Rav 4 Oil Change Question

[Ravi Shankar]

Hi guys i have a Rav 4 2001 2ltr petrol i'm about to do an oil change but didn't get an owners manual with the car.I have some Gulf 10/40w semi synthetic oil is this suitable ? and what's the oil capacity of this engine ? Thanks in advance.

[pmb]

This is what the handbook says (bottom graph)

4.2L (amusingly given the vehicle type!) with a filter or 4.0L without for the 1AZ-FE engine.

Oh and welcome to the forum. Haynes do a manual but if you want one make sure you get the version for this side of the pond not the American one. I've just ordered one from Amazon.

[Ravi Shankar]

Thank you that is most helpful,been reading a while but this was first post :)

[pmb]

If you go back a page there are some pics (oil-dumb question) and Ancs does say some use 10W/40.

[Ravi Shankar]

Thanks pmb,i've done a bit of asking around and most people say if we get another winter like the last one it may be a problem so i'm going to get the proper stuff just to be sure.

[joelb]

Hi - newbie here.

Few questions:

1) in the graph for the 2l engine (1AZ-FE), why does the graph for 5W-30 stop at 4 degrees? That seems a little severe given the same oil in the smaller engine is suitable for higher temps, along with the 10W-30 in the 1AZ-FE.

Does that mean that I should only consider the 10W-30, given uk weather.

2) to the poster's question about synthetic oil - is a fully synthetic oil suitable? Eg Motul 4000 motion?