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MANWHORE Grand Master

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If your car sees no track or hard driving, would it be ok to run Motul 300 V or Redline for 10,000 KMs between oil changes?

Atm I run Castrol Edge Sport 5w-30, Nissan oil filter and I chang the oil every 7000 kms. I dont go to the track and do not thrash my car.

Nissan service manual says 10 000ks. People only change it at 5000 ks, for various reasons. e.g. some people do trackdays and the oil gets burnt. Others run really rich and the oil gets diluted. Some people have too much money to spend.

PS: just because oil is black doens't mean its not lubricating anymore - it means that it is picking up dirt, which it is supposed to do!

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Nissan service manual says 10 000ks. People only change it at 5000 ks, for various reasons. e.g. some people do trackdays and the oil gets burnt. Others run really rich and the oil gets diluted. Some people have too much money to spend.

PS: just because oil is black doens't mean its not lubricating anymore - it means that it is picking up dirt, which it is supposed to do!

So my Castrol Edge should be doing a good job then :laugh:

Guilt-Toy Grand Master

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This is the answer i have gotten from every user of this oil. Thanks for the info I think from now on this is the only oil i will get for my car.

i have used nothing but motul chrono 300v for about 3 years now. I also use nismo, or greddy filters (also used sard mag, and power enterprise). It's good oil and not expensive at all for what it is. read into this what you will but I have been running the car with that oil hard for a fair while with no engine problems at all. yet I know of plenty of guys running mobil, and castrol that have had engine failures... I'm not saying it's the oils fault, mabye it's just coincidence? maybe buying cheap oil is an indicator of how much people spend on looking after there car? i don't know. what I do know is the chrono 300v works for me.
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^^ The Castrol edge will be fine dont worry about it. As said its the ester in the oil that you pay for and i believe the motul 300v is 100%.

I use 300v and a K&N oil filter. Dam expensive but i think well worth it when you spend so much on mods.

Angus Smart Grand Master

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I use penrite mineral oil all the time! 30 bucks for 5L + a nissan oil filter for about 6 bucks.

i dont see much point spending 100's on oil when it gets dumped every 4-5000km's, this point was made clear to me by a very very experienced and old engine building guru

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Also one more thing my mate ran 300v in his GTR for a while and changed to Royal Purple which was then dynoed. He said it increased a few kws.

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Guilt-Toy Grand Master

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Yes but this could also have something to do with the chickness of the oil.

Also one more thing my mate ran 300v in his GTR for a while and changed to Royal Purple which was then dynoed. He said it increased a few kws.
Guilt-Toy Grand Master

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Being a old engine guru i guess he never build a engine revving past 7000rpm with 2 bar of pressure being hammered onto the engine bearings then ey ?

I use penrite mineral oil all the time! 30 bucks for 5L + a nissan oil filter for about 6 bucks.

i dont see much point spending 100's on oil when it gets dumped every 4-5000km's, this point was made clear to me by a very very experienced and old engine building guru

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Being a old engine guru i guess he never build a engine revving past 7000rpm with 2 bar of pressure being hammered onto the engine bearings then ey ?

he builds race motors, and has alot of experience with rb motors. i trust him with my 500hp rb26 :laugh:

Beer Baron Grand Master

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lol, I wouldn't trust him with my lawn mower if he recommends mineral oil for a 500hp RB26... especially as you are planning track use. mineral oil in a track RB26 is not a recipe for happiness.

PM-R33 Grand Master

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I use Motul Turbolight 10W40 in my car every 5000km and i have never had any dramas with it. The 300V series of Motul oils are meant to be the exact same oils that Nismo use in their race cars (Nismo 350z etc), i think of the top of my head there are 4 different 300V oils. They are extremely good oils and the reason the 300V series of oils are so expensive is because of their Ester technology. Either way, Motul make great oils and if its good enough for Nismo, its good enough for me :laugh:

My 2 cents worth.

Cubes Grand Master

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I've run Motul 8100 5w40 for the last 60,000km's straight after the motor was run in with PureOne oil Filters.

I've recently had the head off. Absolutely squeeky clean, bores look perfect.

Zero coking in the oil lines and I NEVER leave the car idling when I reach my destination.

Victory Mentor

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I only use Motul 300V Chrono in my R33 GTR V-Spec and my R33 GTS-T.

I change the oil every 5,000 km with one of the new Nissan small diameter oil filters. These are the best as they are so easy to get into place even on the GTR.

You pay a lot for Motul but it is good insurance against a costly engine rebuild.

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