weird sound when engine at around 2000 rpms

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by Lafiro

I have 50,000miles on the car so far. This coming week I am going to change my motor oil(royal purple with 6000miles on it), and transmission fluid. I am going to also replace the spark plugs, and maybe even the cables if need be. At the end I will also be replacing the drum shoes, and the shocks.

Honestly I say all that but at the same time have $0 to do it all. *sighs*

The stock oil filters are defective - use a wix 51396 or a Purolator. The RP oil doesnt work well in this car. Just run Mobil clean 5000 or 7500 or Penzoil Platinum 5w-30. if you have the bucks run Motul 8100 . You use the wrong stuff the vvti oiling gets messed up and the car runs bad. I Cannot overemphasize how important it is NOT to use the black toyota denso filters for tthe car to run correctly.

[SilverGlow]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

The stock oil filters are defective - use a wix 51396 or a Purolator. The RP oil doesnt work well in this car. Just run Mobil clean 5000 or 7500 or Penzoil Platinum 5w-30. if you have the bucks run Motul 8100 . You use the wrong stuff the vvti oiling gets messed up and the car runs bad. I Cannot overemphasize how important it is NOT to use the black toyota denso filters for tthe car to run correctly.

And I cannot overemphasize how wrong you are about Toyota filters. They are more then fine, Granpa, or whatever your other user id is/was. I've used the black Toyota filters for the last 62,000 miles and all my UOA are excellent, regardless of the brand of oil.

[The little red pill]

Sounds like a good idea to just have it checked out. Since it's not a maintenance item, any work should be covered under warranty. Even if not, they are legally bound to provide you with a written estimate before any work is done.

[mikenacarato]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

The stock oil filters are defective - use a wix 51396 or a Purolator. The RP oil doesnt work well in this car. Just run Mobil clean 5000 or 7500 or Penzoil Platinum 5w-30. if you have the bucks run Motul 8100 . You use the wrong stuff the vvti oiling gets messed up and the car runs bad. I Cannot overemphasize how important it is NOT to use the black toyota denso filters for tthe car to run correctly.

everything in this statement is incorrect..the black oem filters are 100% fine and will perform just as good as the next alternative...heck i use a cummins fleetguard filter in my car..... ive used royal purple in my car in both engine and transmission and i will continue to use it because it works just fine.