Oil Suggestion

[Ronin73]

Hello. I have a new 2021 Nissan Altima with. 2.5l I4 engine.

What oil brand would you suggest in the 0w20 flavor? Don’t have any experience with Nissan vehicles. The car will be driven 108 miles round trip on the hwy 5 days a week. Thanks in advance.

 

[FordMan59]

I wouldn't worry about the brand, any major brand with the API donut will work fine. I drove an '88 Ford Escort 518K miles on various brands of conventional oil and cheaper filters. I've been using 15+ year old 10w40 conventional Citgo Supergard in my '16 Versa ever since I bought it in Feb. 2019 with no issues.

 

[SteveG4]

Hello. I have a new 2021 Nissan Altima with. 2.5l I4 engine.

What oil brand would you suggest in the 0w20 flavor? Don’t have any experience with Nissan vehicles. The car will be driven 108 miles round trip on the hwy 5 days a week. Thanks in advance.

Any 0W-20 motor oil meeting the new API Service Category, API SP and ILSAC specification GF-6A would serve you well.

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Walmart's Super Tech 0W-20 Full Synthetic would serve you well and meets your requirements. It's $17.18 at your local Walmart, or on-line.

Nice car. Drive conservatively, change your oil and other fluids on-schedule and you should be fine!

Best!

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

Any 0W-20 motor oil meeting the new API Service Category, API SP and ILSAC specification GF-6A would serve you well.

Latest Oil Categories

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our more than 600 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry.

www.api.org

Walmart's Super Tech 0W-20 Full Synthetic would serve you well and meets your requirements. It's $17.18 at your local Walmart, or on-line.

Nice car. Drive conservatively, change your oil and other fluids on-schedule and you should be fine!

Best!

Everything SteveG4 said. And, change your oil filter every OCI!

 

[FordMan59]

If I were you I'd be more concerned about keeping the CVT fluid/filters changed regularly and trying to take care of the CVT than what brand motor oil to use. I just changed the CVT fluid/filters in my Versa a couple months ago at 29993 miles and plan to do it again around 60K miles. The CVT seems to have been the weak point for Nissan for the past 20 or so years.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I’d choose either Magnatec or QSFS. Whichever is cheaper. Magnatec was a buck cheaper so I grabbed that one

 

[manicrodder]

One with an unbroken seal should serve you well.

 

[rob1715]

The full synth API certified 0w20 on sale is the best.

 

[930.engineering]

Mobil 1™ ESP x2 0W-20

 

[blufeb95]

Supertech Synthetic, Farm Store House brand synthetics, whatever name brand is on clearance or has a rebate, just make sure it has enough oil in it.

 

[mahanddeem]

If I were you I'd be more concerned about keeping the CVT fluid/filters changed regularly and trying to take care of the CVT than what brand motor oil to use. I just changed the CVT fluid/filters in my Versa a couple months ago at 29993 miles and plan to do it again around 60K miles. The CVT seems to have been the weak point for Nissan for the past 20 or so years.

This man hits the point hard and bullseyes.
Use M1 EP 0w20 and Nissan OEM filter. And every 20k to 30k you need to have the CVT fluid changed. If they didn't change the CVT design much there may be an external fluid filter that needs to be changed too.

 

[FordMan59]

If they didn't change the CVT design much there may be an external fluid filter that needs to be changed too.

My '16 Versa has two filters, the standard screen type filter inside the pan and a cartridge filter located on the side of the transmission for the valve body. I changed both filters for a little extra security. When I spoke with the local Nissan dealer they said they didn't change filters just did a drain/fill on the fluid and called it good. Maybe that's part of the reason there are so many of these transmissions failing at low mileage.

 

[tyman]

Amsoil Signature or HPL

 

[Dennywires]

Hello. I have a new 2021 Nissan Altima with. 2.5l I4 engine.

What oil brand would you suggest in the 0w20 flavor? Don’t have any experience with Nissan vehicles. The car will be driven 108 miles round trip on the hwy 5 days a week. Thanks in advance.

Mobil 1, or Castrol be my top picks but nothing wrong with valvoline.. super tech or NAPA full syn

 

[Averroes]

Don't worry about the brand type since anything that you buy off the shelf is so close in performance to other brands (within the same category and weight) that the difference is minuscule. Again, compare withing weight and specifications.

I am currently on the M1 train. I would go with M1 EP. However Pennzoil is a good choice to as is Castrol or Valvoline. Oh, there's Supretech too.

 

[Kira]

Best of luck with your new car.
Keep records.
Actually, keep gas records too. It's SO EASY to do. People who claim, "I can't be bothered", really do not get it.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I have been using mostly Kirkland 0w20 in my friend's ex-Hertz '15 Altima. Almost 150K and doesn't use a drop.
I do 5K to 6K OCIs and change the XG7317 every 2nd or 3rd service.
MityVac makes the job a breeze.

And yes, service that CVT regularly. Enjoy your new Altima!

 

[mahanddeem]

These Nissan engines don't like uber extended OCIs btw. Manual suggests 7.5k for normal and 3.75k for severe conditions.