Nissan Ester Oil, how it works inside the 370z engine vs other brands

MrPostman

Only reason Nissan was recommending the Ester oil, based on the article, is due to the DLC coating in the valve train. I have owned guns with the DLC coating and I used to use grease as a lubricant because the oil would not create a film on the coated parts. Their oil is supposed to bond to the DLC thereby creating less friction. Not sure if the GTR has DLC coated parts but I am guessing that it does not based on the full synthetic recommendation.

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Geoff-AU

^^ Good synthetic oil is PAO Ester which is the same family of molecule that Nissan adds to their dinosaur juice mineral oil for the 370Z.

So just use a PAO Ester oil and you have superior lubrication DLC or no DLC.

Cyber370

Don’t know how it is in Australia but there aren’t many synthetics left in North America that actually use PAO ester base oils. Most use extremely refined petroleum base oils and call it synthetic. The only standout is Pennzoil which uses a base oil derived from natural gas for their Platinum synthetics.

Redline do claim to use PAO base oil but their oils do not meet API certification and therefore should not be used if you have an existing NISSAN warranty.

Amsoil and Royal Purple refuse to divulge their base oil makeup but if you read their MSDS, it is petroleum based.


Oooops.....I really hope I’m not starting another oil thread war. Just stating facts.


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Geoff-AU

Yes you're right.. most synthetics are highly cracked dinosaur juice here too.

Penrite (Aussie brand) "10 Tenths Racing" series is PAO/Ester, Nulon (another Aussie brand) has a few oils with PAO/Ester and Motul's 300V is ester-based too. So there's a bit of choice left here.