Nissan Primera P12 1.8 - Oil Change Intervals?

When we bought the Primera it went in for an oil change at the soonest available date, as the previous owner was open about the fact it only got an annual oil change despite traveling over 20,000 miles per year...  Lovely!

Anyway, the oil was changed and I reset and set the service reminder to appear after 4,800 miles, giving me 200 miles warning before hitting the 5k mark, which is as long as I let oil go before changing it.

The reminder hasn't come on yet but I am going to book it in when I get paid as I know it will come on any day now (currently around 4,700 miles since the last change) and would rather have it done too soon than too late. 

Out of curiosity though, how often do other owners of the 1.8 petrol Primera P12 get their oil changed and how often did Nissan recommend?

Wow, that's actually spot on what I would have hoped they would recommend.  Shows how tough the engine is though to have lasted 10 years with 20k oil changes!

Yeah it is turning out to be as durable as Ford's Zetec.  The only slight issue is that since the oil was changed 3 months/4,700 miles ago the level has gone down from the maximum mark to just below the minimum on the dipstick.  Not really surprising as such, but still a bit disappointing.

It isn't puffing any smoke though so I'm hoping with regular oil changes hereon in and just keeping an eye on it (and topping up when necessary) it will last a few more years.

Before Christmas it should hit the big 200,000 and I'd like to at least see 250,000 before it leaves the road!

Hello, I have a P12 1.8 and i am finding the oil usage fairly high. I check the oil every week out of habit but find that i have to put a half to full litre in every 2-3 weeks. There is no blue smoke coming out of the exhaust. I spoke to the garage who said that after a long journey it can use a topup. 

My qg engine has nearly covered 127k now,it has gone service to service without the need of topping up.