oil filter next...

I'm a big Amsoil fan too!! B) During a service, the local Lexus dealership poured that Shell Helix into mine (only 32k on the clock then), which was ok for the next 12k miles or so but then I noticed the engine note changed a lot during normal driving, especially during tick over. Sounded as if the oil had broken down and wasn't providing enough lubrication. I did a bit of research and came up with Amsoil too. Settled on 5-30w ASL and I'm stunned by the difference. Sounds even better now than when I first got the car (only 2k on it then)

Got the Amsoil from link

There's a lot of hype about this stuff including the "million mile new york taxi test" using sealed sumps for control! link to the story here

I have ordered mine from Opie Oils £54 should arrive in the next couple of days, picking up the oil filter and sump washer tomorrow from Toyota. I was hoping that the oil change will improve the engine note especially on tick over when cold and make the engine smoother.

By the sounds of your post it is not gonna disappoint...

Wondering why you've opted to use a Toyota filter rather than an AMSoil one? Anyone have actual experience of using AMSoil filters?

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Unipart 5w30 synthetic... Good quality oil to manufacturers spec without the overpriced fancy bottle... As long as the quick lube/ tyre bay oil meets manufacturers spec then it will be just fine for an unmodified engine. Engine oil is 9/10ths BS marketing.. An NY taxi engine should be running almost 24/7 meaning that it never gets cold.. good working conditions for oil and engines.. if they need to change their oil at 3k mile intervals, they must be using cooking oil in their engines... NOT a convincing or credible test if you think about it.

If the car takes a long time to warm up, then I would look at the thermostat.... Lots of cold starts, then adjust the oil change periods accordingly as the oil will have to cope with lots of condensation and other contaminants..

The taxi engine test focused on engine wear. The interesting point being that one group had the engine sump welded for 60k miles. Analysis of the oil highlighted the quality differences between mineral & synthetic oils during the test...

But I do agree that real cost probably isn't reflected by a high priced product but this can be applied to so many products aimed at a premium market...

Simon

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I can recomend Castrol Edge fully synthetic 0W-30 and have used it for the past two oil changes. I get mine changed every six months. The LS doesn't do a huge mileage but when it is used, it normally does 200-300 mile trips. My MPG went up slightly from 21.5 to 23 on short trips and now 30mpg is more than common on those motorway trips.

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I think decent oil will also reduce the gear change noise you get associated with 1st to 2nd gear on the is200. Im sure im not the only one, but it does bother me a bit when i change to 2nd gear from first, it makes that clunk noise. I've read through the post and i think "AMSOIL Synthetic 5W-30 Motor Oil" is the oil im changing to next. So how many litres of engine does the is200 take? Is it about 4.5 litres? And i will get a TRD oil filter to go with the new oil.

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I think decent oil will also reduce the gear change noise you get associated with 1st to 2nd gear on the is200. Im sure im not the only one, but it does bother me a bit when i change to 2nd gear from first, it makes that clunk noise.

Wouldn't that be transmission oil rather than engine oil though ? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, I don't get this problem (or don't notice it, anyway) on my IS200.

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