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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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How many miles with conventional oil should I put my new (399 miles) 05 Z before switching to Synthetic.
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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asap, royal purple
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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Actually I thought I read somewhere either on this forum or .....wherevere it was it said that we should not use synthetic oil. But who listens to that. I have always used Mobil 1 and will probably be switching to that when I get my first oil change.
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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Nissan told me to switch over to synthetic only after 10k miles. I use Mobil 1, they actually recommend it, but I've always used it in my other cars anyways.
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jcwish
How many miles with conventional oil should I put my new (399 miles) 05 Z before switching to Synthetic.
after 15000miles
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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Why wait?
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Conventional oil, I'd say after 2,000 mi's to be safe (basically next oil change). I've used castrol syntech since I've got it. change every 7,000 mi's. Has worked fine for me so far.

Won't hurt to change it asap.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:59 AM
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gosh u can use conventional oil for as long as you want to. but what i did was switch at 9k....
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:09 AM
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im switching my new o6 to synthetic around 8-10,000
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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I've always used Mobile 1
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:16 AM
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Since 3K Miles
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:17 AM
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I did it at 12k to Amsoil, so far so good
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:48 AM
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I use ELF synthetic
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 06:20 AM
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I did mine w/ Mobil 1 after first oil change at 1200 mile break in. 27,000miles now, no problems.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 06:26 AM
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Castrol Synthetic since I bought it-10,000 miles
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 06:38 AM
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changed to synth arounf 7500
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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My first oil change on my '06 (3100 miles) was Royal Purple.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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When I got my Z and researched it, I was instructed to switch over to synthetic at the second oil change.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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Changed to Mobile 1 at the first oil change (3000mi).
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 07:57 AM
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Changed to Mobile 1 at the first oil change (2000 mi).
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