Just like every oil thread on here, the consensus is there is no consensus.

Blackburn Nissan. The 1000km "service" was free including all labour, so I got them to change the oil while they were at it...whatever it was. Just cost me the oil, filter and washer.

It disturbs me that some dealers do not follow Factory recommendation. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the Mobil 1, btw. In fact, I use it exclusively in my motorcycles and my three other autos.

Prolly the German in me...I like consistency. :tup:

You know maybe they didn't use it, but I have a Mobil 1 sticker on my windscreen which lead me to believe they did. Maybe they just wanted to get rid of the stickers? :)

I love the consistency of German/swiss train timetables. When I was backpacking through Europe I had to get used to trains leaving at 10:37am and not 10:38am. Got to respect that.

Hey how much did they harge for the oil change and filter? I'm gonna do mine soon, between 4k and 5k.

When I was in Hamburg, the trains were spot on as well, the same train numbers passed eachother at the train station at the same time (going opposite ways of course) every single time..... very weird thing to see... all the time hahaha

I would imagine that when the vehicle is manufactured and they start the engine for the first time at/near the factory that they have used Nissan Ester. Well, I hope so anyway.

I'm not 100% sure but I assume they would start the engine for the first time at the factory. I am guessing that they are driven onto the truck/whatever when they start their journey to the Dealers.

If thats the case why would you not use a fully synthetic at your first change?
Maybe the factory uses a cheaper substitue to save costs? Would that be the reason the dealers dont use Nissan Ester, depending on what deal they have done for a bulk supply from a local supplier?

I've done a change at 2000, 5000, and now got 7500 up. I may do another change now and then one at 10000 and then every 5000 from then on. I just think its a good idea to do a few during the run in period up to 10000. Maybe I am just wasting $ ??

Gee

I paid around $50 for Penrite fully synthetic 5w-50 from Repco, $22 for the Nissan filter (will have to suss out the K&N version nxt time) and a few cents for the washer.

Gee