How many bottle/qts of oil do I need to put in? The dipstick is hard to read... And which way should I turn my wheel so I can get access to the filter?

 

4 1/4, nope, right.

 

You noticed the same thing I did. It is hard to read....it is 4 1/4 quarts with the filter change. Dumb old guy about frucked up my car.

 

No need to turn the tires, left hand under the plastic panal and turn outwards. 4.2qts of Oil with filter. 4qts of Manual tranny fluid, 33lbs of air in tires, 5x114.3 Lug pattern, 35-38mm Offset, 66.1m Center Bore, $10.99 for air filter at Nissan, $6.99 for Oil filter at Nissan, buy 3 get 1 free, $4.25 for a bottle of Mobil 1 Synth 5w30, $8.49 for a bottle of Redline MT-90. Jack is on the right side of the trunk behind cardboard panal, tools to open the tires are in a bag under the jack mounting, Fuse box is on the left side inside the car, right by your left knee, plugs are under the plastic Nissan cover on the head in front and b/w the black pipes in the rear, car takes 18.5 gallons of Fuel, Light turns on at about 14gallons, Redline is 6600rpm, and hand break is right down the middle with the button on it

 

How much are one of those black plastic rivet thingies?

 

And don't forget your filter wrench - I made that mistake a few weeks ago.

 

remove it the old fashion way. grab a screw driver and ram it through the filter. twist/turn and it'll come out =)

 

which one? the one U rip out of the plastic panal when trying to reach the oil filter?

 

U really don't need a Filter wrench, but like Phong said, the screwdriver works great, or U can be like me and put the yellow dishwashing gloves on and don't let go of the filter til it moves

 

No, the ones you rip out to get to the fog lights.

This thread reminded me that I need to change my oil this weekend...

 

Hehe. I had to resort to the screwdriver after changing the oil for the second time. The first time, I drained the oil, then realized I couldn't find the filter wrench. I tried to muscle off the factory installed filter. Noooooo. I tried a not big enough set of channel locks. Noooo. I tried the rubber kitchen jar opener thingy. Nooooo. I filled it back up with oil.

Still can't find filter wrench a couple weeks later. It was bothering me I didn't do it right the first time. I purchase one of those filter wrenches that slip over the end of the filter and you wrench it off.

Nope. That thing just spun around. I threw the device away. What a ripoff. Here I am, all oil out of the car and can't get the filter off (for a second time). I went to the screw driver. Yep. Me, the screwdriver, the filter, and some key adjectives. I hated to do it, but I was desperate. It was on there reeaallll good, that is for sure. I finally got it off making a big mess. I then held the filter high above my head proclaiming victory.

Lesson: always have a good filter wrench.

 

where can i get mobil 1 synthetic 5w30 for 4.25 a bottle?

I checked my local COSTCO, its surplus store. they got every number combo cept 5w30
And those Nissan oem filters, is that everywhere? buy 3 get 1 free? or just at ur place
Roger