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With a synthetic you can wait longer, the Nissan ester oil is recommended for changes around 3750 I believe while RL and others say you can go around 5-6k. The

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Old 03-10-2010, 09:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
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With a synthetic you can wait longer, the Nissan ester oil is recommended for changes around 3750 I believe while RL and others say you can go around 5-6k. The issue blackflag is having is these companies doing oil changes every 10-12k.
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The issue blackflag is having is these companies doing oil changes every 10-12k.
Absolutely - that's ridiculous.

(Though, even with synthetic, I still do 3k-4k. Call me crazy. Carbon builds up in synthetic oil, too, and that filter still fills up.

The last car that gave up the ghost on me went at 230k miles. I miss that car.)
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My Pennzoil Platinum looks almost new when it’s drained at 4K….
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