Oil Change
08-24-2002, 09:38 PM
#1
Oil Change
Many of us are changing oil and so on.... I as suppose to change my oil at 50k.. actually.. i wanted to change the oil at 50k.. right now i'm at 55k.. gonna change it this weekend... about 2 months ago.. i bough synthetic blend castrol oil with a fram oil filter... i'm not sure if these are good or not.. but i'm askin'.. i did a search and someone said it was good..and someone said it was bad... so should i get new oil.. or is it ok to put that in.. how about the oil filter.. it's not nissan... is it a bad idea.. or should i get a nissan oil filter.. thanx to all!
08-24-2002, 10:36 PM
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Re: Oil Change
Originally posted by ZeRo MaX
Many of us are changing oil and so on.... I as suppose to change my oil at 50k.. actually.. i wanted to change the oil at 50k.. right now i'm at 55k.. gonna change it this weekend... about 2 months ago.. i bough synthetic blend castrol oil with a fram oil filter... i'm not sure if these are good or not.. but i'm askin'.. i did a search and someone said it was good..and someone said it was bad... so should i get new oil.. or is it ok to put that in.. how about the oil filter.. it's not nissan... is it a bad idea.. or should i get a nissan oil filter.. thanx to all!
Many of us are changing oil and so on.... I as suppose to change my oil at 50k.. actually.. i wanted to change the oil at 50k.. right now i'm at 55k.. gonna change it this weekend... about 2 months ago.. i bough synthetic blend castrol oil with a fram oil filter... i'm not sure if these are good or not.. but i'm askin'.. i did a search and someone said it was good..and someone said it was bad... so should i get new oil.. or is it ok to put that in.. how about the oil filter.. it's not nissan... is it a bad idea.. or should i get a nissan oil filter.. thanx to all!
Besides, a good quality filter is the world of differance. And your Fram aint it. If you still have your receipt, take it back for a Purolater, or take the cash and buy the Nissan filter.
JMHO
08-25-2002, 07:06 AM
#4
Re: Re: Oil Change
Originally posted by nfafan
Your choice in oil brand is fine, changes every 3K and dino-juice is good enough. You want to spend more on Mobil-1, have at it. You won't own your Max long enough to warrant the money you will spend on Mob-1 over the life of ownership.
Besides, a good quality filter is the world of differance. And your Fram aint it. If you still have your receipt, take it back for a Purolater, or take the cash and buy the Nissan filter.
JMHO
Your choice in oil brand is fine, changes every 3K and dino-juice is good enough. You want to spend more on Mobil-1, have at it. You won't own your Max long enough to warrant the money you will spend on Mob-1 over the life of ownership.
Besides, a good quality filter is the world of differance. And your Fram aint it. If you still have your receipt, take it back for a Purolater, or take the cash and buy the Nissan filter.
JMHO
Mobil 1's Drive Clean Blend costs the same and is a better blend oil if you insist on going that route.
The Fram filter choice is also a poor one.
Syntec Blend + Fram filter = relatively poor overall oil protection when going with Castrol GTX + STP/SuperTech filter would yield better protection for LESS money.
08-25-2002, 08:17 AM
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Re: Re: Oil Change
Originally posted by nfafan
You want to spend more on Mobil-1, have at it. You won't own your Max long enough to warrant the money you will spend on Mob-1 over the life of ownership.
You want to spend more on Mobil-1, have at it. You won't own your Max long enough to warrant the money you will spend on Mob-1 over the life of ownership.
08-25-2002, 11:33 AM
#6
Re: Re: Re: Oil Change
Originally posted by bill99gxe
Actually Castrol Syntec Blend is one of the poorest oils from an empirical standpoint. It offers no advantages over Castrol's excellent GTX conventional oil.
Mobil 1's Drive Clean Blend costs the same and is a better blend oil if you insist on going that route.
The Fram filter choice is also a poor one.
Syntec Blend + Fram filter = relatively poor overall oil protection when going with Castrol GTX + STP/SuperTech filter would yield better protection for LESS money.
Actually Castrol Syntec Blend is one of the poorest oils from an empirical standpoint. It offers no advantages over Castrol's excellent GTX conventional oil.
Mobil 1's Drive Clean Blend costs the same and is a better blend oil if you insist on going that route.
The Fram filter choice is also a poor one.
Syntec Blend + Fram filter = relatively poor overall oil protection when going with Castrol GTX + STP/SuperTech filter would yield better protection for LESS money.
08-25-2002, 12:32 PM
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Oil changes every 3000 miles, regardless of oil type or driving conditions, is a waste of money. The consensus among people here on the BBS (over the past 5 years I have posting here), is that conventional oil every 5k, synthetic even longer (7.5k - 10k).
As for oil filters, nothing beats the Nissan OEM filter. It is very high quality as good as the $12 mobil one filters, and its cheap at the Nissan dealer, around $5 each.
The oil question about type and intervals and filters has been beaten to death. Use the search function and you will find enough old posts to keep you busy reading for an entire afternoon.
As for oil filters, nothing beats the Nissan OEM filter. It is very high quality as good as the $12 mobil one filters, and its cheap at the Nissan dealer, around $5 each.
The oil question about type and intervals and filters has been beaten to death. Use the search function and you will find enough old posts to keep you busy reading for an entire afternoon.
08-25-2002, 07:32 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Oil Change
Originally posted by tmkforever
Whyyy do you say this?
Whyyy do you say this?
you'll be long bored with your car and be driving something else long before those many thousands of miles tick by to the point where you say "man I'm sure glad I spent $3.00+ qt all those years".
The other poster had a good point, Castrol GTX. Superb oil, pure Dino juice. Regular changes w/ good filters.
Your use of more expensive Mob-1 while you own it is a favor you are doing for the Next Owner of your Max. Which is fine if your going to have your kids inherit the car.
08-25-2002, 07:55 PM
#10
Originally posted by Eric L.
As for oil filters, nothing beats the Nissan OEM filter. It is very high quality as good as the $12 mobil one filters, and its cheap at the Nissan dealer, around $5 each.
As for oil filters, nothing beats the Nissan OEM filter. It is very high quality as good as the $12 mobil one filters, and its cheap at the Nissan dealer, around $5 each.
08-25-2002, 09:24 PM
#11
Originally posted by bill99gxe
Current research indicates the possibility of equal performing oversized filter applications for $2 to $3 each.
Current research indicates the possibility of equal performing oversized filter applications for $2 to $3 each.
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