I have a 95 Maxima with the VQ engine. It has less than 102,000 mostly highway kilometres on it (63,000 miles) and I've owned it since day 1.
Following an AutoRX clean and rinse, I recently switched from dino oil (mostly Castrol GTX 5w30) to Esso XD3 0w30 full synthetic which I intend to run year round with a 12-month OCI.
The climate at the coast of British Columbia where I live is milder than where you live.
You should be able to extend your OCI to 12 months with the XD3 and it then becomes a question of which weight to use - 0w30 or 0w40.
Buy the oil direct from the nearest Esso bulk plant. There is no need to pick it up at WalMart and I believe they do not stock the 0w30.
Following an AutoRX clean and rinse, I recently switched from dino oil (mostly Castrol GTX 5w30) to Esso XD3 0w30 full synthetic which I intend to run year round with a 12-month OCI.
The climate at the coast of British Columbia where I live is milder than where you live.
You should be able to extend your OCI to 12 months with the XD3 and it then becomes a question of which weight to use - 0w30 or 0w40.
Buy the oil direct from the nearest Esso bulk plant. There is no need to pick it up at WalMart and I believe they do not stock the 0w30.