Hey all,
today I changed my oil for the first time myself. I switched over to Mobil 1 5W30
High life or whatever the 15,000 rated stuff is. I plan on changing the oil filter at 7500 as I do alot of highway miles. I changed to the puralator pure one oil filter too. Its about 1/3 bigger than the factory filter which IMO is way better. The factory oil filter is embarrassing. I've seen bigger filters on lawn tractors. Anyone using bigger filters? If so which ones?

 

Do you have a home or just drive 24 hours a day? Just kidding, but 83K in 23 months is an ordinately high number of miles unless you drive for a living, eg. sales or extremely long commute.

 

Last job I put 42k on a year for it. This new job I got 2 months ago is 630 miles a week.

 

What oil did you run before you switched i used mobile 5w30 but not synthetic. Should i just make the switch jsut like that??

 

yes syntehtic is good imo.. for those of u folks that have fairly new car and wanna keep it for a long time go w/ syn.. my 97 amsoil ever since and its doing really good.

their oil filter is smaller though, the K7N is a big change in size..

 

The purolator pure1 is my choice for filters, But im not sure id trust it fro 7500, it will probally be alright but for the first time on synthetic i might fo 5k then 5k then do an oil change.
When the new M1 EP filters come out that may be a great choice as it can last for 15k....supposedly

 

I would suggest going with Mobil's M1-110. Here is a post from another tread that had some good info.

Recommended Oil Filters for VQ engines, ranked in order of preference based upon my own observations:
Mobil 1 M1-105 (fits VQ35DE only)

Nissan OEM 15208-9E000 ONLY (for all VQ30DE and VQ35DE engines)

Mobil 1 M1-110 (fits both VQ engines, but bypass valve isn't as good as M1-105 filter)

Amsoil SDF-20 (fits both VQ engines)

Oil Filters to avoid:
Nissan OEM 15208-65F00 (specified for VQ35DE by Nissan dealer; refuse to purchase this filter as it has cardboard endcaps like low quality Fram filters; insist on the dealer using the 15208-9E000 oil filter as it has a better overall construction quality)

STP S6941 (Production change in mid-2003 to Mexico has created inferior quality; Some fitment issues on VQ35DE engines, so only VQ30DE engines should use this one)

Bosch 3323 (Production change in mid-2003 to Mexico has created inferior quality; for all VQ30DE and VQ35DE engines)

Any SuperTech filter (Due to production change in mid-2003 to Mexico that has resulted in inferior quality)

Any filter made by Fram (consistently poor construction quality)

Amsoil SDF-13 (pricier than SDF-20 and smaller)

Mobil 1 M1-108 (pricier than M1-110 and smaller)