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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa It is not recommended to change to synthetic oil until 5,000 miles. Anyway my dealer uses Ester Oil for the Z and I have two free

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Old 06-13-2010, 02:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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It is not recommended to change to synthetic oil until 5,000 miles.

Anyway my dealer uses Ester Oil for the Z and I have two free oil changes, oh well only one left. Then I will change to synthetic.
Is Nissan saying this? Can you provide a link?

IMHO, that has shown to be an old wives tale. Many cars come from the factory with synthetic already in them.
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Is Nissan saying this? Can you provide a link?

IMHO, that has shown to be an old wives tale. Many cars come from the factory with synthetic already in them.
Agreed,i changed my oil to 100% synthetic from 500km,& is running fine,no problem.
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