Changing the oil

crash1369 · 01-13-2011, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TreeSemdyZee

Ester is "recommended", not required. Basically the Ester is snake oil. Mobil 1 contains esters and is a heck of a lot cheaper. There are also others with esters in them. I did one Nissan Ester change and it cost me $92. Last time, I took my 5 liter bottle of Mobil 1 ($34) and they charge me $18 to put it in.

Yeah it's recommended, and shouldn't the dealership be adhering to Nissan's recommendations? Especially in a high performance car.
I don't know if i would classify it as snake oil but we all know any good oil will be fine, all I'm saying is the Nissan dealership should be following Nissan recommendations. If their not I would be wondering where else they are cutting corners when their servicing my car.
But I don't trust anybody working on my cars so what do I know, I've been burned before.
Anyway if I wasn't getting free oil changes from the dealer (with the proper ester oil) and yes I'm sure they love me watching every step, I would just do it my self if they would let me

I would probably be running royal purple, or perhaps some other high end synthetic. The biggest factor is how long between changes you intend to go, the conditions you drive in, and how you drive the car.

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