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Hi all, a service for my car is long overdue, and I just have a couple of basic questions.

Firstly, I'm looking for a shop in Melbourne to get a service but I'm not sure where to start looking. Perhaps someone could PM me some recommendations or if there is a thread covering this already, a link would be great!

Secondly, is it worth spending approx. twice as much on Motul 300V as opposed to something cheaper like 8100 turbolight? My car is a fairly stock '92 R32 used for daily driving, but looking at some track time in the near future.

Also, apart from the obvious oil/filter and other fluids, what else is covered in a regular service?

Anyway help would be greatly appreciated...

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Hahahah good luck it took me an ENTIRE day to read this thread but you sure do learn a lot of stuff! http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Go...html&hl=Oil personally if your not taking the car on track i doubt you really NEED 300V but definitely look into fully synthetic options

Status Tuning (Located Dandenong South) http://www.statustuning.com/

Does a Motul 300v Oil Service deal; oil + filter + labour for $200 total last time I checked. I think this only includes oil change and no other fluid top ups or roadworthy checks? I could be wrong though..

They would no doubt have other general service packages which would include the extra's, best to call them up and to find out what they offer.

300v is real good but it is pricey. When I switched from Martini to 300v the car was much more responsive and felt real smooth. However if its a daily there shouldn't be any issues using the lower grade motul oils.

From my experience, ReCustoms http://www.recustoms.com.au offer a general service around the $150-200 mark which includes oil changes + all fluid topup's and a quick check over of the car, best to contact them as price/options may have changed.

Both of these workshops are great :(

Hope that gives you an idea, best is to just call them both and see what they offer in their service packages.

Okay thanks Rekin. If Statustuning still offer the 300V change for $200, it could be worth checking out... given that 4 litres of 300V is around the $100 mark on its own anyway.

At least I've got somewhere to start now, I'll be sure to give those shops a call.

im not sure about the 300v oil but i used the normal turbolight oil and i must say that was the best ive ever used. and it went fine when i took my car for drift and skidpan days and trackdays. runs as smooth as anything.

i got mine serviced by Nissan Cheltenham

i supplied all the fluids and timing belt ..

did the belt for $300

did the fluids ( diff and gearbox) for $40

that was trade price... worth giving them a buz just to see

but to be honest... do it urself and save $$$$$$$

All the DIY u need are here

dont do the timing belt if you are not 100% confident...

turbolight is a good option for a daily oil... i use it in my stock bottom end RB25 and its held 300rwkw for over a year now

Pat O - try DMD Tuning at Pakenham - hes a member on these forums, and knows his skylines. User id is dmac_25. If you want his number, just pm me.

Edit: noticed you got a 32 as well - hes working on a 32 gtr at the mo, as well as his own 32 gts-4 - so he def knows what to look for during hte service.

hey pat man! hows my old girl going?! i miss it too bits. i suggest you go for 10w40 motul turbolight. go to a repco and get it for 51 bucks as theres 15% off motul oils and give it to someone to change up. the rb20 will love you for it but yeh if you can get that 300v deal happening that would be awesome. only thing is that its over kill for a daily lol.

hey pat man! hows my old girl going?! i miss it too bits. i suggest you go for 10w40 motul turbolight. go to a repco and get it for 51 bucks as theres 15% off motul oils and give it to someone to change up. the rb20 will love you for it but yeh if you can get that 300v deal happening that would be awesome. only thing is that its over kill for a daily lol.

Hey Jake, yeah the r32's going really well thanks mate, couple of little hickups but nothing too serious. I realised I made an oil related thread at about the same time as you. except mine was in the wrong section... hah! anyway, yeah i'll grab some 4100 on the weekend i'll do it at home. thanks for the repco hint and everyone else for the input.

Status Tuning (Located Dandenong South) http://www.statustuning.com/

Does a Motul 300v Oil Service deal; oil + filter + labour for $200 total last time I checked. I think this only includes oil change and no other fluid top ups or roadworthy checks? I could be wrong though..

They would no doubt have other general service packages which would include the extra's, best to call them up and to find out what they offer.

300v is real good but it is pricey. When I switched from Martini to 300v the car was much more responsive and felt real smooth. However if its a daily there shouldn't be any issues using the lower grade motul oils.

From my experience, ReCustoms http://www.recustoms.com.au offer a general service around the $150-200 mark which includes oil changes + all fluid topup's and a quick check over of the car, best to contact them as price/options may have changed.

Both of these workshops are great :(

Hope that gives you an idea, best is to just call them both and see what they offer in their service packages.

It's funny you say that... I did the opposite to that, went from Motul 300V Chrono 10w-40 to Martini Sint10 10w-40 in my SR20DET 180sx and seemed to me that I got more km's running more responsive and more smooth. Martini is less than half the price, although is always harder to get (i.e. I've needed to get it from the actually office located in Rowville).

Cheers,

Andy

well I use Motul 8100 X-Cess in my RB25 just to be safe, only difference I really noticed apart from more response (could have been a placebo but felt like turbo had less 'resistance'), was using a genuine Nissan filter which made the oil pressure sit a bit lower than with a Ryco.

It's funny you say that... I did the opposite to that, went from Motul 300V Chrono 10w-40 to Martini Sint10 10w-40 in my SR20DET 180sx and seemed to me that I got more km's running more responsive and more smooth. Martini is less than half the price, although is always harder to get (i.e. I've needed to get it from the actually office located in Rowville).

Cheers,

Andy

I also don't buy into the motul hype.

Fuchs FTW

Chuckie from WA regularly tests his fuchs, and it is fine. I service mine twice as often as he does so can't justify oil testing.

well I use Motul 8100 X-Cess in my RB25 just to be safe, only difference I really noticed apart from more response (could have been a placebo but felt like turbo had less 'resistance'), was using a genuine Nissan filter which made the oil pressure sit a bit lower than with a Ryco.

I put some 4100 turbolight into my 32 today, but I think next time I'll go the 8100 X-Cess too...

I personally use the 8100 xcess in my gtr, used to use 300v but i service every 3 months or 2000kms or so and dont do any track days.

didnt notice a difference between them, both feel great and for filters, the best ive used is knn; great filter with nut on top for easy removal and install

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Pat O - try DMD Tuning at Pakenham - hes a member on these forums, and knows his skylines. User id is dmac_25. If you want his number, just pm me.

Edit: noticed you got a 32 as well - hes working on a 32 gtr at the mo, as well as his own 32 gts-4 - so he def knows what to look for during hte service.

Again Matty you are a champ.

Yes thats right got the GTR in the build up and have done too many 100,000km services on RB engines that i can do it with my eyes closed. Gts4 in now gone Matt.

We also use Martini far better then Motul and supporting the aus industry

just do the basic stuff yourself at home, it's pretty easy and works out cheaper, plus you learn

do oil filter, oil, check basic fluids and it is easy

given your engine is 20+ year old any oil will be fine as long as it's new and within the std specs from the service manual

so any 5w40 or 5w50 is fine and should be ok. oil filter is Z145A and the rest is normal brake fluid, power steeering etc

for track days, it is a big difference so be sure to read up before even thinking about it

ie have spare cash, change oil BEFORE track day, put extra oil, turn boost down, good tyres checked and drive like a normal (no hero)

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