Hey all, hope all is well.
Anyway, my question is this; I drive a new 4cyl truck (2016 frontier), very short distances, very spirited driving and i also use it for short trips around town for work. I have been doing research and lurk a lot around here, but i cant seem to find a good OCI. Like should i run a good conventional only 3.5k or 3 months, or a good syn blend/synthetic for 10k or 1 year. It seems whomever i speak too (parts store clerks, my mechanic friends, even lurking on here) it seems to yield a different answer. I know opinions are like.... well you know, but i dont want to risk blowing my new truck up by trying to get it too X amount of miles even if that takes me longer then the Time allotment. I contacted Nissan, the answer was "conventional to 5k, or syn to 10k, does not matter about
driving style, or brand or spec" I also live in Oregon, it gets to freezing temps, maybe a little below, but nothing radical.
So is will today's advanced synthetics hold up to short, cold, hard trips? Should i only run cheap stuff and change often? And if you dont meet your mileage, should you still change your oil based on time?
Thank you very much for your time Oil gurus.
Anyway, my question is this; I drive a new 4cyl truck (2016 frontier), very short distances, very spirited driving and i also use it for short trips around town for work. I have been doing research and lurk a lot around here, but i cant seem to find a good OCI. Like should i run a good conventional only 3.5k or 3 months, or a good syn blend/synthetic for 10k or 1 year. It seems whomever i speak too (parts store clerks, my mechanic friends, even lurking on here) it seems to yield a different answer. I know opinions are like.... well you know, but i dont want to risk blowing my new truck up by trying to get it too X amount of miles even if that takes me longer then the Time allotment. I contacted Nissan, the answer was "conventional to 5k, or syn to 10k, does not matter about
driving style, or brand or spec" I also live in Oregon, it gets to freezing temps, maybe a little below, but nothing radical.
So is will today's advanced synthetics hold up to short, cold, hard trips? Should i only run cheap stuff and change often? And if you dont meet your mileage, should you still change your oil based on time?
Thank you very much for your time Oil gurus.