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engo, try Redline Lightweight Shockproof

dori32, stop smocking crack, get a 0w or 5w oil. Piss off the penrite, elf i don't know about. I believe they do have some grp4 and higher oils.

Let's all make this simple. Go here...

www.performancelub.com

if you don't want to splash for Redline, get Royal Purple, German Castrol (Castrol Syntec) 0w30 (other weights "may" be made from grpIII and made in the U.S.) or Mobil 1.

If not those, get some Motul 300V i think is grp4 and the one cubes uses 8100 or whatever, i believe is about one of the cheapest grp4's. Check the thread, it's all there. Motul can be found locally off the shelf.

apprently 10w-40/15w-40 is recommended for RB's?

narrowing it down to these 2..

Penrite Sin oil 15 15w-40

elf competition GT 10w-40............

I am more interested in who recommended you these oils with these viscosity rating?

As I remember RB is using OEM 7.5W30...so I will recommend looking at Castrol Edge Sport or Mobil1 in 5W30 viscosity rating. These have no problem lasting 5000km OCI.

QUOTE(dori32 @ 18 Sep 2008, 08:47 PM)

apprently 10w-40/15w-40 is recommended for RB's?

narrowing it down to these 2..

Penrite Sin oil 15 15w-40

elf competition GT 10w-40............

I am more interested in who recommended you these oils with these viscosity rating?

As I remember RB is using OEM 7.5W30...so I will recommend looking at Castrol Edge Sport or Mobil1 in 5W30 viscosity rating. These have no problem lasting 5000km OCI.

it was on page 15-17 in this tread..

pretty interesting how one person says use this and another says use that..

ill stick with what nissan recommends and go off that.

thanks mesoglea, i thought about use 5w30 but wasnt so sure.

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it was on page 15-17 in this tread..

pretty interesting how one person says use this and another says use that..

ill stick with what nissan recommends and go off that.

thanks mesoglea, i thought about use 5w30 but wasnt so sure.

That is the reason why it is important to go through all 40ish pages of this thread. I am sure that OEM viscosity rating has been mentioned multiple times. Applying the logic, one would think that 15W-40 is fairly outside the OEM spec especially at room temperature. From a 7.5W to 15W.

While the some of the recent posts have mentioned 5W30 and a lot of people have been happy with this viscosity. 5W30 also spreads over the 7.5W30 quite perfectly.

Read, use common sense and make your own judgement.

I'm a big fan of Mobil1. I'm starting to see that there are better lubricants available.

The higher the flash point the better according to Fujji Dynamics.

He also recommends the higher viscosity for protection.

hello i have recently purchased my skyline R33 GTS-T 1996 and i am coming up on an oil change. i would like if any1 could give me a no bs answer on what oil i should use. i live on the sunshine coast in QLD so it never really get cold here. a am not really worried of the price of the oil as my car is a i have hahahahahhaha so i am willing to buy anything within reason. ny advice would be good

Seriously man read the thread.

Motul 300V Chrono 10W40, if money is not a problem ($99 for 4L in most places). 300V is the only oil in the world (which im aware of) that uses double Ester's and Motul was the first oil company to use Ester based technology. Seriously the fact that this oil thread is up to 49 pages is a bit of a joke.

If you are on a modest budget use something like Motul's 4100 Range, Castrol Edge, Royal Purple etc.

If you dont care how much you spend on oil, use 300V. Simple as that.

Thread closed :mellow:

What's wrong with 10W40. Maybe down south where you get freezing conditions a 5W30 would be more appropriate but up in QLD and hot climates a 10W40 is more appropriate. Most people i know with high powered cars swear by 300V, myself included and just because Redline is dearer doesn't mean it is better. Only reason it is so dear is cause its expensive to get into the country from the states compared to Motul. (we sell both at work).

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Seriously man read the thread.

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Seriously the fact that this oil thread is up to 49 pages is a bit of a joke.

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Thread closed :cool:

Lol, thread closed? If you seriously want to improve the thread you can contribute to the first page by writing something useful and hitting the report to moderator button.

The best we can do is try to keep the first page up-to-date as a summary of the thread, there's no point closing it as there is lots of useful info. that people don't have time to read.

The thread closed was a joke, ffs.

It's just pointless having some one ask every day "i just bought a R32 GTR, what oil should i use" etc. when it has been said a million times before hand in the thread.

The first page contains good info and so does the entire thread, however its all over the place and no one reads it all. Some one (if no one wants to i can), break down what the oil symbols actually mean and stand for,

eg. 10W40 (w stands for winter, not weight) etc. and explain what different viscosity's do what ie. track car running high oil temps, street cars, running an engine in, different climates etc.

So people can understand it a bit more and pick what oil suits them, better than having this thread increase to 100 pages that no one reads and just adds too.

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The thread closed was a joke, ffs.

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The first page contains good info and so does the entire thread, however its all over the place and no one reads it all

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So people can understand it a bit more and pick what oil suits them, better than having this thread increase to 100 pages that no one reads and just adds too.

Its hard to tell when your joking online, I can't detect sarcasm in text.

Agreed on the other points, if you find anyone with the knowledge and time to break it down to simple to understand language that would be great :banana:

We should possibly start a thread on what oils people use and what temp. there cars see, but it will probably end up worse than this thread everyone will be running a different setup...not sure if its worth starting a new thread on.

Yes this thread is pretty messy now, but I don't know if anyone wants to volunteer to go through it and delete the junk out of it, there's never a definite opinion on what to use only a large list of recommendations and that's the problem on a public forum, its not a group of experts its public opinion.

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Hey guys, just a quick question on which Motul 300V to use:

300V Chrono 10W40 vs 300V Power 5W40

R34 GTR

Melbourne

Daily driver + occasional track work

Oil temp up to 95. No oil cooler.

Thanks.

Seriously man read the thread.

Motul 300V Chrono 10W40, if money is not a problem ($99 for 4L in most places). 300V is the only oil in the world (which im aware of) that uses double Ester's and Motul was the first oil company to use Ester based technology. Seriously the fact that this oil thread is up to 49 pages is a bit of a joke.

If you are on a modest budget use something like Motul's 4100 Range, Castrol Edge, Royal Purple etc.

If you dont care how much you spend on oil, use 300V. Simple as that.

Thread closed :D

300V Power should have a closer viscosity range to OEM than Chrono.

However, as stated in Motul website, I do not know why Power cannot be mixed with other oil whereas Chrono can.

they use different addatives which may react poorly when mixed.

Redline still for me after many years, I used 10W40 these days, sees about 10-15 track days a year, running 270-280 rwkw in a rwd and still stock internals with no big end failure...so in my opinion, redline wins. Hot lap temps are still below 100 deg C with a 10 row cooler.

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quick question, my 33 needs a topup of oil (isnt completly depleted but could do with a topup)

would it be better to just drain the old oil and start fresh, or could i top up with something else. i dont knwo what they used before i got it cos iv only had my car about 6 months.

from having a flick through this thread im guessing 5W 30, seems as i live down in southern vic where it does get cold. however approaching summer where it tends to get warm-ish down here im almost tempted to go 10W 40...what would you all recomend? im on a modest budget, but if its worth spending the extra then i might just.

car is an R33 GTS25 (non turbo)

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