New Car, What kind of oil?
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New Car, What kind of oil?
I just bought a 95 Nissan Maxima GLE (Auto). I have 82k miles on it and I want to change the oil asap. The last owner changed the oil every 5k or 6k. What do you recommend I use? A buddy of mine said I should maybe use Blended? Do you think I should use that or what the book recommends?
-Stos
-Stos
#3
Originally Posted by killcrap
Mobil One! make sure u use a nissan oil filter also. get nissan parts 25% off at jerryromenissan.com use "maxima" promo code. i bought 10 for dirt cheap
I second that.
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I used Mobil 1 from day one. I bought my '99 new in December of '98. I recently changed to Red Line oil but IMHO either synthetic would do well. I use a K&N filter or a Mobil 1 filter. I have 142,800 on the clock and she runs like a champ
#6
Originally Posted by MaxNismo1
I have 140k on my Max, and I've been using Valvoline MaxLife. It's been working just fine for me. Wonder if it actually works the way it's marketed . . . .
the valvoline maxlife and the other high mileage oils are pretty much regular oil with the STP-type additive already mixed in. so do the math yourself and figure out if it's cheaper to buy regular oil + STP or the maxlife oil. just DON'T add the STP additives to the maxlife oil--it will be giving you a double-dose of those additives, which is not necessarily a good thing
also, fram (and possibly other brands) makes a "double guard" filter that has a teflon additive that essentially does the same thing as the STP-stuff. so if you use these filters (i don't--something just seems weird about them) again don't add STP or use the "maxlife" oil because you'd be getting a double-dose of additives which could really gunk up your engine
#7
Originally Posted by someone2
... also, fram (and possibly other brands) makes a "double guard" filter that has a teflon additive that essentially does the same thing as the STP-stuff. so if you use these filters (i don't--something just seems weird about them) again don't add STP or use the "maxlife" oil because you'd be getting a double-dose of additives which could really gunk up your engine
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