Oil change prices
 

I was wondering what everyone is paying to do their own oil change, and best places to purchase oil/filters? I picked up 6 quarts of Redline 5w-30 and a purolator pure one filter for $85 (@ wholesale price $11.24 a quart vs full price $16)

Is everykne paying this much or even more? I miss $40 oil changes on my old 09 VW GLI

Where did you buy red line?

I got the oil from car quest auto store. They're a wholesaler for the dealership I work at.

Usually Purolator filter is $6. So $72ish plus $6 = $78. (+$1 for crush washer). I'm at 97,xxx miles (started at 3,600 miles) and 450+ autox runs and few HPDE later, Z pulls like brand new. NO issues with that Redline and purolator puro 1 combo :tup:

Some of our vendor carries the Redline fluid. If not, I buy from Summit every now and then.

Walmart Pennzoil ultra (or the new platinum ultra - Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Full Synthetic 5W30 SN Motor Oil, 5 qt - Walmart.com ), + nissan oem filter. ~$35 give or take.

SMH... I'm not sure I'd use anything other than race oil on these things... I.e. Red line or royal purple... But that's me brotha if you happy with that and your car is too then power to you.

I only say it because just last oil change I put in Quakers top oil, I usually put royal purple, and I've noticed the cars oil temp runs hotter than usual and heats up slightly faster too. My personal experience, idk about yours so I'm just throwing it out there.

I've been using motul from inception (15k km to 39 kkm) and my tuner said I must have a very healthy engine.

I guess I don't drive it hard enough =X

Change your oil every 3k miles religiously and you can run any name brand synthetic but, redline gets my vote

i bought my m1 jugs from amazon this year, about 27 shipped on prime and KN (pro or watever) filters for cheap.

I buy mobil 1 full synthetic on amazon. I think I paid 27.99 shipped for 6 quarts the last few times. I change every 5,000 miles. I run OE filters on the 370z, they're cheap enough at about $6 ea. On my other Z I like the purolator/wix filters. Enjoy the drive.

My car is a daily driver. On occasion I do get on it, but it spends most of the time in the first 2/3's of the rpm range. I change oil about every 4K miles or once a year. No need for any gourmet oils here.

that's fine. Though I should say that it IS recommended to use ester based synthetic engine oil due to DLC coated internals. But I'm sure you know about that. Just to be on the safe side. Though most use Redline, there ARE member like you who uses off the shelf regular oil.

Same here, but with a Purolator filter. I mostly just drive my Z to work on Friday and tooling around on the weekends. Since I am hitting less than 5,000 miles per year, I do an oil change around July and again around Christmas.

Doing it yourself = priceless. /Thread

It depends.

For example, Mobil Oil currently has a promotion for 5qt jugs of a variety of engine oil lines. My 5w-30 and 0w-40 are regularly priced at just under $27, but it's on sale for $24 and I got a 15% coupon, so after tax and after the $12 rebate, my effective out-of-pocket is just $10. The highest I usually pay is about $25 for a 5-qt jug. Sometimes I buy Valvoline or Pennzoil synthetics when there is a sale or a rebate.

For filters, I buy in larger amount. I stock a few filters for each of the vehicles I own, so I get to use a 30-40% off coupon code from Advance Auto Parts. The effective cost for each filter is around $5-6 for Mobil1 oil filters. Sometimes I buy WIX from Rock Auto when I have a larger order.

How much do I exactly pay for a DIY oil change? Well, I'm unsure, but should be cheap enough by using that method.

Been using Mobil 1 (5w-30) + either Napa Platinum or K&N long filter...(41356 or HP-1010) every 2500mi. @ a cost of around $40

I've never used it;but have heard it is a very good oil/with a lot more synthetic properties than the other's.
not sure about Redline? heard it was good-but haven't researched it.....being almost 50/learned a lot about these so called 100% or Fully synthetic oils over the past year or so & have learned how much "synthetic" is really in these oils & what classifies an oil as "synthetic".....i'll leave it at that.

im on redline 5w30(ester based syn) and a Purolator PSL 14610 which is for syn oils. many of syns are not ester based as Nissan recommends.

I completed the oil change today with redline and noticed my engine idles much quieter, no more valve noise on cold starts. This was my first oil change with my Z as its new to me, so I'm not sure what was in it before.

this is such a vast "discussion" topic. Nissan also recommends mobil1, fortunately :)

Oil change every 5000 miles, Mobil 1. Just like it says in the manual.

Nissan hasn't recommended ester oil for the Z since 2010.

That price is about right. I pay $90.00 every trip I make.

I've heard that they haven't recommended ester oil since 2010. I'm pretty sure i read in my FSM that mobil1 is recommended by Nissan.

Isn't Mobil 1 the factory fill oil for the GTR? Why would Nissan recomend ester oil for the Z and not for the higher output GTR?

Baseline recommendation by Nissan is any oil that meets API-SN or ILSAC SF-5

GT-R...they recommend Mobil 1

According to the owners manual, you are wrong.

2016 Nissan Owners Manual page 9-2
quote "Nissan recommends Genuine Nissan Ester Engine Oil available at a Nissan dealer."

:stirthepot:

I was just going to add that :tup: 2014 its page 9-3

You're right. They recommend Nissan ester oil or equivalent. Such as Mobil 1.

Mobil 1 is NOT equivalent. Ester oil is a synthesized mineral oil, vegetable oil, and animal fats. NOT the same as synthesized dinosaurs oil. Ester is also used in AC compressors and in jet engines. I doubt they would use Mobil 1 in your commercial jet engines. The Z engine recommends this because of your VVEL system.

As for the OP's question: you can order Nissan Genuine ester oil (5qts) and a filter or Red Line (5qts) and filter from z1motorsports.com for $60 each.

U need to do ur homework on oil, Mobil 1 is not an ester based oil, it is group ..3, not 5, big difference

Castrol 0W-30 with Mobil 1 or K&N filter. I swear by it.

touche. the more you know. now if only I could remember where i read about them recommending mobil1...I know my friend owns a Nissan dealership, and that's what they put in the Zs. maybe that's it...:tiphat:

Most dealership or should I say stealerships don't know what the heck they are doing either. One put 6qts in my 1.6DIG-T when it requires only 4.8qts. The dealerships are only there to make money and most are not very knowledgeable on the brands they are selling.

Question: Do you trust the Owners Manual that came from the Manufacturer, or what some service rep or mechanic that don't give a crap about your car says?

Nissan dealers will offer mobil 1 if you opt out of the more expensive Nissan ester oil... but that does not mean mobil 1 is equivalent to a true group 5 ester. The Nissan ester isn't even a full synthetic ester... its dyno oil with ester additives to help quiet the valve slap in the vvel system. Esters also perform better under higher temperature and shear (prevalent in the vvel system in out cars).

Recently I have just been buying my redline from amazon 12 qt boxes at a time. I have bought from Z1 but their shipping costs end up making it a wash on price and the 2 day delivery with prime just makes it a little more convenient.

Weelllllllll there's always exceptions. That friend who owns the dealerships, also owns a modified TT and had a 370z for a few years as well. Some of them still care. Not everyone puts in only Ester, and the Zs drive on. It'll all be OK. :happydance:

Dealerships have a bulk oil tank that they use in every thing; unless you specify...our local dealers use Kendall & don't even have Nissan oil in stock...


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Paid $75 for 3 oil changes from Infiniti.

Thanks for getting us back on topic!:icon18: