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He's saying a vacuum is behind the oil in the galleys leading to the filter which will keep the oil in the galleys from draining. Maybe. But opening the oil fill cap should vent the crankcase and allow the oil to flow out. But most crankcases are not that air tight.

LRA tanks on the Jeep JL hangs down below the OEM tank to allow 17 gal capacity. A friend built a tank very similar but with stainless and more clearance which traded capacity to 12-13 gallons. The LRA tanks are carbon steel.

We're on a road trip in my wife's 2025, up from socal to Sonoma/Napa. Looks like it'll have about 2200 - 2300 miles on it before I can do the second change.

Nearly all car makers specify a capacity that is typically 1/2 quart above the FULL line intentionally. Or you can look at it from the other perspective and say the FULL line is typically placed 1/2 quart below where the specified capacity shows on the dipstick. They do this so oil consumption...

Typical street engines are very tolerant of oil level. I'd guess one that specifies almost 8 quarts is pretty tolerant

Seems like all vehicles are well above the line when filled with the specified capacity. The response to this on a couple jeep forums I belong to, is that the residual oil in the engine accounts for this.

I googled the oil and found that the local dealerships all discount it online (much better than walk-in), so you can purchase online, then pickup. I found Toyota 0w20 for about $33/6 pak a few miles away.

I wasn't aware there is a Lexus branded oil. I bought Toyota oil.

This is probably all over this forum. But just to be sure, I'll post it here. With any kind of luck, those of us that have later production engines are not afflicted with this problem.

Sample of 3. I had 3 GM pickups with LS/LT engines. I did not change the oil in any of them until the oil change light came on. I used Mobil 1 from the first change. One is at about 300k miles and running fine (2000 iron block 6.0 no AFM), the next one is 325k miles and it has failed the AFM...

Again, that sucker was huge! 9 is iffy.

Everything is light years ahead. Turbos spin faster, engines are producing a lot of hp/c.i. these days and people hardly think anything of it. For a 350 cu. in. V8 to put out the same hp for its size as this GX engine, it would have to put out almost 600 hp. How often would you change the oil...

I moved away from Blackstone to Oil Analyzers. They have better equipment and certain tests are more representative. Also ISO approved.

I'd have to use my Wilson with its reflex dot. Overpenetration is a concern. Maybe back off the load a bit. Although that sucker was huge.

Just ordered a full set for my wife's GX for her Christmas present.