Just get a gallon of full synthetic oil and you will be fine...oil is oil everyone will tell you there brand is best but there is no way to prove it. I use Mobile 1 5w 30 because it has a good rep with many people. As far as a filter goes always always always get a n OEM filter...they are generaly cheaper and it's made in Japan so it's of high quality. I paid $7 for a filter at my local dealership just to give you an idea.

Oakley wrote:

I think a little bit more than 4 quarts is what you'll need (2.5 liter engines usually require 4.1 quarts). It's in your owner's manual and the capacity should be written somewhere on or near the oil cap underneath your car.

I personally use Q HorsePower full synthetic with a Mobil 1 Extended Performance filter. Unleashes all the horsies, really.

i just changed my oil with Q horsepower full synthetic and a K&N performance oil filter, idk if you felt the exhaust note get a little louder. My car sounds very nice with stock exhaust, its deep and it rumbles. This oil is great!

Nismo_Lude wrote:

5 1/8 quarts for the 07-08 2.5.

MR20de's take 4 quarts. Older altimas/sentras 2.5 take 4.5

please dont give out wrong information...


4qts start the car then after a few mins check it and bring it up to level.

SE-REN wrote:

Mine Took 5 Quarts, It Was A Little Too Much But After I Started The Engine It Was All Perfect.

did you check it afterwards? i bet it was high...

SE-REN wrote:

Oakley wrote:

I think a little bit more than 4 quarts is what you'll need (2.5 liter engines usually require 4.1 quarts). It's in your owner's manual and the capacity should be written somewhere on or near the oil cap underneath your car.

I personally use Q HorsePower full synthetic with a Mobil 1 Extended Performance filter. Unleashes all the horsies, really.

i just changed my oil with Q horsepower full synthetic and a K&N performance oil filter, idk if you felt the exhaust note get a little louder. My car sounds very nice with stock exhaust, its deep and it rumbles. This oil is great!

usually motor oil has no effect on how your exhaust sounds.....i am assuming your muffler, resonators are breaking in which would cause it to get louder.

I doubt that either of those components would be breaking on an almost brand-new car.

jc723 wrote:

Nismo_Lude wrote:

5 1/8 quarts for the 07-08 2.5.

MR20de's take 4 quarts. Older altimas/sentras 2.5 take 4.5

please dont give out wrong information...


4qts start the car then after a few mins check it and bring it up to level.

1. The information is in the Service Manual

http://myspecv.com/f/t163137-b16-2007-q … tions.html


2. I'm a Nissan Tech, I think I know how much oil every Nissan takes.

No wonder people complain about oil consumption in the 2.5, it's not the piston rings, you don't put enough oil in it!

Last edited by Nismo_Lude (2008-08-22 20:00:19)

Nismo_Lude wrote:

jc723 wrote:

Nismo_Lude wrote:

5 1/8 quarts for the 07-08 2.5.

MR20de's take 4 quarts. Older altimas/sentras 2.5 take 4.5

please dont give out wrong information...


4qts start the car then after a few mins check it and bring it up to level.

1. The information is in the Service Manual

http://myspecv.com/f/t163137-b16-2007-q … tions.html


2. I'm a Nissan Tech, I think I know how much oil every Nissan takes.

No wonder people complain about oil consumption in the 2.5, it's not the piston rings, you don't put enough oil in it!

well then everyones 2.5s have different oil pans..  and also different manuals... mine says 4.3 (4 1/2 US qt, 3 3/4 Imp qt)


leave the manual aside.. ive done mine 3 times. starting with 4 qts then starting the car and addin a lilttle less than half a qt. the level is right at the top of the upper hole in the dip stick

Last edited by jc723 (2008-08-22 22:51:20)

your mom has a different oil pan...

*Backs away slowly*

Scottyboi wrote:

Nismo_Lude wrote:

2. I'm a Nissan Tech, I think I know how much oil every Nissan takes.

No wonder people complain about oil consumption in the 2.5, it's not the piston rings, you don't put enough oil in it!

Now you know not to listen to this guy. Nissan tech's do nothing right. exept add all the money you owe them.

Not true... although his statement was pretty cocky

now this got me thinking...

why does the 1st manual that was available says 4.1/2 and the one that was link here says 5. something..

it even takes less than 4.1/2..


question for the Nissan Tech..  whats your procedure on cheking the right level?


my way is to drain the oil. put new filter. add 4 qts. turn engine on for 1-2 mins. turn it off and wait about 5-10 mins then check the level and add if needed.

i have tried to just add the 4.5 at first and it was to much it passed the upper hole on the dip stick now i can imagine how high it would be with 5 qts and more...


so why nissan says 5qts?  it can only be 2 things. either they put a wrong dip stcik on our cars or their manuals are wrong....

ok yes we are talking about the b16... 07 sentra specv

on my first oil change i used fram ph6607



it was about the same size as the stock one...


after that i started using mobil1's M1-108 which is was a lil smaller than the fram. it did made a difference on the oil capacity but very minimal .


now the difference we are talking here its about a full 1 qt. and you cant squeze a whole qt even in the fram's 7317 that is used on the older nissans 2.5..


thats the probelm with dealers and shops using the gun system. at the end you dont even know if its the right level or not.. we always get cars from jeffylube and dealers with overfilled engines...


still something its wrong.. either the manual or the dip stick..


anyone else want to tell us how many qts did you use on your last change?

Last edited by jc723 (2008-08-25 21:58:35)

faqdavid wrote:

well i work at the TLE at wal-mart and most all the qr25 take 4.5 qt.  ...... that what our system say.
By the way i also ask a  nissan tech when i did my first oil change and he said that all qr25 take 4.5 qt.

2002-2006 qr's do take 4.5. Even the VQ maxima/altima/murano  take 4.5 qts.

From 2007+, the altimas with the same 2.5 take 4 7/8. According to the manual. The only "New" car/engine to still take 4.5qts is the VQ altimas and the maximas.

The Muranos have also moved up to 4 7/8qts.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the newer altimas have a slightly different oil pan, I'll have to look at them tomorrow. But it still wouldn't make a difference in the SER Spec V.

jc723 wrote:

i tell you whatt.. next time you do a b16 oil change.. check the level... it doesnt take more than a minute... and then come and let us know how was the level after the 5+qts... yeah?

b16 or b16 ser spec V? lol. Whenever one comes in I'll let you know for sure. The 2.0 is the most common sentra that we get. So far there is only 1 guy with an 07 SER that comes in, and myself and another tech own the other 2 Specs that come in.

I buy the big 5 quart jugs when I do my oil changes. I use about 4.5 to 4.75 quarts. I have never used the entire jug before and my oil level is in the middle of the min and max.

I did a LOF on one today. 45 minutes later and one pissed off customer, 4.8 quarts filled it slightly above the full mark. So I guess 4.7-4.8 qts would be right, that's exactly what the 2.5 altimas and rogues take.