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Hi, I put a good bit of miles on my car, about 2000-2500 per month and I am looking for a good recommendation on oil. I've been taking it in for service at Walmart every 3000-4000 miles (owners manual calls for 3,750 miles). They have been putting in conventional 5W30 (per owners manual) and a FRAM filter.
I'd like to start doing these changes myself with a better oil and a better filter (thinking of WIX).
In trying to share as much information as per the sticky in this topic:
1. 2010 Nissan Altima 4cyl
2. What your owner's manual says -- API SAE 5W30, every 3,750 miles
3. Northern Arizona (pine trees and snow), gets down to the single digits and sometimes lower in the winter. Gets up to 90 or so in the summer, I make frequent trips to Phoenix where it can get in excess of 120. Most, but not all, of my Phoenix trips are in the winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) - I think I drive fairly easy, but maybe hard at times. Fast on highway.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?) - Long trips to work (55 miles each way) M-F. Almost all highway, speeds of 65-80 MPH.
6. Whether your car has any known problems - No known problems, has been running great.
I'd like to extend the life of my engine and hope for improved gas mileage. I'd like to not have to change the oil every 45 days. If possible, I'd like to change the oil and filter only twice a year to save time, money, and reduce oil usage. I don't mind paying a higher price for the oil.
I am thinking of AMSOil, but was wondering if the Rotella's would work, or if Mobile 1 or Penzoil Platinum would be a better fit.
Also, with the extended drain interval, would I also be able to keep the same filter until the next oil change?
Thanks.
I'd like to start doing these changes myself with a better oil and a better filter (thinking of WIX).
In trying to share as much information as per the sticky in this topic:
1. 2010 Nissan Altima 4cyl
2. What your owner's manual says -- API SAE 5W30, every 3,750 miles
3. Northern Arizona (pine trees and snow), gets down to the single digits and sometimes lower in the winter. Gets up to 90 or so in the summer, I make frequent trips to Phoenix where it can get in excess of 120. Most, but not all, of my Phoenix trips are in the winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) - I think I drive fairly easy, but maybe hard at times. Fast on highway.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?) - Long trips to work (55 miles each way) M-F. Almost all highway, speeds of 65-80 MPH.
6. Whether your car has any known problems - No known problems, has been running great.
I'd like to extend the life of my engine and hope for improved gas mileage. I'd like to not have to change the oil every 45 days. If possible, I'd like to change the oil and filter only twice a year to save time, money, and reduce oil usage. I don't mind paying a higher price for the oil.
I am thinking of AMSOil, but was wondering if the Rotella's would work, or if Mobile 1 or Penzoil Platinum would be a better fit.
Also, with the extended drain interval, would I also be able to keep the same filter until the next oil change?
Thanks.