Originally Posted By: **** '97FLHRI
With mileage accruing now at 1500 miles a year, is a two year OCI fine?
Assuming you put on 1,500 miles per year and you're short-tripping, the clear answer is "Absolutely not."
Nissan recommends the following:
Quote:
Follow Periodic Maintenance Schedule 1 if your driving habits frequently includes one or more of the following driving conditions:
* Repeated short trips of less than 5 miles (8 km).
* Repeated short trips of less than 10 miles (16 km) with outside temperatures remaining below freezing.
* Operating in hot weather in stop-and-go “rush hour” traffic.
* Extensive idling and/or low speed driving for long distances, such as police, taxi or door-to-door delivery use.
* Driving in dusty conditions.
* Driving on rough, muddy, or salt spread roads.
* Towing a trailer or a car-top carrier.
Schedule 1 goes on to recommend changing the oil and filter
every 3 months or 3,750 miles,
whichever comes first.
If those 1,500 miles are comprised of a small number of long trips (i.e. nothing that falls under the bullet points above), the oil/filter change interval uses "Schedule 2", which indicates changing them both
every 6 months or 7,500 miles, again
whichever comes first.
As an aside,
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SAE 5w30 viscosity oil is preferred for all temperatures. SAE 10W-30 or 10W-40 viscosity oils may be used if the ambient temperature is above -18°C (0°F).
