SOLO-350Z

iTrader: (26)

I put Amsoil in my Diff at 3k of miles, now have 18k on the car with about 5 track events since and many autox's. Wonder if I should swap it out....even though Amsoil says nah...

Tac-M

iTrader: (17)

^ do you ever get a "stinky diff" ?

i did... so now i run 75w140 and a nismo cover...

if i didn't have a carbon clutch diff, i would do 15k or so before changes.

quietkilla6

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could you describe what a stinky diff smells like? is it sorta a burning chemicle smell? i have a feeling i need to change mine. Im getting a strange smell from my car after driving and i cannot tell where its from.

plumpzz

iTrader: (10)

It smells like vag when you change the oil

zand02max

iTrader: (22)

its retarded, retart! LOL!

Tac-M

iTrader: (17)

first, this would probably not happen on the street. on the track, high cornering g's and massive strain on the diff make the fluid boil out of a breather hole in the pumpkin. smells horrible !



( i hope i never smell a vag like that )

quietkilla6

iTrader: (1)

living in az and the summer is HOT is it possible that could cause such heat? I also drive alot of miles daily and havent changed my diff since i bought the car at 42000 miles and i just hit 81000.

plumpzz

iTrader: (10)

haha i mean it smells like stinky vag.

I plan on getting the carbonetic diff. I will have a nismo finned cooler on it, but hwo knows how effective that is. I was wondering if the overheating is a carbonetic issue or a standard issue with all diffs..

Tac-M

iTrader: (17)

all diffs .... nismo cover helps, 75w140 helps more

3hree5ive0ero

iTrader: (95)

Ester is a substituent on a compound, which has an oxygen molecule bonded to a carbon as a ketone immediately adjacent to another oxygen that is bonded to -R (usually shown as RCOOR). Without going into bunch of useless, technical crap, this changes the chemical properties of a molecule due to the O's not having H's.

I'm assuming that this isn't a necessity and only is the latest technology pushed upon the consumers for greater profit, but I could be wrong.

yoshe77

i tried that all the dealers say they dont have enough of the oil to sell by the case. if i could get a case i would change it myself.

zeruck

OP you can buy motul oil easy enough. 300v and 8100 are both 100% synthetic ester based.

3-fifty-WeEe

some synthetic will do you fine. its just hype

SOLO-350Z

iTrader: (26)

Well I usually don't smell my diff unless I drain the fluid. I haven't drained it since or check it since then. But I know on my truck the Amsoil stuff never really stunk when I drained it like the factory fluid did.

SOLO-350Z

iTrader: (26)

Actually some synthetics are causing issues with the G37 and 370z because of the Ester requirement. They switch back to Nissan Oil and it works fine then.

yoshe77

i going to use the ester oil for now because the 370 is new to the market.i got the 100 for the oil change but i dont have the thousands for a new motor.

firekrave

I found this:

http://www.google.com/search?source=...=Google+Search

When google gives you an error change 350 to 370

firekrave

Oi!! forget it, there is an article on 370z that explains everything pretty well. on Page 3 of 4 it clears things up.

Beyondextreme

my wife has a 07 benz b200 turbo and it costs 300 for a change (25k miles) it only takes 1L of oil!

Tac-M

iTrader: (17)

^ in us, we call that a golf-cart