Well my car has exactly 1,500 miles on the odometer. I decided to drain out the factory oil and change the oem oil filter....

New Products:

• Castrol Syntec 5w-30...purchased at Wal-mart for $20

• Mobil 1 oil filter...purchased at Autozone for $10

Pics of my car





With 20% Tint






New Products:







It took me close to 2 hours. I know thats long but this was the first oil change I've ever done on my 350z.

The bottom plastic panel was in my way as I reached for the oil filter, so I took off about 6-7 screws just enough to bend it to access the oil filter. The oil filter was on there pretty tight but I managed to get it off with the oil filter remover thing....

EDIT:
TOOLS: 9/16 socket for the bolt in the oil pan, and 10mm socket to remove the screws in the plastic panel to access the oil filter (again I only removed like 6-7 screws)

The factory oil looked dirty with only 1,500 miles on my car. Just to let you know, I haven't tracked or redlined my car yet, maybe took it to 5rpm at max...

Dirty factory oil:




In the end I wrapped everything up and took it for a test drive. Honestly, I didn't notice anything different. But that wasn't the reason I put synthetic oil in my car, I just wanted the peace of mind that I'm running cleaner oil and not that factory **** oil.

I plan on running this Castrol syntec 5w-30 until I reach 5,000miles. From there on, I guess I will change my oil every 5,000 miles.

 

Damn that's dirty at 1500.

Just hit 1600 miles on my g, and maybe i should do oil change/

 

I changed my oil at the dealer when I hit 500 miles. I read somewhere that it's a good idea to change it in the first 500 miles to get rid of all the metal pieces that get accumulated during the break-in process.

 

I changed mine at about 935 miles and it was not that dirty. I romped on mine during the first 50-935 miles.

 

damn....I'm about to hit 1500. Should I take it in even though its recommended at 3000 miles?

 

Just do it at home like I did. Its not hard at all, just be careful when jacking up the car and USE JACKSTANDS!! OR ATLEAST WOOD UNDER THE TIRE!!


How much does the dealer charge for an oil & oil filter change???

 

I just changed the oil in my 07 at 3000 miles to Mobile 1 full synthetic. It's good to see others putting synthetic in their HRs

 

I think I read somewhere that it isn't good for this car. I'll be in for my first change right away and would like to know what is best.

 

i put syn after 10000 miles I hear that the engine still break in up to 8000 miles ,but maybe I am grong .you need to let the parts set in properly before put syn oil.Thats what I hear.if you are going to use castorl use german castrol only in Autozone.

 

crap, i need to change my oil lol, That **** is straight dirty,

car is looking good

 

why didnt you buy an oil drain for $10

 

Damn you changed your oil @ 1,500 miles....i changed mine @ 4k miles

 

Changed my oil at 1251. After hours of research on many different sites, it came down to preference. Some people say to wait until the break in, others say just to do it right away. Some people say that with new engines now a days, the break in is not the same. I just decided to go with what I thought was best. Since changing to synthetic, I have noticed better engine response but that's about it. I plan on doing an oil analysis to see how things fair as my engine accumulates more miles.

 

You guys are trippin for no reason, if you want to put fully synthetic oil in your engine, THEN DO IT! IT'S NOT GONNA KILL YOU OR YOUR CAR!...ignore what some jackass tells you over the internet....geeeze

And about the german castrol that was discussed above....I think it's available only in 0w-30 <==== TOO THIN BUDDY!

I live in a hot climate (HOUSTON) and putting thinner oil than recomended is dumb*** idea. If I were to put a different viscosity oil, I might have went with Mobil 1 0w-40.

 

Way too early for synthetic oil guys..Your pistons will take so much longer to seat properly and get better compression and more power !!
Hughie

 

 

Is it BS? I've heard it before, but I've also heard that after 600 miles everything should already be settled and the extra 600 miles is just to cover their asses. I'm going for OIL change #2 Friday I'm going full synthetic.

 

Well, I got German castrol for the winter months, but rigth now I am using Amsoil 0w-w40 I love it.

 

Yes.

 

This may be biased... But here you go:

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ics/Myths.aspx