Just bought this car a week ago and it runs great but im wondering what type of fluids should use for longevity such as oil, trans, antifreeze etc...

 

Mobil 1 works really good with my high mileage Maxima

 

whatever you have been putting in it. No need to switch to syn on an engine with that many miles. Castrol GTX is cheap and one of the best

 

I dont know I usually use 5w30 conventional oil and my car has 252K miles. Some say synthetic but I havent tried it yet.

 

Change all your fluids regularly to make it last.
For the motor 5W30 is OEM. You can use regular or synthetic. Generally you can go 4 to 5k between change with regular oil, twice that for synthetic.
Automatic tranny or 5-speed?
For auto trannies use Nissan D matic or Dexron III.
Power steering fluid is Dexron III as well.
5-Speed manual you want to use GL-4 gear oil only.

 

Where do you live? If it's a warm area, you may benefit from 10w40. Thicker oil lubricates those areas where the internal bearings have been worn down to size. I've used 10w40 and had no issues, but then winter came along and there was some initial knocking at startup...so I dropped to 5w30. Come summer, it's back to 10w40. I used to use the non-synthetic or syn-blend oils...but now I'm with synthetic all the way. I've used castrol regular and yeah it's fine, but personally I like synthetics. Mobil, Valvoline...hell, i've even experimented with Delo 15w40 and 5w40 diesel oil. on my next oil change, i'll try mobil 0w40 European formula.

I've learned to use either Toyota Red or Xerex Asian for coolant/anti-freeze. That Prestone silicate stuff tends to seize waterpumps.

Valvoline red fluid is my favorite for transmission fluid. This and my Camry loved it. That's also the same thing you can use for power steering fluid.

 

I just bought the car so i dont no what he was using exactly

 

I live in philly so i know im going to have to deal with cold weather startups and rust but im not sure what else

 

i would put rotella t6 5w40 in any VQ i owned.