"genuine" nissan filters made in china?

[kartracer55]

Has anybody noticed this? Are they any good? I pulled the original filter off a Nissan for its first oil change since leaving the factory and I was shocked!

 

[-Clayton-]

If they are indeed made in china I would avoid them like a fram.

 

[dwendt44]

Just my guestimate, but I'd say that IF, and it's a big IF, the purchaser insists on a certain level of quality, the Chinese can produce it. Not that they want to; cheap is relative.

 

[chief]

The "made in China" filters now have cardboard endcaps. Everything else looks about the same as the older ones. Ive used Nissan filters for 30 years but these has got me thinking about the next order.

 

[Cooper]

I would stay away from them. I have used them in my Altima and compared to the Amsoil EaO filter, there is no comparison. Also, when I start the car with the Nissan filter, I get a start startup tick, but with the Amsoil, I get no excessive ticking noise. This is both with Amsoil ATM 10w30 oil. I am now using SSO for the time being.

 

[kartracer55]

Well I mean I really wasnt too sure about this. One of our customers at work just got a new altima and we did his first oil change and I was shocked to see this.

On another note, the main reason I ask this is because my dad has an 08 Altima Coupe and the dealership he brought it from offers free oil changes for life or something like that, but they are going by the light duty service intervals spec'd by nissan, which at 7500 mines on conventional oil. He doesnt like this one bit, so either he will do it at home in between free dealership changes or Ill do it at work for him.

He brings it to nissan because he wants them to sign off on the maintenance being done on the specified intervals for the warranty purposes, because he has the 100,000 mile extended warranty and doesnt want any issues with it. Should he worry about it or just say screw it because they are genuine nissan parts? This car wont be kept more than a couple years because it is built like utter [censored]. We still have our 98 dodge durango that they bought new in 97 with well over 100k on it. Garage kept and meticulously maintained, but this nissan is just JUNK!!! The interior will fall apart soon enough, I see it all the time at work on the "econo-luxery" cars like this.

Thoughts?

 

[Gary Allan]

If he's only going to keep it a couple of years ..I would just do the dealer service and be done with it. If the warranty is transferable, it's been maintained by the original owner and verified by dealer service. While we surely hold higher standards for ourselves if we're going to keep something, I don't think that he would be doing a disservice to the next owner by following the OEM recommendations.