Genuine Nissan Motor Oil

[Munkyb0y]

My mechanic wants to use the genuine nissan motor oil. i thinks it 7.5w

I'm not sure about the quality, and how suitable it is for a 110,000km motor.

Currently i'm using castrol (edit:) edge 10w.

Gimme some opinions please.

Thanks

Edited April 14, 2007 by Munkyb0y

[djr81]

Why the hell are you using mineral oil in a turbo motor?

The Nissan oil is better than the Catrol magnatec as it is atleast semi-synthetic.

Better still are proper syntheitc oils. Do a search & you will find endless guff on oil.

[Munkyb0y]

ummm....isnt magnatec synthetic?

edit: maybe its castrol edge thats in there now. all i remember was it's a castrol synthetic oil.

anwyays, so nissan genuine, not so hot?

Edited April 12, 2007 by Munkyb0y

[JonesyGTR]

Nissan recommends you use it. Mind you, that would be on a stock motor/turbo setup.

With the amount of money Nissan spent on R&D, I don't think it is anywhere near as 'bad' for the engine as people on here make out.

Just my 2c tho!

Cheers!

[djr81]

Nissan recommends you use it. Mind you, that would be on a stock motor/turbo setup.

With the amount of money Nissan spent on R&D, I don't think it is anywhere near as 'bad' for the engine as people on here make out.

Just my 2c tho!

Cheers!

Ofcourse Nissan recommend it - they sell it don't they?

Exxon-Mobil, BP (Castrol) etc etc also spend an absolute shitload of money on R & D.

The Nissan oil isn't "bad", just the other oils are better.

Bottom line is look at the API rating on the container. It should be SM as a minimum. If it doesn't then move along.....

[Evan_R33]

recent oil comparison on oils in zoom (i think) showed that genuine oil (in a gtr (33)) made the most power on the dyno.... if you change it every 5000 or less it would be ok. maybe not the best, other oils will have additives etc out the ass... but. whatever.

[Munkyb0y]

so is genuine nissan oil - full synthetic? i cant find any info on it

actually, i'm lying. i havent had a chance to look.

[Mushroom]

no nissan factory oil is a semi synthetic oil. I have run it in another car with no problems, and it is relativly well priced as well.

[GTR1993]

You actually think nissan make their own oil, im almost certain that nissan branded oil is supplied by castrol.

[Risking]

nissan's 7.5w oil is blended by castrol specifically for nissan.

It is a semi synthetic oil.

[mad082]

Currently i'm using castrol magnatec 10w.

i wouldn't even use that on my fence posts to stop them rotting.

i used HPR10 semi synthetic (cause i'm cheap). if you can afford it go mobil

[djr81]

recent oil comparison on oils in zoom (i think) showed that genuine oil (in a gtr (33)) made the most power on the dyno.... if you change it every 5000 or less it would be ok. maybe not the best, other oils will have additives etc out the ass... but. whatever.

Really, choosing an oil for hp gains is pointless. Even so the differences in the results for the different oils is only a couple kW in 200 odd. Which is to say within the margins of experimental error. Which is to say it makes NO WORTHWHILE difference.

A fully synthetic oil will deposit less crap (technical term) in your motor than a semi synthetic & a mineral oil. That is why they are better. I used to run my old N/A motor on Shell Helix & you could eat your dinner off the damn thing. As turbo motors have heat stress issues much more than atmo motors (& therefore more issues with deposits) it is much more important to run good quality oil.

[khunjeng]

not going into it thats what the OIL THREAD is for.

Full sync not excuse for a semi these days.

Thinner oils make more hp....not much though

Use mobil 1 if u care about ur car. Read the oil thread if u want more info.