oil change

If you do regular 5,000klm changes then dont feel bad about an occasional 10,000klm change. The 2H will be fine. Keep an eye on oil levels if you're using oil between services currently.

Also.. when removing the oil filter on a 2H put a plastic bag up over it just before you finally unscrew it. It contains it all nicely. Much less mess.

Roadside oil changes at remote town dumps are pretty common if you want to stick to your 5,000klm change. There's always empty containers around to catch the oil in and usually a disposal point.

Hi John

Like you, I get my vehicle serviced every 5 K.

We got our Prado serviced when we got back to Cairns.


Cheers


Stephen

John m885
You own the vehicle and will know how dark or carbon contaminated the oil is after 5000km. ie, you assess that. The oil itself can easily go to 10,000km depending on the amount of carbon content it receives during normal use. Not being a turbo it will burn more dirty than is now the normal situation.
Is the oil normally heavily laden with carbon at 5000km? If the oil is a good quality oil, they vary enormously in quality and ring sealing ability, then the 5000km changing may be unnecessary and if clean at the start of the trip 10,000km will do.

Remember the oils job IS to collect the carbon and hold it in suspension in the oil so it will drain out at change time. Just because the oil may be/go black a little, doesn't mean it needs changing in the short term. If the oil you use is, or has been, leaving residual scum inside the engine, visible on parts as a coating of black and not being removed with the oil at drain time to relatively clean surfaces, then 5000km may be needed.
I owned a HJ61 for 25 years, although turboed, it never received an oil change before 10,000km. unnecessary and wasting money. Engine was always clean surfaced inside, slight discolour of course.

Presumably you would do a service before you left on your trip ... I would agree with bigfish waste of oil changing every 5000 ks bad enough having to do it every 10000 ks...
When we did the cape leaving from SA it it was about 12000 ks and waited till we returned besides what would you do with your old stinking black oil yuck last thing I would want to carry .

Start with a clean oil and filter , do the trip , then change oil and filter if needed when you get back .....

Oil’s cheap, compared to engine repairs. Stick to your 5k oil changes. My 20 year old 105 series 1HZ has had 5k oil changes all its life, no problems yet and don’t burn oil.

If your not going to change the oil I would at least replace the oil filter when due it can't hurt. You can always look into oil bypass kits for the long term.

What about the fuel filter the old paper type if you still have it need replacing every 5.000km unless you have replaced it with a better quality filter set up to extent it to approx 20,000km or so for eg. When I had a couple of 60ser yrs ago I went to 6,000km then it shut down lucky I carried a spare filter.

Also do you drain the water trap next to the fuel tank when you change the fuel filter as they clog up with sludge. They need to flow well when draining if it only trickles out replace it asap. I was shut down on a beach when mine clogged up that's when I found they existed. Again because I carry spare gear I had some fuel hose and was able to bypass it till I bought a new one.