Servicing The Gt4

[gt4WRC]

Hey guys

Well im not an experienced gt4 owner yet, but i guess that will come with time!!

I am changing the oil every 6000 miles, which is now in my case... What else needs changed at service intervals?? Is there an oil filter that needs changed etc?

Thanks

[T600]

Hey guys

Well im not an experienced gt4 owner yet, but i guess that will come with time!!

I am changing the oil every 6000 miles, which is now in my case... What else needs changed at service intervals?? Is there an oil filter that needs changed etc?

Thanks

There's a great big list of things to do in the service record book; pages 23 (x 9K miles) and 24 (x 27K miles) on mine which is a J plate GT4 C/S. Yours could be different. I'm doing Oil at 9K as per the manual, but using very good oil. I know others who do it at 3K but then possibly use cheaper oil and/or have much higher levels of tune than mine which is stock.

Re the filter, again, 9K miles - i.e. the same frequency as the engine oil. I always assumed that everyone changes the filter at the same time as the oil; otherwise isn't there a danger that you're changing the clean oil in the engine, and not the manky stuff in the filter.

[gt4WRC]

What oil should you use?? Phoned Toyota and they said they would change the oil and filter for £40. When i asked what oil it was they said semi-synthetic.. I thought you had to use Fully-synthetic. i got 5w/40 in right now

[T600]

What oil should you use?? Phoned Toyota and they said they would change the oil and filter for £40. When i asked what oil it was they said semi-synthetic.. I thought you had to use Fully-synthetic. i got 5w/40 in right now

That sounds quite cheap for an oil change from Mr T.

I'm going for the Silkolene Pro S 5w/40 as per Guy's advice in this thread in Sponsors' corner. Filter from Opie Oils is £5 so it's going to cost me slightly more to replace oil myself using the Silkolene, than Mr T is quoting you for the semi-synthetic, but I think it's probably worth it to get the better oil.

I suspect Guy would offer the same advice re oil for your car, but check with him.

HTH,

Tony

[gt4WRC]

That sounds quite cheap for an oil change from Mr T.

I'm going for the Silkolene Pro S 5w/40 as per Guy's advice in this thread in Sponsors' corner. Filter from Opie oils is £5 so it's going to cost me slightly more to replace oil myself using the Silkolene, than Mr T is quoting you for the semi-synthetic, but I think it's probably worth it to get the better oil.

Tony

Thanks tony..

I phoned "mr T" and said i would prefer fully-synthetic, i.e 5w/40 but he said two of his work colleague's had gt4 and mr2 turbo and they just use 15w/30.... so i might go ahead with that or ask for an oil upgrade when im there...

As you said, it is quite a cheap price for now at least

[GT4 BOOSTER]

all i ever got from my mr.t was 5/30w - toyotas own oil , not synthetic.

i dropped it every 3k .

always buy a toyota oil filter , it has a slow release valve built in the bottom. This helps keep oil uptop between switch offs.