2018 Toyota Tundra Oil Change, It's Surprisingly Easy!

Maintenance time in the garage, we're doing an oil and filter change on the Tundra.
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[@CrowT]

When you put that oil drain tube in the housing, set it on top of an empty liquor bottle and push it in WITH the bottle. A 750ml works well. Will snap in place and immediately drain into the bottle instead of your hands. Drain a few. Then just dump the excess in your catch pan when it stops or gets to a drip. Keeps the mess down. I have an old bottle of Jim Beam just for that👍

[@GarageAddiction]

Nice tip! Definitely going to give that a go next round!

[@MotivxTools]

Thanks for trying out our tool! Great tutorial as well.

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! It's a great tool and made the change a snap

[@timwhitehead7213]

Best tundra oil change video I've seen yet. Keep up the great videos.

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@TXrapidracer]

I have a 2018 Tundra with the 1794 package. I have added a Whipple supercharger, bigger injectors, lowered the compression just a tad bit, Banks exhaust, and I run Amsoil 0W 20 with an additive. I run that oil 12,000 miles before I change it and I do not have any issues what so ever. It is a bit pricey but it's worth it. I have also converted my filter to a regular one and I have moved it next to the oil pan for a quicker and easier oil change. I loved the video and you have an awesome looking truck. Keep cranking these videos out.

[@GarageAddiction]

Thank you! That sounds like an awesome setup. How do you like the supercharger? I've had one as a long term goal for my truck. I need to check out the filter conversion too, I'm all about ease of maintenance.

[@csrunner6296]

This was great! Got a 2018 recently and it’s time for an oil change, been doing them on all my vehicles but needed to see the nuances of this truck.

[@nickj250_]

Awesome job on the video, i can see everything clear and you are very good at explaining. Thank you

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks!

[@samsammy6210]

Outstanding video. Clear, easy to understand. Real good. Thanx a million.

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@stevensevek6151]

Wow! Really great video and everything by the book. You didn't use a torque wrench but didn't seem to over-tighten anything anyway. I usually nit-pic but you're procedure is so good that if I was going to pay someone to change my oil, I'd trust you to do it right. 👍😉

[@GarageAddiction]

Thank you! Im usually on the torque train as well but after snapping a drain plug bolt in a pan years ago I usually go by feel haha

[@barryjoslin432]

Great job. Thank you for being so clear and thorough. I just got a 2018 and this makes me realize I can do it myself. In all my years of changing oil I’ve never had one with the cartridge so it was skeptical if I could do it. Thanks for making it easy.

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

[@sophatang698]

Thanks very helps.. thank you..

[@sandmountainx]

Just bought a 2019 w/ 10k miles, the engine sure does rattle & knock.. dealer says its normal..

[@barcafutbol]

Wao gracias a tu video pude cambiar el aceite. Compré las mismas herramientas que tu tienes. Gracias 🙂

[@Bvsterrrrrrrrr]

Thank you sir! You saved us a million bucks!!👍🏼👍🏼

[@GarageAddiction]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leroykidd7457]

Very helpful video. Thnx and good luck with your tundra.

[@GarageAddiction]

Glad it was helpful, thanks!

[@Mistylea7]

Great video thank you!

[@edcones2948]

FWIW, a clear plastic tube (3/8", I think) will push right up into that plastic fitting that drains the filter housing. That will divert that oil into whatever you'd like instead of the palm of your hand. :) Edit: Oh, and the maker of that filter wrench, MotiveXTools, also has a kit with the wrench and a drain that screws in that'll make it less messy.

[@GarageAddiction]

I'm definitely in for the hose next go around, I also want to spring for a fumoto drain valve with hose to avoid washing the inside of my wheel barrel with oil haha.

[@stkennedy4a08]

Great video, Thanks!!

[@jtcusa7288]

Thanks brother!! Too easy

[@GarageAddiction]

Glad it helped!

[@duffman0615]

Thank you so much for your video it was very helpful

[@GarageAddiction]

Glad it helped!

[@waynehenson1094]

Good video. I have the 07, 5.7 Tundra and my manual and my Toyota dealer recommend 5000 mile oli change using the same oil.

[@GarageAddiction]

5k sounds much better to me than the new 10k intervals

[@kilmerartmamaril3002]

My dream pick-up Truck😊

[@scottsong20]

Thanks for the helpful tip! I too have a 2018 Toyota Tundra...oil changes at the dealerships are $200 for my Tundra!

[@GarageAddiction]

Damn, $200?!?!

[@joemores6196]

Great vid thanks

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks!

[@tundras4ever552]

Just bought a 2021 trd sport. Man these trucks are so sick !!!! If only these trucks got at least 17mpg average hahahahha

[@GarageAddiction]

I feel that, especially with gas at $4.15 here now haha

[@craigatkinson8418]

Nice video, I'm a beginner so wanting to learn how to do this myself at home. Some oil filter videos show preloading new oil into the filter. I guess these type it's not possible or necessary? Thanks for the content!

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! I fill spin on filters with oil, the cartridge style on the tundra wouldn’t retain much oil if you filled it. Assuming it takes just a few seconds to fill the cavity with the engine running I wouldn’t be concerned, everything is still plenty oily for the startup.

[@mauriciocruz5531]

Grasias me tu me sirvió mucho tu vídeo.

[@inflatablesalesrep7426]

Tnx for the info.

[@GarageAddiction]

You bet!

[@bryonslatten3147]

I was hoping you’d show how to remove the skid plate to get to the oil filter.

[@lrcreamer]

Suggestions- just ordered the fumoto valve 8-1/2 QTs coming out fills my pan and the intense volume comes out way too fast makes a mess The motiv x drain screw-in tube is well worth the money to empty the filter subject matter experts claim the amsoil filter element allows oil to flow better than the stiff toyotafilter it is much more expensive…but at the cost of new trucks My 2021 has a skid plate and I had to create a access hole for the filter… motiv x also has a screw-in funnel to fill the oil

[@GarageAddiction]

I threw on a fumoto not to long ago and its been great for the mess. I did see the oil filter drain too, I might snag that at some point. The amsoil filters are about 4x the price but honestly still not that bad. I'm not too concerned about using the toyota filters but they are definitely built for price over performance.

[@abefigueroa76]

Nice video. Are the o-ring replacements necessary or are they optional?

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! Necessary in my mind, they come with the kit too so no sense it trying to preserve the old ones.

[@TristanTris321GoT]

Install a fumoto valve and it won’t splash onto the rim or anything else. 👍🏼

[@GarageAddiction]

I've got one on the way for the next change. Had one on my STI and loved it!

[@newellfields97]

What happened to the skid plate . That’s the hardest part realigning the lower pan and reinstalling it !,

[@GarageAddiction]

I never had one!

[@sophatang698]

I would like to know where is oil pan ? Their are two pan one next to passenger And a other in the middle of the car.?

[@GarageAddiction]

The oil pan is up front and the drain plug points toward the passenger side front wheel

[@mikehughes8023]

Is that white plastic piece used to drain the oil filter reusable?

[@GarageAddiction]

Yep, it hardens up a bit but I'm still using it

[@trdsupercharger8089]

Did your tundra have a skid plate? Cause I have a 2018 and it has a skid plate. Thank you great video, how often you change oil. Months or mileage?

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! No skid plate here. I'm probably going to pick up something aftermarket. I'm doing intervals of about 7k miles since the 10k seems high to me and it's relatively cheap to change out. I've never gone by months but I'll change it after a year if I haven't hit the mileage.

[@trdsupercharger8089]

@@GarageAddiction if you are looking into a aftermarket skid plate check out RCI cause it has a removable opening for changing the oil filter instead of taking off the whole skid plate eveytime you have to change oil. I'm thinking of getting that one too. Also thank you for info on how often you change oil.

[@GarageAddiction]

@@trdsupercharger8089 Yeah Gilberto recommended that too somewhere in the comments here. I think that'll be what I end up with.

[@jamesburroughs7248]

Seems easy great video by the way what plugs do you use

[@GarageAddiction]

Thanks! Still have the stock plugs in for now. I think I'll pull one for a check on the next oil change, I don't trust the 120k mile recommendation on replacement.

[@jamesburroughs7248]

@@GarageAddiction I don’t either got forty one thousand on this engine

[@GarageAddiction]

@@jamesburroughs7248 I run NGKs in most of my bikes so either a set of them or another set of stockers most likely

[@ew4096]

The 4Runner has the same system, except I have to remove the skid plate, and a plate covering the engine drain plug. Shitty work, I prefer the oil canisters and not this crap. But that is what I have, so there you go.

[@GarageAddiction]

I’m a fan of spin on filters, at least there isn’t anything in the way on the Tundra. Although that also leaves it exposed lol

[@duggydo]

Thanks for the video. I just bought a 2018 Tundra on Monday. What kind of mpg do you get if you don't mind my asking?

[@GarageAddiction]

Usually around 13 day to day. If I go on a nice long freeway drive I can hit up to 16 but generally land around 15.

[@duggydo]

@@GarageAddiction Thanks. I am selling my 2011 F150 with a 3.5 ecoboost now that I have the Tundra. I liked it initially, but it never really got the advertised mpg unless I baby the heck out of it. Often it was about like you are getting with your Tundra. I wanted one that's reliable. The F150's seem to be throw away trucks compared to the Tundra.

[@GarageAddiction]

Yeah I owned a Dodge back in the day that had really turned me off to pretty much anything American made. I’ve had zero issues with the Tundra in 2 years and I look forward to putting on the miles. The ease of working on it has earned it a ton of points in my book.

[@ccrider1990]

@@GarageAddiction My Tundra (5.7L) averages 17-20 mpg. the only times I've gotten results that low is if I'm towing or just tooling around doing very short trips on the local roads where I live in S.E. Ohio which consist of very hilly and curvy roads. A lot of on and off the throttle. Driving back and forth to work this summer (128 miles round trip) which included a few of my local back roads plus mostly highway it's been about 17-18 mpg. The job I was on last summer was only 4 miles from my house and took 10 minutes each way. Worst mpg I ever got without towing or hauling,. The best I ever got was 21-22 mpg when traveling on nothing but flat, straight interstate, as long as you keep it under 70 mph. Above that speed I can hear that sound of the old cash register going "kaching" "kaching".

[@GarageAddiction]

@@ccrider1990 Yeah most of my commutes are 10 miles or less off the freeway. I also live in a hilly area so it's a double ding to the mpg. I wish I could see more 17-18 haha

[@jarodlalassi7145]

How long do you let the oil drain for?

[@GarageAddiction]

Just until it turns into drips, 15-20 minutes or so

[@m.b8257]

I wouldn’t go the full recommended interval either, it’s too long.7 k is plenty.

[@GarageAddiction]

Yeah 10k just sounds absurd to me and my 3500 habits.

[@jamesvaldez4093]

I've got a 2020. Do you know if the maintenance minder is set to come on at 5,000 or 10,000 intervals?

[@davek6854]

I thought these trucks came with a skid pan in front that needs to be removed?

[@GarageAddiction]

Mine never did, maybe pulled by the dealer. I've been running without one it's whole life with no issues. (knock on wood)

[@davek6854]

@@GarageAddiction Im asking because I'm looking for a reason the dealer did not put the fasteners back in that belong to the three plastic tabs for the splash guard front bumper. I have just found it today cleaning some over spray from sanding dry paint off a wooden table. My Toyota Tundra has 26000 miles and is a 2018. Being in the dealer garage 5 times and seeing two times things left undone or unfinished in those five times. Those are really bad numbers from an actuarial stand point. Servicing 50 vehicles a day and having ten people left with incomplete vehicles after driving them home is terrible service from a dealer network with supposable trained technicians. I now know they are three 10mm bolts left off from some type of work being done. Maybe an oil change or maybe other work being done, not sure. I have been a mechanic my whole life and this is not how I have never left a customers car. In retirement i have decided to let others do the service work and while vehicles may be under a warranty time having the local dealer do the work and document the service requirements are kept up. I also drive a Chevrolet park but realizing the dealer is not going to honor any of that car under warranty i do the work myself. Our town Clermont Florida is void of any skilled labor. You cant get a pancake cooked through or a hamburger ordered without a long wait. It seems our local McDonalds only waits on the counter after the drive through line is empty. Should i go on about Dunkin. The quick change oil places in town have broken so many air cleaner tabs or clips in the past years i cant go there any more either. People are totally F-----d in this city looking for quality service..

[@GarageAddiction]

It's one of the main reasons I do as much work on my vehicles as possible. I've had a ton of issues in the past where something was overlooked or someone absolutely reamed the oil filter on. Most of the shops I trust are older but they're disappearing all the time. I want my daughter turning wrenches too so she doesn't have to deal with overcharges and shoddy work.

[@rudolphmadronich1467]

I see you don’t have that pain in the butt skid plate to deal with like I have on my tundra TRD off-road 4x4

[@GarageAddiction]

Yeah fresh off the lot my truck never had a skid plate but it sounds like a bunch of people find it to be a massive pain.

[@donbrashsux]

Does the dip stick lock in or is it just tight

[@GarageAddiction]

I want to say it's just slightly tight, definitely doesn't lock in by any means.

[@donbrashsux]

@@GarageAddiction Thanks for that ..I was looking to buy a Tundra and couldn’t remove the dipstick..and I was pulling on it hard..strange

[@GarageAddiction]

@@donbrashsux odd, at least with the 2018 it comes right out with a little tug

[@hmoob-dab-tsi7572]

I think it’s more complex than ever before. I don’t see the benefits to changing over to this method other than to get more customers to bring in their trucks.

[@GarageAddiction]

Outside the need for specialty canister tool it's about the same complexity. I do prefer the spin ons over the canisters. Not quite enough to justify a $200+ conversion kit though haha

[@hmoob-dab-tsi7572]

@@GarageAddiction I agree, however from the factory it should stay the same as the old generations

[@aceburns8673]

Your correct and when I bought mine the salesperson told me that s why they did it.

[@Milly81728]

Does your truck not have the skid plates?

[@GarageAddiction]

Nope, seemed a little odd since every vehicle I've ever owned has had a crusty plastic skid plate.

[@ccrider1990]

@@GarageAddiction My 2018 has the metal skid plates. I figured they all would have them. Anyway, thanx for the vid.

[@GarageAddiction]

@@ccrider1990 I might take a look for something aftermarket, my poor truck hasn't gotten much love compared to all my motorcycles. Cheers!

[@gilbertoquinones4214]

They took them away from 2019 and over. I own a 2021 and bought the RCI Skid plate. Pretty awesome and covers more than the TRD for the same price. The only bad thing is the wait for it. Took me over a month. Got mine in aluminum powered coated black. You should have bought the Motiv kit that includes the drainage hose for the filter. It is a cake changing with it, no messy at all.

[@GarageAddiction]

@@gilbertoquinones4214 That RCI looks pretty trick, you can get to the filter just fine through the little window? I did think about the drainage hose but the filter wasn't as bad as the drain plug for me, might see about a fumoto valve and hose there.

[@AAALLDAY07]

So simple, you can save about $60 doing it yourself then go to the dealership

[@GarageAddiction]

Yeah and once you have it down it’s less than 30 min easily.

[@adrianonate649]

skid plate

[@GarageAddiction]

Mine never had one, it would be another step for sure.

[@dcb805]

You must not have changed oil on gm or older Ford trucks if you think this was easy

[@GarageAddiction]

Yeah, never worked on anything older than 87 but I imagine it was cake. Gonna throw a fumoto valve on this next time for even more simplicity.

[@Durazno83]

Toyota foto la Mierd4

[@kurtbyars766]

Thanks for not saying anything or showing how you remove the skid plate. I'll not bother watching your videos anymore.

[@seanh2390]

not all tundras of that generation came with skid plates

[@mikehughes8023]

Geez if you need to see how to remove a skid plate maybe you shouldn’t be doing your own oil changes😒