Hi Scotty,
I bought a new Frontier last year and coming up on 1 yr, but I am still at first 2500 miles of the break-in period because of reduced driving with the given global situation. The door jam tag shows a manufacture date of 9/2019. The manual says to change the oil at 5k. I have watched your videos about changing oil and atf once a year, even if we don't drive that much.
I have not found Nissan break-in oil that I can purchase online. I was thinking about changing the oil with Royal Purple's break-in oil for the remainder of 2500 break-in miles, and get Nissan atf for the tranny. Also, I don't know if the tranny has a break-in grade ATF or is it just regular ATF.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you in advance.
Transmission fluid doesn’t need to be changed yearly, only engine oil every 5000 miles or once a year, whatever comes first. I suggest doing a full tranny fluid exchange and filter every 40,000 miles.
Scotty never said change ATF every year. Just engine oil. Do the ATF when the owner's manual specifies.
I wouldn't use any fancy fluids during the break-in. It's a waste of money. Just whatever the manual recommends.
I would not use any sort of break in oils. If that was necessary the manufacturer would put it in from the plant. And oil changes are a time or mileage recommendation and your already over by time I would say just change it and wait until around 30k miles to do the transmission fluid
