Recomended oil for beams engine

[aw11man]

Ok, ive just instaled a beams redtop 3sge into my aw11, it aparently has about 40,000km on it.

Im not sure what the recomended oil grade is possibly 5w-30 from the factory but that seems too thin, i used to use penrite 15w60 semi synthetic but aparently this could be too thick for an engine with this mileage.

The engine has been sitting around for a while so i am going to do a short change first up to flush it out.

Any recomendations ppl ?

[MR22ZZ]

I would have thought a 10-30 or 10-40 would be the go

[o_man_ra23]

Toyota Genuine oil, of manufacturer recommended grade will be your best bet. Its only when they start getting older, or you start modifying them that their requirements change.

Cheers, Owen

[aw11man]

just having a little trouble finding the factory recomended grade, i think a 10w will b my best bet however.

[o_man_ra23]

1. Ring Toyota and ask (make sure you have the model vehicle it is from, a VIN would be best)
2. Go down and buy Genuine, and a Genuine filter, and use Genuine red coolant
3. ???
4. Profit!!!

Cheers, Owen

[MWP]

I put up a table from Toyota a while back that listed recommended oil thicknesses for engines.
Ill try to find it again...

[Celica RA45]

just use 5w 50 mobil 1 ,thats what i use in all of my beam engines

[brett_celicacoupe]

toyota have their own oil thats recommended for the VVT-i engines.

cant remember the grade though

[aw11man]

I will see what i can find out, toyota near my place tend to be almost totally useless.

Already have genuine filter thats been waiting for months

[MR22ZZ]

toyota have their own oil thats recommended for the VVT-i engines.

cant remember the grade though

I've always used 10W30 (FUCHS) in my 2ZZ-GE, never had an issue.

[MWP]

Found em:





and it doesnt mention the 3S... oh well

[aw11man]

thanks MWP u get +rep for effort