My First Oil Change

mileage = 72948mi

It took me awhile to complete my first oil change, but most of the time was waiting for the oil to drain. After about an hour, there were still some drops coming down slowly. The biggest pain is the splash guard that covers the oil filter. I had to bend it back to get my torque wrench with the oil filter attachment on the filter.

I tried to torque the oil filter to 11ft/lbs like the manual specified but the filter was a little slick and kept sliding off the filter wrench. It was already pretty tight and there wasn't any clicking so I just stopped. So far there are no leaks though. By the way, the oil filter from Nissan specifies 15ft/lbs of torque, which contradicts the user's manual, but I couldn't even get 10ft/lbs torqued. Even the drain plug is specified for 22ft/lbs, but I couldn't get 10ft/lbs. It seemed really tight already, so again I didn't push it.

The hardest part about doing the oil change, besides the oil filter, was the stupid dipstick. It's pretty difficult to read, but I think I have the right amount of Mobil 1 Synthetic in it.