Haysey Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Every 5k for me, the car is a turbo, its old, every 5k oil change that costs $70 can maintain the engine and save me a $1500+ rebuild.... Oil is oil, your engine loves the fresh stuff, imagine it like this... Every 5k - a shower a day every10k - a shower every 2 days..... i dont wana smell Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2576629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanyou Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 yeap every 5k elf excellium & filter lol Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2576677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigor Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 The manual says 5000k's for a turbo's oil change and 10000k's for oil filters. Totally insane to run new oil through a 5000k old filter that costs all of $10.00?????? No matter what, I never go near 5000k's, always less, and I do filters at 2500k's max with a top up to bring the dipstick level correct. Anyone going to 10k's is just begging for lash adjuster problems. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2576962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modena Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 The manual says 5000k's for a turbo's oil change and 10000k's for oil filters. Totally insane to run new oil through a 5000k old filter that costs all of $10.00?????? No matter what, I never go near 5000k's, always less, and I do filters at 2500k's max with a top up to bring the dipstick level correct. Anyone going to 10k's is just begging for lash adjuster problems. Yikes, Im waiting for a new slogan: 5000 Kms is too much!!! Change at 1000 Km!!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2577457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeng Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 as most will say...if u use 300V or Redline and drive it normally then 10k+ is ok. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2577577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pal Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 oil every 5 thou and filter every 10 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2577758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTR Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 With the cost of filters, and the ease of changing one with a filter remount setup, filter every 2000km, oil 5000km Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2581619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adviceseeker Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 With the cost of filters, and the ease of changing one with a filter remount setup, filter every 2000km, oil 5000km How much will a filter remount setup cost and are they easy to instal Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2581666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busky2k Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Why change the filter at 2,000km. If it really is full of junk at that stage, your engine has serious issues. Good quality filters are good for 10,000km. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2581710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigor Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Why change the filter at 2,000km. If it really is full of junk at that stage, your engine has serious issues. Good quality filters are good for 10,000km. Because I'm an old fart, been there done that etc. I also know that with a blocked filter and even on cold start up, your system will run on by-pass quite happily re-circulating all the crap. I advise anyone with the 10K filter mindset to cut up the occassional filter. The cheapest insurance you'll ever get is a $10 oil filter. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2581957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busky2k Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Well I'm not here to tell people what to do but I reckon 2,000km changes is overkill! Yes a filter will go into bypass if its full of junk but as I mentioned, unless the engine has issues, a filter should not be full by 2,000km. Even then if the filter is plugged, by cutting it up you can't see anything anyway. Also when a filter goes into bypass, the debris is embedded into the media (unless you got chunks of metal!) so it shouldn't be going anywhere. Sorta like dipping a dirty shirt in a bucket of water.. the dirt just doesnt 'wash off' sorta thing. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2582319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeng Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 yeah Busky2k is correct. 2k is actually worse than 10k...it wont start working for a while and not filter stuff properly as its being bypassed. there is a lot of technical threads about how the filter works and why longer is better than shorter. As for the whole 5k OCI...if u use a 300V or Redline ester based oil...again ur not letting the adatives do their thing...and hence just wasting valuable money. if ur gonna do it 5k under normal driving conditions just use a cheep oil. Myth Busters needs a call on these..useing 10k OCIs on my car with redline, you should see how clean it is...no crud at all. read this great info from BITG. http://www.shoclub.com/lubrication-oil/lub...on-oilpart4.htm Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2582321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Links Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 every ~5,000 or 6 months.. depending how i've been driving.. I only do 10k km's a year.. so it's easy!!.. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2583152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUNR34 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Cheers for the feedback guys, seems to me a majority of you guys change it at 5000km due to "better safe then sorry" saying. I guess Ill probably change it at 10000km and then 5000 and see how it goes since theres no hardcore evidance that you need to change it every 5000. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2583594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeng Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 every ~5,000 or 6 months.. depending how i've been driving.. I only do 10k km's a year.. so it's easy!!.. there is more hardcore evidence that 10k + OCIs with good oil and a good filter is better than 5k...if ur concerned do a UOA on your oil and see how its going and dont guess.... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2584113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhead Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 (edited) Who's got the best price for Motul 300V in Melbourne ???? How much will I need for an oil change ???? Edited November 2, 2006 by rickhead Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2637223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Red33 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Is the Motul & Redline stuff really that good that you can get double the kays of other brands??? Seems a little optimistic to me. I may have to try it out just to see. Think I'll be going a K&N filter if I do it though, not overly happy with the standard nissan filter. Started having major lifter rattle 1 day for several minutes after start up, was never a problem with the ryco's like that. Car's only done 4000 kays on the filter & oil (Elf Excellium 5W-50) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2637467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerlinTheHapyPig Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 fully synthetic oils these days last much longer than mineral or semi synth oils. I don't recommend it, but you can probably leave it longer than 10,000 and still be protecting your engine properly. I change my oil every 4,000kms or 6 months in a car that sees mostly track work these days. I also use genuine nissan oil filters, they are like $12-13 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2637482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATR32 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 i do the 5000k change too, oil filter at the same time. the ol laser on the other hand used to change its own oil every 1000ks, all i had to do is top it up! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2639200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverECR33 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 u shouldnt expect that when u first imported it, it was fresh oil either. when i got mine i changed the oil first thing, before i started using it. but yea i have to agree with most, depends how u drive it, or how much u care about ur engines wear and tear. i change mine every 2-4k and i drive it easy. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/138109-oil-change-at-5000km/page/2/#findComment-2640012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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