Dealership oil change ?

chii370

i run royal purple 5w30. I have since 09. also use it in my subi's. **** having the dealership change it, i dont trust them as far as i can throw them. for all i know i could hand them 6quarts of RP I BOUGHT and they would put autozone generic brand in it and keep my oil. ive heard enough "joy ride" stories to know not to trust those punks with my car unless its something i simply cannot fix. if you want an answer, get Z Speed Performance Aluminum Undershroud and change the oil yourself like i do, it has an easy access door that makes life easy. And its not made of cheap chinese garbage plastic.

rgunho

This wasn't about what is the best oil. Everyone has their own opinion. This is more about Nissan's oil recommendation. Two completely different things.

Basically they are now recommending Mobil Full Synthetic over their own Nissan Ester oil as stated in the service manual.

I think any oil that meets the API standard is sufficient to protect your engine for normal driving. Just change the oil and the filter every 3,000 mi and you'll be fine.

DEpointfive0

Unless that was a call from an engineer of that motor. His input is worthless.
If you out regular oil in your car and change it within 3750 miles, they can't void your warranty, so that means it's "good enough" and most, if not all meet API specs

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zeeder

Damn it!!!! I just got my first oil change at 3765. Does this mean my warranty is now void?!

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MacCool

Slow day today, so I swung by the local Nissan dealer to get the oil changed on my 2014 Z with 4100 miles. They recommended Mobil 1 full synthetic, which I was OK with. Oil, filter and "multi-point inspection", whatever that is, cost me $75 and took about 45 minutes as a walk-in. I didn't buy my Z from them. Prior to this, I've always had my oil changed at the local Chevy dealer by my son, who's a GM Certified Service Tech, but he left that job for the oil fields of North Dakota.

I was OK with the whole process.

kenchan

sounds good then.

MacCool

Yeah, I went in a little skeptical. I didn't buy this Z from them, but I bought my last one there, as well as several previous other Nissans and I've dealt with this dealer's service department before. The sales manager recognized me on my way in to Service, was curious about where this new Z came from and why I didn't shop it with them. Sheesh, I thought no one would ever ask, and I confess I kind of enjoyed telling him.