im gonna be changing the oil on my g/f's Altima, its an 02 with the 2.5L. just wondering what the recommended weight is for these engines.

also is there anything crazy to look out for when i go to do it?

I'm a big fan of Mobile 1 products. I think 5w-30 should be fine thou I'm not too sure on the 2.5's.

im a fan of Mobile1 too but she wants to do it on the cheap. 5w-30 is what i use in my 'tour

i use motorcraft, not nearly as expensive as mobil.

Tell her that it's not good to cheap out on things like that? lol.

I think 5w30 should be fine.

well I can't really blame her, budget is tight. besides its hard to convince a non car person why they should spend more for Oil when its cheaper for such and such brand

5-30 should be fine. Could get away with 10-30 as well since the weather down there isnt as cold as up here where they recc. the 5w.

Also NEVER cheap out on a oil change. As for brand? I use whatever is cheap since I change mine like every 2 weeks lol

was gonna pick this up for her

Looks good to me.. I've been using Castrol a lot in the past year with no issues.

GTX isn't too bad. I wouldn't run it past 3k like most other syn's can. Idk I just don't trust it.

if anything you can cheap out on the oil, its the filter that i would be more concerned about.

yah, how are those Purolators? ive only heard bad things about Fram in the past



i dont think its the synthetic....

fuck fram



hmm I thought it was. idk I'm a m1 guy haha

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/

check out the forums on that site for some excellent info about oil and filters.

lol, 15.99 for 5 qts of syn. would be a good deal no matter what.

I run the 5w-30 mobil1 syn extended performance with the m1 filter

Hey J-man check this out on filters... http://www.reklessracing.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=67

yah, i been there before but i thought id get some sort of tech discussion goin on over here

thats why i use the motorcraft semi-synth. $2 a quart is a good deal.

well for filters i use wix on the t-bird.

interesting, thanks!

seems the Purolator is a solid filter

I have 2 frams on right now, i know theyre not the best but I had issues with gas getting into my oil last year and when you hafta buy 2 filters and 8qts of oil for 1 oil change you wont want to buy the expensive ones since theyre only being used for 2 week.

yeah! i cant blame ya!

I use Castrol GTX on applications where I dont use synthetics..

I would use either 5w30 or 10w30, both recommended by Nissan. 5w10 safe year-round. 10w30 is better in the Spring/Summer.

Use Nissan filter only..