The new Sequoia is still a fresh platform, and I think that there are so many people still taking advantage of those free oil services from Toyota. But with that said, our 2023 has 76,000 miles on it to date. That’s right, she’s been working hard.
Toyota recommends an oil service interval of 10k miles, but especially with a turbo platform, I prefer to keep the oil fresh. I change my oil as close to 5k miles as I can.
Here is my write up for the process. It’s really quite straight forward, and if you are even a little bit mechanically inclined, this should be a walk in the park. Understand that you are still doing this at your own risk.
What you’ll need
- 0w-20 synthetic oil (7.7quarts)
- Toyota OEM Oil Filter (PN 90915-10010)
- New oil plug gasket
- 12mm, 14mm sockets
- 64mm Oil Filter Tool
- 5/8th inch tubing (or a small water bottle could work)
- Flathead screwdriver
The Process
First, if your truck isn’t already warm, start it up and let it run a few minutes. You want the oil to be warm, not blazing hot. Generally, I will start the truck, then grab my tools and supplies before turning it back off.
Now, pop your hood and loosen your oil cap so your oil will drain more smoothly. Careful not to lose it!
Time to get under the truck. My truck is a limited with the TRD off-road package, so we do have a skid plate from the factory, but not the aluminum TRD Pro one. If your truck has this, there are four 12mm bolts to be removed. Go ahead and set it to the side.
After the skid plate is removed, you should now have your oil filter in view. Make sure your new filter, 5/8 tube and filter tool are on hand. Before you loosen the filter you will want to hook up your piece of 5/8th tubing, or have your small water bottle lined up with the nozzle at the bottom of the catch pan. Once that’s properly setup, go ahead and loosen the filter using your tool. Oil should start to leak out and down your tube into your pan. Keep loosening until fully removed. You can prop the used filter in the catch pan and wait while it fully drains. When the filter is slowed to just some drips, go ahead and take your new filter out. Toyota OEM o-ring gaskets have lubricant on them, but if you dip your finger in some oil, and give the gasket a quick wipe, that will help it seat fully. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN THE FILTER! THERE IS NO NEED TO GET IT ANY TIGHTER THAN SNUGGING IT DOWN BY HAND.
Now that your new oil filter is back on, time to move to the main drain plug. Double check your drain pan alignment and using your 14mm socket, loosen up your drain plug. More times than not, when your drain plug comes out the washer will stay in place. Make sure you remove that prior to using your new washer. I use a flathead screwdriver.
Now prep your drain plug by cleaning it up and adding back a new crush washer. When installing the drain plug, don’t over tighten it either. Probably about 30 lb-ft.
Once you have put a filter back in and retorqued your drain plug, reinstall your skid plate, and get ready for topping her off.
The Sequoia with a filter replacement, uses 7.7 quarts of oil. Since this is a large amount, and if I changed the oil in all of our trucks, I’d be using nearly 20 quarts of oil, I started buying bulk oil. Because of that, I also bought this Oil dispenser and pre-marked where the levels for 2/3 of our trucks are. Now that I have this, it’s a game changer and makes for an easy fill-up.
After you’re all filled up, give her a start and listen to her pur. If you go into your settings on the dash, you can also reset your oil maintenance interval as well. Again this is set to go on every 10k miles, but I like to do it more frequently. If you reset it earlier than 10k, no worries because it’ll still go out to 10k before next alert.
I hope this was helpful, and let me know if you have any questions!
