what oil is recamended for 200k +

Jerry,

Page 18 of Section 9( in PDF format) of my WJ manual is on the way to your listed e-address

Actually Jerry is correct as far as his vehicle (with the 4.7 liter engine) is concerned.

That being said the OP does not have a 4.7 liter engine.

If we want to post criteria for engines other than the one in question I will state positively that my lawn mower calls for straight 30 weight engine oil and my snow blower uses 10w-30 motor oil.

Everything I have uses 10W30, except for the chain saw, the lawn motor, the string trimmer, and the Honda Civic. I converted the Toyota Land Cruiser some years ago, and it seems to thrive on it.

Earle

How bout just posting a short list here? ...Is "Royal Purple" on it??

TIA

Royal Purple, Red Line, and Amsoil are not on the approved list but oils made by Wako, Yacco, and Duckharms are. The thing I find most surprising is that some of the highly touted and advertised brands are NOT listed.

The original list was from July 2004 and showed 14 products on 1 page. Tonight I found an updated listing. The July 2005 list is 9 pages long but is not specific to North America.

Perhaps the SM oils do not meet the newer requirements.