Oil Change - 6 months and only 3300kms
06-03-2003, 01:29 PM
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Oil Change - 6 months and only 3300kms
The girl who answered the phone at the dealer tells me to change the oil at 6000km or 6 months which ever comes first.
I presently have 3300km and have had the car since Jan 8th 2003... alittle over 6 months.
I have read in this forum not to change the oil before 7500 miles ( 12 000 km) because the TL has special break in oil and if you remove it before 7500 miles your not letting the engine breakin properly???
I have had the car 6 months.....
what would you do in my shoes?
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I presently have 3300km and have had the car since Jan 8th 2003... alittle over 6 months.
I have read in this forum not to change the oil before 7500 miles ( 12 000 km) because the TL has special break in oil and if you remove it before 7500 miles your not letting the engine breakin properly???
I have had the car 6 months.....
what would you do in my shoes?
Thx
06-03-2003, 02:23 PM
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I changed my oil at 2k 4k 6k 8k(changed to syn) then ever 4 from then on.....
You engine loses small particals and i think can damage the car in the long run... Put your oil through a strainer and see what particles are left. The faster they come out of the car the better it is for the engine...
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You engine loses small particals and i think can damage the car in the long run... Put your oil through a strainer and see what particles are left. The faster they come out of the car the better it is for the engine...
My .02
06-03-2003, 03:24 PM
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Thanks Mr for your .02c
Black TL....low mileage because I work 10km from home.
Weekends we head up to cottage country and take the SUV.
I love my Tls .....scary but it has popped up in my dreams!
Hey, untill Jan 8th 2003, I was driving an american 92 white rusted out 4 dr sedan ....a Lumina!!!!!!
As that cliche of a saying goes "You've come a long way baby"
Black TL....low mileage because I work 10km from home.
Weekends we head up to cottage country and take the SUV.
I love my Tls .....scary but it has popped up in my dreams!
Hey, untill Jan 8th 2003, I was driving an american 92 white rusted out 4 dr sedan ....a Lumina!!!!!!
As that cliche of a saying goes "You've come a long way baby"
06-03-2003, 10:20 PM
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Sundance1...
Don't feel bad for the low mileage. You're gonna laugh, but I got my car exactly 1 year and 1 week ago and I'm only at 3,000 miles. Why? I work in the city (Manhattan) and take the subway, back & forth Monday thru Friday. On the weekends, sometimes I'll go out, but if I know in advance that I'm going to a "bad" neighborhood, I'll take my '96 Maxima. If I know I'm gonna have to park on a municipal parking lot where people have little regards for personal property (car), then I'll take either my father's Durango or the Maxima, whichever is on the garage. I know, I'm being a bit paranoid, but I can't help it. I really like my car and that's the only excuse I got (I don't know whether to be
or 
that my TL-S got such a hold over me...).
P.S. - I have not changed the oil yet, as I'm waiting to get to 4,000 miles, as this is what the dealer / sales rep. told me to do when I got the car last year.
Don't feel bad for the low mileage. You're gonna laugh, but I got my car exactly 1 year and 1 week ago and I'm only at 3,000 miles. Why? I work in the city (Manhattan) and take the subway, back & forth Monday thru Friday. On the weekends, sometimes I'll go out, but if I know in advance that I'm going to a "bad" neighborhood, I'll take my '96 Maxima. If I know I'm gonna have to park on a municipal parking lot where people have little regards for personal property (car), then I'll take either my father's Durango or the Maxima, whichever is on the garage. I know, I'm being a bit paranoid, but I can't help it. I really like my car and that's the only excuse I got (I don't know whether to be
or that my TL-S got such a hold over me...).P.S. - I have not changed the oil yet, as I'm waiting to get to 4,000 miles, as this is what the dealer / sales rep. told me to do when I got the car last year.
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