New Car Oil Changes

[wn1998]

I picked up a brand new nissan. I want to change my own oil. If there is an issue with the engine will I need to show some documentation (receipts) or something to prove I changed the oil? I have a pretty nice stash and after we put 3k on it I was going to switch to 6 month/7500 mile oci's with Amsoil 5w30.

 

[grease_monkey]

More than likely you probably will need to submit the oil receipts in case of engine trouble under warranty. Royal purple break in oil is good. Especially if you wanna run amsoil

 

[Herz]

Take the box top of the oil filter and staple it with a reciept of the oil filter and oil.

Use only what the manufactuerer says as far as grade and time

 

[lui]

yes you will need to prove receipts of oil changes in case you ever need warranty work.

 

[SHAMUS]

Open up your owner's manual, read it, and follow it! It's fine if you do things sooner than required, but don't go past them. Check what Nissan specifies the oil/filter must meet in specs, and shop with your eyes open.

 

[tomcat27]

congrats on the versa! hold on, certainly this can vary by dealer - but in the case of Chrysler AND Toyota, they only NEED proof if you have an oil-related failure. but here's the nice catch: even WITH proof of oil changes, both of those mfrs have a history of denying claims if they find sludge. I know, after 2 years, Toyota finally bucked, admitting no blame, but started a customer goodwill program - but at first they still tossed it back to the owner, even WITH receipts. so.... what good is documentation anyway? additionally, on multiple occasions I have seen engines rebuilt and replaced even when owner neglect was obvious. On another occasion, a Chevy dealer rebuilt my brother's cavalier engine due to piston slap at 44k. they never asked for any proof of oil changes. They actually did commend him on how clean the engine was inside. that, obviously, was there measuring point: if there was sludge inside its a whole different story. and a quote from chrysler cust support: we dont care how many oil change receipts you have, if there's sludge inside - go away! why was it so clean? he was running amsoil or M1 towards the end - I dont recall which. why did it fail? personally I contribute it to a wild 5 hour teip sometimes across bad roads where he exceeded 100 most of the way. he pulled in the driveway overheated and with a blown head gasket and cracked cylinder head. gee... we never mentioned that to dad. (it was dads car at the time)

 

[postjeeprcr]

Originally Posted By: tomcat27
congrats on the versa! hold on, certainly this can vary by dealer - but in the case of Chrysler AND Toyota, they only NEED proof if you have an oil-related failure. but here's the nice catch: even WITH proof of oil changes, both of those mfrs have a history of denying claims if they find sludge. I know, after 2 years, Toyota finally bucked, admitting no blame, but started a customer goodwill program - but at first they still tossed it back to the owner, even WITH receipts. so.... what good is documentation anyway? additionally, on multiple occasions I have seen engines rebuilt and replaced even when owner neglect was obvious. On another occasion, a Chevy dealer rebuilt my brother's cavalier engine due to piston slap at 44k. they never asked for any proof of oil changes. They actually did commend him on how clean the engine was inside. that, obviously, was there measuring point: if there was sludge inside its a whole different story. and a quote from chrysler cust support: we dont care how many oil change receipts you have, if there's sludge inside - go away! why was it so clean? he was running amsoil or M1 towards the end - I dont recall which. why did it fail? personally I contribute it to a wild 5 hour teip sometimes across bad roads where he exceeded 100 most of the way. he pulled in the driveway overheated and with a blown head gasket and cracked cylinder head. gee... we never mentioned that to dad. (it was dads car at the time)


Where did you find this info?

 

[silverrat]

I think Amsoil would be a waste as Nissan recommends 3750 mile oil changes. Wait until the warranty is up then use Amsoil.

 

[tomcat27]

which part of it? first, I am just a car nut. Dodge? I have a friend who (now retired) was a service manager at a dodge dealer in grand rapids, mi. and he has plenty of stories on how they handle warranty repairs. I watched them rebuild a K car motor that the owner had gone 13k miles on dino oil - the oil barely oozed out. in another instance, another dodge dealer in the same town refused to warranty a durango with the 5.2 that croaked at 45k miles - even with OCI receipts. as far as toyota, check numerous newswire stories regarding their sludge motors - and I also have a friend pretty high up at Lexus. I'm fairly connected to many parts of the auto industry. a few years back I was invited to the Hummer proving grounds to run some H2's thru their paces - I have photos, some of which are on my flickr page. I've also been invited to numerous Audi events as I know someone in finance at VW/Audi; . I've got a neighbor/friend who is the top fleet sales rep for one of the big three; my wifes best friends dad was a direct jobber for amsoil for 20+ years; another friend who's uncle was the manager of the flag wavers at indy - that got us special access to the track and many of the drivers and owners. I'm not claiming any great knowledge - I've simply been around cars, bikes, boats, etc for many years. I'm sorry - what part do you disagree with?

 

[wn1998]

Nissan oil change is 3750 for severe service and 7500 for regular

 

[ted s]

and 99+% of drivers do what is considered severe service.

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: ted s
and 99+% of drivers do what is considered severe service.


Where I live that is probably a fact.

 

[fsskier]

Tomcat27, your Toyota "sludge engines" statements are very well documented at every Toyota owners site. A couple of model years - around 1999 - had lots of sludge failures and Toyota dealers nationwide were VERY reluctant to fix them, even with all kinds of receipts, etc. Eventually, huge owner pressure, Lemon-aid car sites, it seemed like publicity everywhere - caused them to relent and repair the engines with this issue under a considerable extended warranty.