Actually the oil change at my dealership for my Z was pretty reasonable. It was only $21.00. While in contrast, going to Jiffy Lube in my 91 240sx, an oil change routinely cost me $24 dollars and up. Needless to say since I found out the dealership is pretty reasonable Im never going back to Jiffy Lube. I would change it myself but im too lazy. One more reason I chose the dealership is because im sure they use Nissan oil filters as oppose to another brand. This probably has no bearing on the quality of the oil change at all, however it gives me piece of mind knowing that Nissan did my oil change using Nissan parts.

 

Have the dealer do the change, the price is reasonable the techs are better educated, if anything goes wrong with the car you'll have a better results with the dealer than a Jiffy lube, and going w/ Nissan parts is also a safer bet.


The Z needs to have the ground cover removed for an oil change I can image someone at Jiffy Lube losing your bolts or something else equally bad.

Cheers,
Ed

 

I will be taking my Z to Walmart for its oil change every 3000.I think it's only about $12. In my opinion this makes a lot more sense than going to the dealer. I previously had a maintenance agreement when I bought a 200SX SER and found it a real pain in the ass to make an appointment at the dealer just to get an oil change. Even with an appointment it almost always took over an hour if not more.
Some people like to use expensive synthetics but I think its better for the car to change your oil more often before it even has a chance to get dirty.As long as the oil is SAE certified it should be fine especially if you change it long before its even close to breaking down. Expensive synthetics let you go longer between changes
and may cost about the same in the long run but your driving around longer with dirty oil. Don't know but doubt the lubricating ability of synthetic is any better than always having fresh mineral. Just my opinion but I'd like to hear other peoples opinions on this matter.

 

I would think one of the most important questions on letting Joe's Lube shop change the oil is what kind of oil filter are they going to put in. The Z oil filter has a builtin check valve and not sure if any after market oil filters would have this. The dealer I purchased my Z from only uses Pennzoil Synthetic oil.

 

Thank you everyone ! N/M

N/M

 

Re: Thank you everyone ! N/M

don't go to walmart, they use inferior fram filters. You guys probably have that extremely small oil filter as my frontier has (and maxima too). You want to use as high a quality filter as you can. My frontier must have had its oil changed by a gorilla or something before I bought it. Every **** bolt that holds the skidplate on (you have to take it off to change the oil) was stripped out. I will always change my own oil as long as its convenient. You won't save much money, but it gives you a sense of satisfaction, knowing the job was done right. Getting rid of oil shouldn't be too hard, especially if you live next to any large bodies of water! (ok I am just kidding, never dump your oil in anything but an oil recyle bin!!!)

 

Re: courtesyparts.com

has Nissan oil filters for $5 each. Really quite reasonable. Even more so if they do in fact have an anti-backflow valve. No disrespect meant to the fine employees of the quick-lube places but...remember, this is an entry level job and they're not called "quick" lubes for nuthin'.

 

Did you say walmart?!!

Never Ever take a Z to a jiffylube or walmart . Always use nissans oil filters. Synthetic oil is advisable, Did you know that Synthetic will lubricate your engine at startup, before oil pressure is present. 90% of engine wear happens at startup.Synthetic stays where fossil oils runoff. If that engine were to run all the time it would take much longer to wear out. Man !!! I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.