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New R34 - Which Oil Recommended

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Hi guys,

I purchased an R34 in Brisbane and drove it up to Cairns over the weekend. (gah in terrible weather)

I have been browsing the oil sticky, and got a bit lost to be honest.

I park under my apartment complex, and I live in the tropics so it doesnt really get cold or have cold starts.. just floods ;)

Can anyone recommend a good oil to use for an RB25 NEO motor? The vehicle has done 118,000 km's.

I just drove it 1700km so I would like to get a service.

I appreciate the help!

Cheers,

Shaft

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I'd say fully synthetic 10W 40, not too many cold starts up here (i'm in cairns also). autobarn has royal purple for $100 4L, or there are people on here who may be able to post it for less.

Sweet Ishman, cheers for the tip mate.

I spent some time digging deeper into the oil sticky, and many people were recommending the 5L Sougi S 6000 which is now discontinued.

They have replaced with SYN-X 6000 which I found at Auto 1 for $49.95 :)

Who do you get to service your ride in Cairns? I was just going to take it to Leigh @ SVS Vehicles, but I know that will have a price tag.

Cheers,

Shaft

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Yeah SVS aren't cheap but they do a decent job, and they have a 4WD dyno which was a plus for me as I needed some tuning. Just keep an eye on what they're charging for parts etc. that's all I'll say. I think labour is $110/hr now! Has anyone recommended another workshop?

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Do your own servicing IMO, it's about building a relationship with your car :P

Any 10W40 weighted oil will do you good. How often you intend to change it will determine if you should use semi or fully synthetic - Semi's good for no more than 5, Fully Synthetic use no longer than 10000km's.

For a stock/mildly modded R34, you could head to Repco or the like to get all the bits needed for servicing...

- A 10W40 weighted oil (Your car will tak 5L with an oil filter change. It's good practice to replace the sump plug washer after a service too, or you could try an oil drain valve.)

-6x NGK BCPR5ES-11 Spark Plugs (Copper cores. I use them and they go strong to every service - gap your plugs before installation).

-A Z145A Oil Filter if at Repco, or you could go genuine (they are much smaller and easier to remove :P)

- An in-line fuel filter (slips the minds of a lot of people doing their own servicing)

- A tasty glycol-based coolant

- Brake fluid - Check if it's needed first (DOT 4 or 5.1, not 5.)

- Power Steering fluid - Check if it's needed

That's pretty much all the stuff I touch every 5 and 10k. If you don't wanna run around getting stuff, use ebay for fluids, and websites like Kudos Motorsports (QLD Based) for parts.

Check out this link for Skyline manuals - There's a cool checklist for servicing in there somewhere too...

Service Manual Downloads...

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Do your own servicing IMO, it's about building a relationship with your car :P

Any 10W40 weighted oil will do you good. How often you intend to change it will determine if you should use semi or fully synthetic - Semi's good for no more than 5, Fully Synthetic use no longer than 10000km's.

For a stock/mildly modded R34, you could head to Repco or the like to get all the bits needed for servicing...

- A 10W40 weighted oil (Your car will tak 5L with an oil filter change. It's good practice to replace the sump plug washer after a service too, or you could try an oil drain valve.)

-6x NGK BCPR5ES-11 Spark Plugs (Copper cores. I use them and they go strong to every service - gap your plugs before installation).

-A Z145A Oil Filter if at Repco, or you could go genuine (they are much smaller and easier to remove :P)

- An in-line fuel filter (slips the minds of a lot of people doing their own servicing)

- A tasty glycol-based coolant

- Brake fluid - Check if it's needed first (DOT 4 or 5.1, not 5.)

- Power Steering fluid - Check if it's needed

That's pretty much all the stuff I touch every 5 and 10k. If you don't wanna run around getting stuff, use ebay for fluids, and websites like Kudos Motorsports (QLD Based) for parts.

Check out this link for Skyline manuals - There's a cool checklist for servicing in there somewhere too...

Service Manual Downloads...

Your A legend man ive been looking for a english manual for ages ! Japanese is no help to me :(

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