suggestions on oil and synthetic, new car. before and after break in

Japanjay · 03-19-2012, 02:39 PM

So when I went to the stealership that said I HAD to use ester oil. WTF is ester oil? I have always ran redline in my integra and still do and was planning on switching everything on the Z to redline also.

DLSTR · 03-19-2012, 02:52 PM

Nissan Ester for 2 oil changes. Now this spring I changed to Mobil 1 5-30. Just go with what works for you and is spec'd per Nissan and you will be fine.

Trips · 03-19-2012, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DLSTR

Nissan Ester for 2 oil changes. Now this spring I changed to Mobil 1 5-30. Just go with what works for you and is spec'd per Nissan and you will be fine.

And before this thread turns into another Oil thread I'm closing it.

And like it has been suggested please use the Search > Advance Search > Oil

ZMan8 · 03-19-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Japanjay

So when I went to the stealership that said I HAD to use ester oil. WTF is ester oil? I have always ran redline in my integra and still do and was planning on switching everything on the Z to redline also.

Ester oil is nissan house blend: synthetic oil with ester additives. It's not mandatory, just recommended by nissan....

The realty is though you can use any oil you want as long as it is in spec with what nissan says. Redline works just fine (along with Royal purple, mobile one, and what ever else people will say).

I personally just switched to Redline 5w30 after a lot of positive feedback from the forum members.

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03-19-2012, 02:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Japanjay Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Puyallup Posts: 856 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z MB M6 Rep Power: 15	So when I went to the stealership that said I HAD to use ester oil. WTF is ester oil? I have always ran redline in my integra and still do and was planning on switching everything on the Z to redline also.

03-19-2012, 02:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
DLSTR A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2011 Location: Süd Germany Posts: 2,462 Drives: 21Supra 2.0/22 M240i Rep Power: 21268	Nissan Ester for 2 oil changes. Now this spring I changed to Mobil 1 5-30. Just go with what works for you and is spec'd per Nissan and you will be fine.