I have bougth altima 2004, Nissan recomends mineral oil can use synthetic oil

Asked by habala2473 Apr 23, 2017 at 06:01 PM about the 2004 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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Kelly answered 6 years ago

Run the synthetic oil, I would be very suprised if any real Nissan engineer would make such a statement. On the otherhand car dealerships, mechanics, and customer care lines are notoriously brainless with repect to oil. its a better oil..

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Tom answered 6 years ago

That's a new one ... ain't never heard what happens to mineral oil at over 200F

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