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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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Bringing Oil to Dealership for Oil Change

Can someone explain more about this? How much do I have to buy? And if buying synthetic, should I buy Mobil 1? I have a 2008 G35x.

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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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any 5w30 is fine. You need 5 qts.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Actually you'll need 6 quarts. The oil capacity is 5 1/8 quarts. Since you're under warranty, you should either stick with 5w-30 or 0w-30.

The better oils (per various websites) are:

1) Castrol Syntec 0w-30 (aka GC)
2) Amsoil SSO 0w-30
3) Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30

The oil that perform pretty very well but not in our viscosity range is:

1) Mobil1 0w-40

Mobil1 5w-30 hasn't performed that well in our engine.
 

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okay fine fine 6 qts...
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by geronimomoe
Actually you'll need 6 quarts. The oil capacity is 5 1/8 quarts. Since you're under warranty, you should either stick with 5w-30 or 0w-30.

The better oils (per various websites) are:

1) Castrol Syntec 0w-30 (aka GC)
2) Amsoil SSO 0w-30
3) Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30

The oil that perform pretty very well but not in our viscosity range is:

1) Mobil1 0w-40

Mobil1 5w-30 hasn't performed that well in our engine.
Where did you get this information from? Just wondering because I used Mobil1 5w-30 for my first oil change about a month ago.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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Where did you get this information from? Just wondering because I used Mobil1 5w-30 for my first oil change about a month ago.
Check out www.bobistheoilguy.com.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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+1 on this website. Lots of good information. Will be doing a used oil analysis just for kicks at about 30K to see how my internals are doing.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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if you bring the oil to the dealership for the oil change around how much should they be chargin to do it?
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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Whatever the labor rate is for an oil change. Asking is the best way to find out.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by geronimomoe
Actually you'll need 6 quarts. The oil capacity is 5 1/8 quarts. Since you're under warranty, you should either stick with 5w-30 or 0w-30.

The better oils (per various websites) are:

1) Castrol Syntec 0w-30 (aka GC)
2) Amsoil SSO 0w-30
3) Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30

The oil that perform pretty very well but not in our viscosity range is:

1) Mobil1 0w-40

Mobil1 5w-30 hasn't performed that well in our engine.
so I'm guessing Royal Purple is no good?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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Check out this forum and see examples of royal purple UOA's(Used oil analysis).
 
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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so I'm guessing Royal Purple is no good?
It isn't the greatest for our engine.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by narek330
if you bring the oil to the dealership for the oil change around how much should they be chargin to do it?
i think my dealer charged me like $30 to do it on my x
 
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