Originally Posted By: stchman
Originally Posted By: claudiuslu
4 cylinder engine, bought it used 4 months ago, has 53k miles on it. manual says every 3750 miles or 3 month.
I am in NYC drives about 5 miles everyday city driving, stop and go. Coming up on my first oil change.
What are my options for my oil change? Thanks
Rather absurd that Nissan wants the owner to change the oil every 3750 miles, but I guess they know that people do:
1. Use junk oil
2. Don't change their oil often enough
I guess Nissan wants their little engines to last forever.
As for the OP, if you are going to actually change the oil every 3750 miles. I would use Mobil Super 5000 and a Fram orange can as neither will be in there very long.
Since Nissan uses either an aluminum or copper crush washer, get some from the local auto parts store.
The oil and filter can be had at Walmart for cheap.
Unless a large percentage of owners are using City Star oil, I'm not sure qualifies as junk oil these days. Even the cheapest stuff you can find at Walmart, Autozone, etc meets/exceeds the requirements as outlined in the manual.
2015 models now call for a 5k OCI. Not sure about pre-2015 models though.