Maintenance changes
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Maintenance changes
Was just looking at the online owner's manual, and have verified 2 changes that I was expecting:
1. New CVT fluid is NS-3 (was NS-2). I had read in one of the reviews that the new fluid is less viscous than the old.
2. Recommended oil weight is 0W-20 (quickly becoming the new standard), which will necessitate synthetic for most brand names. I have a stash of 5W-30 that I will use up in the wife's truck and as summer fill for the Maxima, while looking for 0W-20 on sale!
1. New CVT fluid is NS-3 (was NS-2). I had read in one of the reviews that the new fluid is less viscous than the old.
2. Recommended oil weight is 0W-20 (quickly becoming the new standard), which will necessitate synthetic for most brand names. I have a stash of 5W-30 that I will use up in the wife's truck and as summer fill for the Maxima, while looking for 0W-20 on sale!
#4
The standard service interval is 5,000 miles/6 months.
The ester oil was a suggestion, never a requirement. Unless it was factory fill, it was never in my Maxima. I have no idea what dealers will charge for an oil change. I always buy quality synthetic on sale and change myself.
The ester oil was a suggestion, never a requirement. Unless it was factory fill, it was never in my Maxima. I have no idea what dealers will charge for an oil change. I always buy quality synthetic on sale and change myself.
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