Oil Change In Less Time Higher Mileage?
 

Just wondering if anyone has had a recent oil change that said there next visit is less than the usual 7.5k. My usual oil changes are re-scheduled around 7,500 miles after the oil change, the sticker now reads 5K miles until my next one. Is this b/c my car is getting higher in mileage? Im in a 09' w/37.5k.

lol no... that's just the dealership or shop you went to trying to get some extra $$$ from you :thumbsdown:

7500 miles is the recommended oil maintenance interval for normal driving. I do my own change around 5K typically (5 qts of Mobil 1 @ Walmart is $25). I've got a 2011 with 34.5K :tup:

:( I was hoping they weren't trying to do that to me lol I was like they wouldn't!!

Lol!!! High mileage is like over 100k miles, at LEAST 75k

Honestly, oil is cheap. Go every 5k anyways

ive been getting my oil changed at the dealership every 3,750 miles, but my dealer gave me every other oil change for free when i purchased.

since i don't put many miles on the car (just hit 14k) that means oil changes about every 6 months, and i only end up paying for one a year.

Hmm that's the way I do it .
I don't put many miles on mine either.
I've almost had it for a year and barely reaching 6k miles ( bought it used last May with 3.3k miles )

I change mine out every 3500 miles. With ESTER oil. I know its not really recommended to change it so early but just makes me feel safer.

The recommendation is actually 3750 miles

That is dependent upon your driving conditions as stated in the OM. For me, it's 7500.

i do my own oil changes every 3-5k miles and car has over 108k now. still running strong:driving:

Agreed! I do my own changes, but because of all the stop and go traffic I encounter in my daily driver, I change it at around'ish every 5,000 miles. I've seen no difference in the oil to feel/touch and sight from 5k to 7k; but its pretty dirty for me in this car. Just my 2 cents. I've used Mobile 1 full synthetic (which is now getting really expensive) but I've seen what it does in the long wrong.

Case Study on two prior cars.
1) 2002 Jeep wrangler. Switched to Mobile 1 full synthetic after the 1st oil change. This was 4 wheeled often and served as a daily driver (120 miles round trip a day). At 80k miles, I crushed the oil pan during a weekend trip. When I went to install the new pan, we had full access to view the motor internals etc. It was so clean no one believed me that I had 80,000 miles on it. In fact, the oil pan was spotless on the inside...

2) 2008 Pontiac solstice- blew the motor due to factor defect. Had been using mobile 1 full synth.. stealership said the same thing about the engine when they took it apart to find the cause. They couldn't believe how clean it was.

New-2012 370z. Same driving conditions and still using Mobile 1 full synth.

I'm not promoting Mobile 1, but I am sharing my firsthand experience with a full synthetic oil. Take if for what it’s worth. I've done the same on the family hybrid with 160,000+ miles. So far, no problems and the engine runs great!

I'll stick with the ester. Just got 12 qts. delivered for $129.

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Btw, when I said 5qts for $25 at Walmart, I was referring to Mobil 1 5W-30. It's been that price for several years now. No one else even comes close; the Nissan Ester costs more than double that price (way overpriced IMO - I'd go to Redline or Royal Purple before I consider giving Nissan more money). But to each their own :tup:

Also, the main reason I went with Mobil 1 is because we originally bought the car as my wife's DD. If she needed to get an oil change while I'm out of town or something, I wanted her to be able to take it to local lube shop and not have to use a different oil.

I am picky I refuse to let just any shop touch my Z. Atleast I know when Nissan makes a error they fix the problem. I agree buying Ester Oil is like buying a Sumsung when it comes to LED's. Gotta pay alittle extra for the name. Just what I perfer.

lol I trust many shops here in town way more than the incompetent bozo dealers here :shakes head: I've always bought Samsung LCDs because they are without a doubt, much higher quality than generic brands that cost half as much. I do not give Nissan Ester that much credit. It may be better than Mobil 1 (even that is probably debatable), but it's not that much better (6qts for $30 vs 6qts for $65). The way Nissan is handling this ESCL recall just pisses me off even more, which is one more reason for me not to purchase their product. To each their own :tiphat:

I typically drive my Z less than 4,000 miles/year, so I change the oil once per year (when I take it out of storage; and this is not a debate as whether to change the oil at the begining of storage or at the end, so let's leave that for another topic). I've been using Royal Purple, 5W-30 synthetic which costs about $45 per 5 quart jug at O'Reilly's. Walmart has it sometimes, but none of the local ones had it. When I changed the oil last week, it was still mostly purple and probably could have gone another 3,000 miles.

I also don't like people working on the Z, so I do it myself. I have access to a drive-on lift and it makes changing the oil about a 15 minute job.

Dealership writes down every 4k on my sticker everytime. I even told them I want to come in every 6k..

They just want my $$$

so sad we need to pay extra for samsung

I don't consider it extra... I look at the cheap, no-name brands as scams :icon17:

wat i meant was sony/sharp/panasonic have not been the big players in consumer LCD's for a long time.



btw, why is AK allowing new oil thread? :confused: this thread should be locked. :icon17:

Sharp is the only one that still has a foot in the door.. but even their high quality Aquos models are overpriced for what they are.

:icon18: at least it's not a "What Oil Should I Use" thread :icon17:

:icon18: LMAO, exactly

lol, true that, mr. jar! :tup:

My dealer calls me every 3 months to try and scedule for an oil change. I just crept over 3k, so no need yet for my second change (did the first after break-in). I will get it done every 3-4k with Ester oil, as I was able to get them to include it free with my maint gold package. So, I don't pay for any oil change:tup:
When they agreed to do the Ester oil free, I was thinking they might just fill up with their crap in a barrel and say it was Ester, so I said I would get my own and get them to reimburse me. They agreed!

Check your local Walmart for special pricing on the Pennzoil 05W-30 Ultra. 5 qt. jugs are around $25.00 Buy three of them. That will get you through 2 oil changes at 5.25 qts. each (5.5 qts if you run an oversize filter) per change and give you a few extra quarts for top off. Run it for 5000 miles, it's outstanding oil at that price. Buy good filters like the Mobil 1, or Purolator Pure 1 or Bosch. You can do a change yourself for about $35-40 worth of materials and know it was done right.