Change oil every 2k?!
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Is this a rerun? What time is it?
How far back in the mountains do you live?
Anyone whos not pulling out the ramps to change the oil while filling at costco is doing it wrong.
In some countries that are under sanctions are don't get the luxury of the oils that we have on our shelves here in the US and the first world countries, due to the need for self sufficiency, they make their own national oil and oil brand which are subpar. Living as a kid in a less fortunate part of the world, I remember my older sibling used to change his Mitsubishi Galant engine oil every 3000 km...
This sort of reasoning can explain where this dude is coming from...
This sort of reasoning can explain where this dude is coming from...
With a Nissan GTR, seems reasonable maybe? Not too many are commuting in em?
The official schedule is 6000 miles or 6 months, so Nissan got it wrong by a factor of 3.
Well, yeah a manufacturer is never going to suggest 2000 mile changes.
That youtube channel is full of nonsense. They can't even agree amongst their own videos. Some say 2K, some 3K and some 4K. Contradictions galore.
Everything you say is true, and if I lived in a Third World country, with poor materials available, I would have a very different approach.
However, this dude is in Japan, which I would have to call a first world country with the finest of materials available.
So his recommendation still makes no sense.
Similar to BITOG ... or most any site or organization. Ask a simple question and get several different responses. That's how it is with opinions.
2k is nuts, way too long. Why not every fuel fill up? Jokes aside, it does make some sense in Japan. I lived there for four years and rocked a plain-Jane R32 across the country. While there is highway/wide-open driving it’s nothing like in America, Canada, Australia. Tons of stop/go, slower city driving. Naturally the conditions are harder on oil, 2k though?!??
Developing world mentality is getting the maximum use out of everything, and not wasting anything.
"Cheap insurance" is not developing world mentality imo.
We are talking about Japan, and oil in a brand new GTR though...
"Cheap insurance" is not developing world mentality imo.
We are talking about Japan, and oil in a brand new GTR though...
How many times have I been told I am wasting time and money with my 5,000 mile oil changes? With the introduction of synthetics I went from 3,000 mile oci to 5,000 oci. I will stick with that since it seems to work.
What is ordinary oil? Please explain what you mean.
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