Am I reading this right - oil change every 10k/12 months - & what's this about Mineral Oil?

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    Specifically this is the maintenance guide to a 2016 Prius C. I was looking over it this morning, and it's telling me that oil changes/filter replacements aren't needed but every 10k miles or 12 months. If 0/w20 not available use 5w20 mineral oil.

    Yup -- "Mineral Oil" - but then you have to change your oil every 6 months.

    See page 56.

    https://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/omms-s/T-MMS-16Priusc/pdf/T-MMS-16PriusC.pdf
     
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    Probably just a translation error. As it states, if using 0W-20, oil change every 10K miles. If using 5W-20, change back to 0W-20 after 5K miles. Personally, I always use 0W-20 and change it myself every 7-9K miles (weather permitting :whistle:). Your car, your choice.
     
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    Oh, ok. I'll probably stick with my usual 5k oil change. Doesn't cost me anything anyways.
     
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    some recommend every 5k with synthetic, to avoid build up in the egr, etc.
     
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    How do you get this "free" oil change?
     
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    Yes. What about that do you NOT understand ??
    I thought that the recommendation went down to 5K miles or 6 months.
     
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    Right now, it's got all that free for 2 years from the dealership I bought it from.
     
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    Sam, I'm referring to the "5w20 Mineral Oil". I can't recall ever having seen that for sale in all my years working at a dealership or for sale at any auto parts store. The first guy to reply thinks it's a translation error.
     
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    I think. They used it as a term to refer to non-synthetic oil. Dino oil does not sound as sophisticated as mineral oil.
     
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    Translation: fail.
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    Actually, it's sorta correct around the edges, but that's another story.

    Since the OP has admitted working for a dealer, then I will skip my usual lecture about maintenance versus repairs.
    If you're checking the oil level per the maintenance schedule, then the 5K oil change interval might be a little extra redundant, but if you check their work it almost certainly will not hurt anything to let the "pros" into your engine compartment.
    Me?
    I don't and won't.

    My company (we used to use G3s as fleet vehicles) always sticks with a 5K OIC, and I more or less do so as well for my three personal cars.

    TIFWIW.....
     
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    You need to be careful with that.
    It is 2 years of service AT THE RECOMMENDED INTERVALS.
    So....in most circumstances you will only get TWO free oil changes and 4 tire rotations.
     
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    It's getting done. It helps knowing 95% of the people who work there and having grown up in the dealership - well, you kinda get a few favors from time/time. Somewhere there exists a picture of me when I was 3 days old being held by the owner (back then it was only a GM dealership). So yeah.... I'm still swing by quite a bit when I'm on that side of town. Nice to have friends. :)
     
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