Oil change

Asked by Royal_3013 Jan 23, 2017 at 09:45 PM about the 2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I mistakenly had a regular oil change
and my handbook says to use
synthetic; should I have it flushed and
get an oils change with synthetic?  
Have I damaged it? It's a 2013 Nissan
Altima

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

(wouldn't worry about flushing the engine) is what tennisshoes is saying...

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Bob answered 7 years ago

I would just get it changed at the next scheduled maintenance interval. Nothing to worry about. You can go back and forth between regular and synthetic oil without issue.

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GuruT61WP answered 5 years ago

I have a 2016 miss a Altima 2.4, what kind of oil and what weight

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