Posted: Jan 08 2008 at 12:20am | IP Logged

I hear ya . I have always been good about changing the oil on time and I keep a log book. Its just new and I want to get the full 6 years out of it you know. Plus I thought If I could use SYN and get like 4-5k out of it great you know. I have heard horror storries about FRAM I do like NAPA , WIK , PUROLATOR all closely realted I bleieve. I thank all of you for the input. I believe last time I was at walmart I asked the guy in the auto section about their oil and he checked and said it was havoline but like you said It depends on the part of the country you are in. I did check on napa oil and it its a definate valvoline which is what I have always used. Well thanks again guys.

Posted: Jan 08 2008 at 8:55pm | IP Logged

I'd run Mobil1 5w30 synthetic and a good filter. 

With that you *could* easily get 10,000 out of it before changing.  I would not do it myself, but you can.  I've known guys who've run crap regular oil and gotten over 15,000 miles out of it (the right way, having the viscosity and properties checked and changing the filter).

I run Mobil1 and either a Nissan filter or a Mobil1 filter, and I change both every 5k.  I just did it on Sunday actually and it still comes out almost completely clean with 5,000 on it.

Posted: Mar 05 2008 at 6:43pm | IP Logged

Boneyard,

This is a late post I know. It sounds like your not happy with the gas mileage and probably won't hold onto your truck much longer than the warranty, if that long.  Just use conventional oil or Walmart Synthetic (under $15/gal and API certified) and the factory Nissan filter. That oil is cheap enough to change every 3-4K.  Check out mynismo.com for oil/air filters, belts, drain plug gaskets, etc... The filter runs about $5.50-5.75 I think. Just my .02

Posted: Mar 07 2008 at 1:34pm | IP Logged

dannyg, i do not know who makes the carquest oil, one way to find out is flip the bottle over and see if it has any information on it (probably a silly idea..because you probably have already looked). there is really no way to say how good or bad it is going to be. the most reliable way to tell the status of oil is to run UOA's, a VOA will let you know what your oil is made up of, but that is not directly correlated to the longevity of the oil once running in your motor. oil manufacturers are always toying and reformulating oils to get better performance, at a lower cost, and meet govt regulations for emissions and what not, which are always getting more and more strict.

i have heard good things about wix filters, mobil1 filters, pureone and purolator premiums, and yes...everyone poopoos the wicked orange cans from fram. I will say that i have used the fram tough guards (built a little bit better and use a synthetic blend media) w/o issue. i will also add that i have used the orange frams as well w/o an issue, but i don't think i'd use them again, because i would wonder about extended OCI's and their ability to handle the longer run. i wouldn't use the fram extended guard only because they have some PTFE impregnated (teflon) media and conventional wisdom says teflon and internal combustion engines aren't a very good mix. I have never heard of an issue with that line of filters either though. the thing is...several lines of filters made for auto parts stores (national chains) are made by a company called champion, made for the reseller's specs whoever that company is, it could be wix as well, they make filters fore more than one company i believe.....anyway...enough of my verbosity.

for those arriving late to this thread or were interested in reading more about mine and SAR Tech's ongoing UOA's in the other related thread...click here http://www.nissanfrontier.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=1028&P N=1