Hi all,
I just picked up a 2006 Nissan Frontier with the 4.0 V6 (VQ40DE). It has 120,000 miles on it, quite a few for a 2006. I bought it from a dealer so I'm unsure of the previous owners level of maintainence, but the thing looks and drives brand-new, so they must've taken good care of it. The vehicles I drive see some tough miles. I live 1.1 miles from work, and I live in northern MN (it was -24F this morning). This truck will see a lot of short trips in cold weather (down to -40F at times), as well as a lot of miles bouncing across frozen lakes and down dusty hunting trails. For perspective, this truck is a replacement for a 2000 Dodge Dakota, which I owned for 5 years and put 25,000 miles on it. That truck is currently sitting in my driveway with a sludged up engine (4.7 V8, apparently it's not the first time a 4.7 has sludged up). Less than 52,000 miles on it too. My previous maintainence schedule was 3-4 oil changes per year using various types of synthetic blend oil with Fram Tough Guard filters (I know, I know).
Obviously I'd like to get more than 25K miles out of the Nissan. I'll most likely use Mobil 1 synthetic with Napa Gold/WIX filter. That combination has been great in my wife's car, '03 Corolla with 135,000 on it, and that one sees a lot of short trips as well. I'd heard from people that it isn't a good idea to switch from dino oil to synthetic - any truth to that, or is it another old wive's tale?
I just picked up a 2006 Nissan Frontier with the 4.0 V6 (VQ40DE). It has 120,000 miles on it, quite a few for a 2006. I bought it from a dealer so I'm unsure of the previous owners level of maintainence, but the thing looks and drives brand-new, so they must've taken good care of it. The vehicles I drive see some tough miles. I live 1.1 miles from work, and I live in northern MN (it was -24F this morning). This truck will see a lot of short trips in cold weather (down to -40F at times), as well as a lot of miles bouncing across frozen lakes and down dusty hunting trails. For perspective, this truck is a replacement for a 2000 Dodge Dakota, which I owned for 5 years and put 25,000 miles on it. That truck is currently sitting in my driveway with a sludged up engine (4.7 V8, apparently it's not the first time a 4.7 has sludged up). Less than 52,000 miles on it too. My previous maintainence schedule was 3-4 oil changes per year using various types of synthetic blend oil with Fram Tough Guard filters (I know, I know).
Obviously I'd like to get more than 25K miles out of the Nissan. I'll most likely use Mobil 1 synthetic with Napa Gold/WIX filter. That combination has been great in my wife's car, '03 Corolla with 135,000 on it, and that one sees a lot of short trips as well. I'd heard from people that it isn't a good idea to switch from dino oil to synthetic - any truth to that, or is it another old wive's tale?
