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For my upcoming oil change i was thinking of switching to Pennzoil Ultra, i still have 2 Nissan filters which i have been using with conventional oil, I called my Nissan dealership since I dont have a Infiniti in my area and they told me that you can use the Nissan filter with Full Synthetic, does this hold true or should i upgrade to another filter?
You don't necessarily need a special filter for synthetic oils. When it comes down to it, they're pretty much all made of similar filter-papery material.
Some people use Synthetic oil for extended oil change intervals -- the manufacturers of synthetic oils & filters claim their filters will last longer than conventional filters to keep up with the longer life of the oil. There's evidence that both supports and discredits that theory, so whether you believe that is up to you.
But whether that's true or not, if you are going with the standard oil change interval, there's probably no reason you can't use your oem filters.
I'm using OEM right now, but I use Purolator on my other car after i saw how well the air filters were built. They seem to be built much better than other aftermarket filters such as Fram.
I've always used the oem with dino or syn oil. From what I hear, the Nissan oil filter is pretty good for an oem.
Last I heard the Nissan filters ARE indeed re-badged fram filters.
The Nissan filters have cardboard endcaps and the only filter I know that uses that are Frams (and other Fram manufactured filters)
03-17-2010, 04:28 PM
