Nissan Ester Oil

antennahead · 04-14-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The name is incorrect at that price. It should read Ankle-Grabbing Engine Oil 5W-30,

I hear ya

The G37 thread says this is a group V synthetic. Does anyone know if our cars come from the factory with esther oil in them? Do normal synthetic opinions apply, such as allowing seating to occur before switching from dino oil to synthetic?

John

tvfreakazoid · 04-14-2009, 08:17 PM

Expensive but I guess it's worth it.

wstar · 04-14-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

I hear ya

The G37 thread says this is a group V synthetic. Does anyone know if our cars come from the factory with esther oil in them? Do normal synthetic opinions apply, such as allowing seating to occur before switching from dino oil to synthetic?

John

AFAIK the Nissan Ester Oil pictured above is dino with synthetic ester-based additives to help out with keeping a good lube film on the VVEL stuff. Motul 300V is a Group V full-synthetic which is ester based, and is what I'm going to be switching to on my next change (I did my first change at about 1850 with the Nissan Ester stuff). Unfortunately, the Motul costs even a bit more than the Nissan stuff. Better value for the money though.

antennahead · 04-14-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by wstar

AFAIK the Nissan Ester Oil pictured above is dino with synthetic ester-based additives to help out with keeping a good lube film on the VVEL stuff. Motul 300V is a Group V full-synthetic which is ester based, and is what I'm going to be switching to on my next change (I did my first change at about 1850 with the Nissan Ester stuff). Unfortunately, the Motul costs even a bit more than the Nissan stuff. Better value for the money though.

You know, this is what I thought as well ........ dino with ester additives. The G37 link in this thread stated group V synthetic, which I think is incorrect, unless you can classify as a group V synthetic as dino with additives.

John

wstar · 04-14-2009, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by antennahead

You know, this is what I thought as well ........ dino with ester additives. The G37 link in this thread stated group V synthetic, which I think is incorrect, unless you can classify as a group V synthetic as dino with additives.

John

If you're referring to early in that thread where someone says, "A little research shows that it's a group V synthetic.", I think they meant that a little research indicated that "ester" itself is a group V synthetic, not that the Nissan Ester Oil is all group V synthetic. It's a dino oil with esters added.

antennahead · 04-14-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by wstar

If you're referring to early in that thread where someone says, "A little research shows that it's a group V synthetic.", I think they meant that a little research indicated that "ester" itself is a group V synthetic, not that the Nissan Ester Oil is all group V synthetic. It's a dino oil with esters added.

Thanks for the clarification.

John

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