2012 Prius Four - Synthetic oil change?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by mnsweeps, Mar 11, 2013.

  1. mnsweeps

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    So I am checking the history of the used 2012 I bought. Its got 19k miles on it and from the Toyota website I see the following oil changes done..It says they did the synthetic oil change..do i have to do the synthetic oil change or regular one is fine?

    Part no - 002790WQTE01 0W20-SINGLE QUART (W) (5)

    Also Toyota recommends synthetic every 10,000 miles but the person who owned the car before seems to have done it every 5000 miles..

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    10/12/12 / 7/28 /12 and 5/26/12

    SYNTHETIC VEHICLE SERVICE - COMP MAINT, COMPLIMENTARY WORLD CLASS MULTI POINT INSPECTION, BRING TIRE PRESSURE TO PROPER RATINGS, PERFORM TIRE INFLATION SERVICE. ALL TIRES, NEXT RECOMMENDED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
     
    #1 mnsweeps, Mar 11, 2013
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    Toyota specifies 0W-20 synthetic, every 10K miles. Some people like to do it more frequently.
     
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    There is a syn-blend 0w-20 available (ConocoPhillips produced it for Honda, and sells it under the Genuine Honda label) and Valvoline is launching a Maxlife 0w-20 blend, but Toyota requires a full-synthetic 0w-20 for the 10,000 mile oil change intervals.
     
    #3 The Critic, Mar 13, 2013
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