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Did my first Oil Change...Ever!

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Old Jan 9, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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Did my first Oil Change...Ever!

It was so easy I can't believe it! Aside from buying the wrong filter first (I'm an idiot) it was very straight forward....

I just wanted to share my excitement and also state that I will never be raped by Jiffy Lube again!
Old Jan 9, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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Glad to hear it! Every Maxima owner must be able to service his own vehicle!What kind of filter did you use? Hopefully a Mobil 1. Congratulations again!
Old Jan 10, 2005 | 05:13 AM
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Autozone was out of Mobil1 filters so I got a K&N...similar quality from what I understand.
Old Jan 10, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by VOX98
Autozone was out of Mobil1 filters so I got a K&N...similar quality from what I understand.

Next time around stick with OEM filters, you could go for Wix which is the closest I have seen to the Japenese quality.
Old Jan 10, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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congrats.... Wix, Purolator PureOne, Mobil, K&N... all very good quality filters...
Old Jan 11, 2005 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ant96GLE
congrats.... Wix, Purolator PureOne, Mobil, K&N... all very good quality filters...

K&N is definetly not a good filter -- I would never use it on any vehicle!!!!
Old Jan 13, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Love_00_Max
K&N is definetly not a good filter -- I would never use it on any vehicle!!!!
Why not? Plenty of people here seem to think they are good. Please tell me as I am still new to all this.
Old Jan 21, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by VOX98
Why not? Plenty of people here seem to think they are good. Please tell me as I am still new to all this.

K & N have good media and high flow rate but only just OK filteration (becoz high flow rate means ok fieration) .. I would go with Wix or PureOne which have good flow rates and good filteration.
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