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6 quarts of 0-30w "Eurpoean Formula" and a m1 filter for $70.00, really after tax i got a even number (Autozone)
Is there another store that might carry a 5qt bottle or something? $8.49 per qt sucks.... maybe i have been to spoiled with buying a 5qt of m1 5-30 for $22 at wallyworld?
Is there another store that might carry a 5qt bottle or something? $8.49 per qt sucks.... maybe i have been to spoiled with buying a 5qt of m1 5-30 for $22 at wallyworld?
why 6qts? isnt it only five? im about to change the oil on it for the first time since ive had the car about a month now
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haha, i feel ya there. it is brutal paying $60 an oil change. i couldnt find it any cheaper or anywhere else for that matter. Im using only the nissan oil filter on it though, from what ive heard from asking around its the best one for it. something or another with a bypass valve or something in it cant remember exactly. if it helps at all autozone gives a 10% discount to military
why 6qts? isnt it only five? im about to change the oil on it for the first time since ive had the car about a month now
why 6qts? isnt it only five? im about to change the oil on it for the first time since ive had the car about a month now
#1106
I went with the german made Castrol "black edge" 0w-30 and M-108 Filter from Mobil One.
Other than noticing the oil pressure was a tad higher at idle and WOT I havent noticed a huge difference... But, I just bought this Z and the previous owner was using mobil 1 Race oil 0w-30.
http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ing_0W-30.aspx
It says not for street use.. but it looked nearly brand new at 3500 miles and there was no metal in the pan or filter.. Does anyone know of any side effects of using that oil on the street?
Other than noticing the oil pressure was a tad higher at idle and WOT I havent noticed a huge difference... But, I just bought this Z and the previous owner was using mobil 1 Race oil 0w-30.
http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ing_0W-30.aspx
It says not for street use.. but it looked nearly brand new at 3500 miles and there was no metal in the pan or filter.. Does anyone know of any side effects of using that oil on the street?
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I've finally got around to updating the UOA comparison chart with all the new UOA's collected since the last time I did this. I've also started on updating the first page of info. I should have some new stuff posted in a week when I finish the write-up.
Will
More work stuff came up and I have had to travel a lot. I have the new comparison chart done, but am not finished with the new write-up. Hopefully I can find some time to finish this soon.
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More work stuff came up and I have had to travel a lot. I have the new comparison chart done, but am not finished with the new write-up. Hopefully I can find some time to finish this soon.
#1110
I haven't been on this forum in about 9 months. Maybe longer. I haven't processed any UOA's since then either. My old computer's HD died and I didn't have the latest UOA stuff backed up, so it's gone. Thankfully, my work (the important stuff) was backed up and my business has only grown and become busier. Hence, no time for forums or UOA analysis. Formulations change so quick, I don't have time to give to this hobby any more.
If anything, hopefully some people have learned not to believe advertising hype and see that there are a lot of great oils and very little statistical difference between them when UOAs are compared. The biggest outliers came from people running oils designed for racing use on the street. A UOA is especially (and primarily) useful for determining a good oil chnage interval with the particular oil a person runs.
Will
If anything, hopefully some people have learned not to believe advertising hype and see that there are a lot of great oils and very little statistical difference between them when UOAs are compared. The biggest outliers came from people running oils designed for racing use on the street. A UOA is especially (and primarily) useful for determining a good oil chnage interval with the particular oil a person runs.
Will
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Well, as I mentioned before, my Mac's HD died and a lot of my automotive hobby stuff was lost and I also became extremely busy with work & family. Things have settled down a bit and taking a look at this old thread, I decided to check my photobucket account. I haven't used it in about a year or so, and as it turns out, I had a lot of my oil images stored there. So, I updated the first page of the thread with lots of new images, including one of the last oil comparison charts I made. Enjoy!
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Sheesh.... I go to a very reputable Nissan dealer in Thousand Oaks CA, they charge me $34 for an oil change and according to them they use Mobil 1 5w30 conventional. Talked to the tech and service manager about the type of oil they recommend because of all this talk about people going with fully synthetic oils, and they said this is just fine for my 06 Z with 60k on it. Change it every 3k miles, goes through 1/4 of a quart and motor feels absolutely fine lol. I've been thinking about trying a synthetic oil, though. But I hear once the motor has been using a particular kind of oil for a while, it's bad to switch to something else. In my case, all these miles on conventional oil, it would be a bad move on my end to switch to a synthetic. Is this true?
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Sheesh.... I go to a very reputable Nissan dealer in Thousand Oaks CA, they charge me $34 for an oil change and according to them they use Mobil 1 5w30 conventional. Talked to the tech and service manager about the type of oil they recommend because of all this talk about people going with fully synthetic oils, and they said this is just fine for my 06 Z with 60k on it. Change it every 3k miles, goes through 1/4 of a quart and motor feels absolutely fine lol. I've been thinking about trying a synthetic oil, though. But I hear once the motor has been using a particular kind of oil for a while, it's bad to switch to something else. In my case, all these miles on conventional oil, it would be a bad move on my end to switch to a synthetic. Is this true?
Mobil 1 is synthetic btw unless it was Mobil Super. Chances are you are worrying about nothing.
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http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...ing_0W-30.aspx
It says not for street use.. but it looked nearly brand new at 3500 miles and there was no metal in the pan or filter.. Does anyone know of any side effects of using that oil on the street?
It says not for street use.. but it looked nearly brand new at 3500 miles and there was no metal in the pan or filter.. Does anyone know of any side effects of using that oil on the street?
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have a brand new DE in my '03, 2k miles. Already had it's first track day a few days ago, gonna change the oil in a couple days. Recomendations ? I was thinking to stick with Castrol Dino based oil for now, go synthetic around 6k.