I'm putting about 2,500 to 3,000 miles a year on my 4 cylinder Nissan Frontier. It's not my daily driver. It has 15K miles on it so far. I've decided to take control here and will start doing my own oil changes, and am looking for some advice. In my zeal, I have already bought the oil and filter for the next change: a Fram Ultra Synthetic filter and 5 quarts of Super Tech Full Synthetic oil (hey, it may be overkill, but it was only $17.50 at Walmart!). I've been having the oil and filter changed every 3,000 to 3,500 miles so far, but that equates to once every 16 months or so on average.
I'm open to going longer or shorter between changes or changing the filter less frequently than the oil, or reverting back to dino oil (although again for the price, the synthetic I got was still darn cheap compared to a lot of dino oils), or doing a UOA to home in on what to do. I'm not sure extended OCIs are appropriate with such little driving, but I do extended changes on my car, so again I am open to suggestions. I don't want to be too OCD on frequent changes if I can do my pocketbook and the environment some good.
Some guidance would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if this is TMI or it's been covered elsewhere ad nauseam.
I'm open to going longer or shorter between changes or changing the filter less frequently than the oil, or reverting back to dino oil (although again for the price, the synthetic I got was still darn cheap compared to a lot of dino oils), or doing a UOA to home in on what to do. I'm not sure extended OCIs are appropriate with such little driving, but I do extended changes on my car, so again I am open to suggestions. I don't want to be too OCD on frequent changes if I can do my pocketbook and the environment some good.
Some guidance would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if this is TMI or it's been covered elsewhere ad nauseam.
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