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Hi everyone.

I recently fell for the propaganda from Nulon. I bought Nulon 10w-40, since then been having problems. Engine revving strangely. Feels like it's not as free revving at high revs etc. I used Shell 5w-40 before and had no problems.

Has anyone tried Nulon, or had problems with it? Feedback would be appreciated. I'm trying to eliminate things to get to the bottom of the problem.

Thanks.

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best to stick to the good brands ive found :nyaanyaa: but yet again your problems may not exactly be oil associated, VAC leaks, spark fuel can also cause these dramas, but as stated above if your unsure drain it replace filter and oil with quality brand and see if it helps

Good luck

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probably pointless to the question your asking about nulon but i used castrol in my car once. each time i started it cold could hear tappets clicking (meaning all oil is drained out of head and not leaving a film on anything). changed it again 2 weeks later to an $80 for 4 litres motul and havent looked back since. i figure oil is like blood in your body so for the extra $50 or so when your doing a service its well and truely worth it. On the other hand some people say oil is oil but thats just my 2 cents worth!

brett

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i know audi use castrol or motul if you have the R or S series , ive got shell in the Audi and motul in the skyline havent had any problem with them

every car has different clearences .. mightbe worth it changing oil n filters

P.s use oil flush t o completely get rid of old oil from the motor helps it keep it sludge free

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probably pointless to the question your asking about nulon but i used castrol in my car once. each time i started it cold could hear tappets clicking (meaning all oil is drained out of head and not leaving a film on anything). changed it again 2 weeks later to an $80 for 4 litres motul and havent looked back since. i figure oil is like blood in your body so for the extra $50 or so when your doing a service its well and truely worth it. On the other hand some people say oil is oil but thats just my 2 cents worth!

brett

Yes, i have the same with the Nulon. Tappets clicking on start up. Highly irritating, just another bad experience i guess. Maybe i should stop being so cheap and buy good oil. I have used Nulon additives a few times and had no problems.

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i have alot of different oils in the 4 years ive had my 33 ( shell motul nulon royal purple redline VP racing oils and more) full synthetics are the way to go. you will also find that the older the engine the heavier wheight oil you need to use eg older 15w50 newer 5w30 or 10w40 winter you can use a slightly thinner oil it holds its consistancy in colder climate in summer the oil thins out as it gets hotter it will not protect the engine as much if you are using 5w30 or 10w40 in older engine.

the best thing to do is use an oil flush and put in a better oil.

i found that the best oils for me where royal purple, redline, VP racing and motul is borderline for me.

my 2 cents worth

cheers marcus

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+1 for motul turobolight I used it in my NA/34 it felt much better then when the service center was putting in mobil. Its not even that expensive I think i payed like $65-$75 for like 5 liters at autobarn in browns plains. I used both 5w-40 and 10w-40 both seem to be fine id recommend motul. Never gave me a single problem and I used it for about a year and a half.

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