So if you dont use the Oil at the dealer ship it voids warranty? Beats the whole point of enjoying your car if you cant work on it your self.

 

It's not a full synthetic oil, it has some molecules derived from a synthetic but it's considered regular oil, and even if you do use ester oil you would still need to change the oil at 3750 miles. I think some people miss understood what exactly ester oil is.

 

Soooooo NOT TRUE. Why would they void your warrenty if you didn't use ester makes no sense. RTFM (08) where it says you should use full synthetic 5w-30 oil. No where in the manual does it say ester is required. Long as you take good care of your care your warrenty will still be intacted.

 

I took mine in for and engine knock sound when in park and when in drive while I have my foot on the brake pedal. When I turn the car off and turn it back on the knocking goes away. The dealer said it was the belt tensioner??? So they replaced it and when I got home the sound was there still. I mentionedabout the ester oil and he said oh ya I think its required now on the 09's and its 100 dollars. I said well if its required on 09's my 08 has the same engine so is it required on mine too? He acted like he didnt have a clue. I only have 5K miles on the car and now they say I have to get 100 oil changes or else my engine will knock??? Is this Infiniti's standpoint anyone know?

 

well when they devoloped the new G37 they weren't using ester oil.
They just started recomending using ester oil about a year ago I believe.
Ester oil is a 5w-30 oil, it may be a better oil to use if your more aggresive driver but it's not necessary.

 

IMHO, if it makes y'all sleep better at night paying $90 for an oil change, then by all means, do it. I'm sure the dealership doesn't mind taking your money.

As for myself, I use regular dino oil (Castrol GTX) and SuperTech oil filters from WalMart every 3750 miles and call it a day. Never had any issues.

I change the oil myself at home. Takes about 20 minutes and costs me about $12.

I have more important things to worry about.

myke

 

I just fixed the rattle in the exhaust and the ticking sound from the heater core thingy, no one mentioned this to me at the dealer. (Riverside Infiniti) They were good! (by the way)

 

I call BS on that. It's only recommended, not required. If it's not stated in the manual, there's no way it should void your warranty.

 

Hey thanks for your inconsiderate comment.

Thanks Stanislav for standing up for me!

 

You're welcome.

Call me an as5, but I call it as I see it.

myke

 

IMHO if a dealer recommends something, I'm sure they aren't recommending it for their health, they have enough money I'm sure. If they recommend something and they have a good reason for it as to the knocking sound going away (by experience) and the car running better then I would take their recommendation. 90 bucks might be a lot to some people, but the way I look at it, if you can't afford 90 bucks every few months or more for most people, then why buy a 40k+ car? Anyone heard the saying of the more expensive car you buy, the higher the maintenance costs are? Well we have an Infiniti, we can't run on the KIA's maintenance costs. If that's the case just stick with a KIA and change your own oil and call it a day. Just my opinion, not trying to offend anyone. And No offense to KIA.

 

Soo not true. So your saying if a dealer quoted or raised their price for their oil change to say 150 to 200, you would do it. Plus if the car can run on 5w30 full synthetic without any problems why would you change it. Plus, you can buy your own ester oil instead of this $100 oil change.

Also, have you ever heard of trying to bait a customer in the business world. This means you try to say something that will catch the customers eyes weather it is true or false. Why, do you think they try to sell you the extented warrenty. It sounds hella good when they are explainning it to you but when you buy it you found it it isn't what you expected.

So unless it is required I personally do get jack crap from the dealer unless I really need it.

 

Ok your right about some of that. And full synthetic does not work as my first oil change through infiniti was synthetic, the knocking sound started to occur which I called and was questioning that sound and it was further looked into by my dealer and they discovered that G37's needed a "special" oil.

And I definitely agree with the bait the customer thing, this could be the case because their hourly rates are higher then somewhere like good year. My service manager seems to be very knowledgeable and since its my first Infiniti I just tend to take his advice, but I'm not easy to bait, but when it comes to the right oil, I might just listen, and being our cars are 40k+ 100 bucks for an oil change sounds just about what I was expecting to pay, but as you said, if you could get the same oil and change it your self then that indeed is the way to go to save some cash. Once again, I was not trying to make a conflict, was just MY opinion.

 

True yeah sorry if I came out kinda strong didn't mean to come out like that but the thing that gets me mad is how dealership (stealership) try to take advantage of people and make them buy something that isn't require. Then again in your case if you had knocking than yeah you might have to use ester oil to solve it but you can go right back to regular oil once it is solve and if it comes back than I guess you have to go back to ester.

 

Ok hold on, this is 90 bucks for just plain ester oil? or is it a synthetic? My dealership does an oil change for 40-50 bucks (I forget which...chime in any time Mike), and from what I've heard it's a bulk Ester oil (not sure if it's syn blend...there's a thread floating around here that has the answer to that question).