what oil do you use

[2,1]

Please post up what type of oil you use on your 240 and why. I have a s14 240 and I don't know if I should go with the factory suggested oil. I have low mileage, any suggestions like maybe a super oil that cleans the inside of your motor would be helpfull. Just wanted to get an idea of what everyone is runnin and what ones they might of had problems with. You guys use K and N fuel filters on your Ka or what?

ps I know what oil to buy just wanted to see what you guys are runnin.

[Brian]

Mobil1 10W-30
Nissan OEM oil filter.

[prang11]

Royal Purple

[bbejj123]

Oil:Royal Purple

Reason:
http://www.rpsportengineering.com/OilTests.pdf

[adrians_s13]

Royal Purp 10w-30

I swear... I see "what type of oil" threads every other week

[an_orange_s2k]

I swear... I see "what type of oil" threads every other week
i just posted on another one last night...if u dont know wht kinda oil to use you really shouldnt be driving

[sleepy_s13]

Castrol GTX 10W-30

[k's_silvia2.0]

Mobil1 10W-30
Nissan OEM oil filter.

Amen!!!!!!!!!!

[2,1]

i just posted on another one last night...if u dont know wht kinda oil to use you really shouldnt be driving

you can put any oil you want in your car that doesn't mean that its the best one for your car. There are many choices

[projekt_s13]

i just posted on another one last night...if u dont know wht kinda oil to use you really shouldnt be driving

I know, i remember posting in two this week. So heres the third oil thread, awaiting the fourth.

pennzoil full synthetic 10w30

You choose your oil to suit your climate.

[emersonLP]

Royal Purple: 10w-30
Wix filter - would use a Nissan OEM one, but its more convenient just buying everything at once at one place.

[SlideWell]

Amsoil 5W-30 on my KA
PureOne oil filter

still have yet to feed my SR

[2,1]

this is not another what kind of oil do I put in my car post. This is a, what oil do you use and why? some oils claim to have cleaning agents in them, or are better for high milage cars. I just wanted to know why you went with the oil you did. But I gues you don't really notice a diffrence.

[mangoes]

mobil1 10w40 w/ nissan filter - i used this because my car always ran mobil 1 before.

gunna try motul on my next oil change though =D

[blasting_speed]

Royal Purple 10W-30

[burnsauto]

royal purple 10w30, mobil 1 or OEM filter.

This summer I'm going to be switching to 15w50

[cisco240]

Royal Purple 5W30 cause of stuff I heard about it & above oil test proves it.

[wangan_cruiser]

i always used 10-30w mobil 1 and k&n oil filter. car have 242XXX and still runs good

[burnsauto]

Royal Purple 5W30 cause of stuff I heard about it & above oil test proves it.

hows start up on that weight in socal? does it tap before it warms up? not being a dick..just wondering.

[kenshinS14sks]

Oil:Royal Purple

Reason:
http://www.rpsportengineering.com/OilTests.pdf

wow... i wonder what the mobil 1 f1 car uses... im so utterly confused now. . . royal purple ftw?

[Rod]

Royal Purple for sure... I've used it for over 3 years now with no problems and this stuff really works. I'm seeing the the Oil Comparison test for the first time and glad to see Royal Purple as one of the top contenders... very cool:rawk:

[burnsauto]

yeah ive got a case of eneos 0w20 sitting here, but still use royal purple. ...anyone want some eneos :keke:?

[VAs13]

Mobil1 10W-30
Nissan OEM oil filter.

Amen x2. ...

[Tearlessj]

Dumb question but:
How much oil does the redtop take in?

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Oil? I thought cars ran on gas? :confused:

[bigOdom1]

3.25 quarts. but always check the stick

mobile one 10w30 with nissan filter (mobile one or k&n in a pinch)

[bigOdom1]

by the way that is for an sr and here is the shot of the FSM for an sr http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u283/odomandr/fsmfluid.jpg

[Aeroscraper326]

Mobil 1 full synthetic 20w-50
OEM Q45 filter
Kicks ass

[lflkajfj12123]

Dumb question but:
How much oil does the redtop take in?

almost all 4 cyclinder engines take 4-5 quarts

so shoot for that

[IIIXziuR]

royal purple 10w30, mobil 1 or OEM filter.

This summer I'm going to be switching to 15w50

Burns tell me how that goes, I am thinking of running the 15w50 this summer as well.
I think for now I am just going to use Mobil 1 10w30

[projekt_s13]

Dumb question but:
How much oil does the redtop take in?


3.75 with replacement of filter of course

[JRas]

Mobil1 10W-30
Nissan OEM oil filter.

x3 except, sometimes I use a Bosch filter

[KA24DESOneThree]

RP 10W40
Nissan or Wix filter

[Phlip]

Mobil 1 10w30 - Because I have always had good experience with it, especially compared to the price of stuff like Royal Purple and some of those others. It's not like I have a dedicated track car or anything.
Nissan OEM Filter - Because you should too.

[weagle]

oh fuck...I knew I forgot to put something in the engine....

[SexPanda]

well, seeing as how i have a 89 SOHC with 190,000 miles on it, and Im about to drop an sr into it, i use the cheapest shit napa has...

But alot of my friends use royal purple and they say its fantastic, if you can get over the 7 dollar a quart price.

[racepar1]

Royal purple 20w50 with a mobil one oil filter on my KADE. I use the royal purple because the smaller oil companies use better additive packages, and I use 20w50 because my car sees a good deal of track time and the thicker oil offers better protection at long periods of high engine temperatures. With mobil one my timing chain noise returns in 500 miles or so, with the royal purple it takes about 1500 miles. I use the mobil one oil filter because I trust their filtration technology above pretty much anyone else.

[LongGrain]

in the KA:
5w30 Q horse power OR Q torque power, depending on what mood i was in at the time
K&N filter

in the SR:
10w40 advance auto dino oil until break in is over
10w40 royal purple after that
wix filter

[slavetothemuzic]

Amsoil + Wix filter

I've seen a couple different oil test results, and Amsoil was always either top, or right near it.

[burnsauto]

Royal purple 20w50 with a mobil one oil filter on my KADE. I use the royal purple because the smaller oil companies use better additive packages, and I use 20w50 because my car sees a good deal of track time and the thicker oil offers better protection at long periods of high engine temperatures. With mobil one my timing chain noise returns in 500 miles or so, with the royal purple it takes about 1500 miles. I use the mobil one oil filter because I trust their filtration technology above pretty much anyone else.

yeah the mobil 1 filters are really great quality.

[Matej]

Mobil 1 High Mileage synthetic 10W30 and K&N filter.

[silviaguy240]

castrol high mileage + fram filter for now. royal purple when i gets teh turboz

[Silverbullet]

I switch between Mobile 1 Syn and Valvoline Syn oil. Only 10w-30.
Purolator oil filter

Oil:Royal Purple

Reason:
http://www.rpsportengineering.com/OilTests.pdf

that is interesting. How old is that? The bottles of some of the oils are definitely different now and its possible they have a different formula.

[Syncade]

How old is that? The bottles of some of the oils are definitely different now and its possible they have a different formula.


Ditto. I want some new tests!

[johngriff]

I found that PDF article off of a Aus commodore magazine that I have at the shop, iirc they have some newer tests.

They publish almost all of their articles, www.streetcommodores.com

I like British and Australian automotive press because they are not worried about taking swipes at OEM's or other Major Brands. All press state side won't actually measure any products against each other with real metrics. (sport compact car).

[sblack13]

I use castrol non synthetic
and k and n oil filter

[MADE]

Well I'm using RP in my SR and Mobil 1 on my VQ and even though there different engines and the driving conditions I plan to send the samples to blackstone labs after I change them. I don't think that one is leaps and bounds over the other. I always use Nissan filters but I attempted to buy a Mobil 1 but I didn't know which one was for the S14 SR and the search function didn't help much.

[sblack13]

s14 sr uses a z33/g35 oil filter

[jworks]

Royal Purple 10w30 w/ Bosh oil filter

No problems, runs great

[Gnnr]

Mobil Clean 5000 10w-40
No negative reviews on BobIsTheOilGuy (http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/), Mobil has a good reputation with their "1" synthetic line, the "Clean" line of oil from Mobil is conventional oil and I didn't care to run synthetic since its going into a old high mileage KA that needs a rebuild anyways. I found this viscosity to work best for my engine, anything thinner and it seems to rev with a sort of vibration in the higher RPMs and anything thicker feels to heavy and revs slower.

Blue Nissan Oil Filter Made in Japan (http://www.zilvia.net/f/showpost.php?p=1676764&postcount=45) or Mobil 1 Oil Filter
I would use the blue Nissan oil filters that are Made in Japan and not China like the gray ones, but I may now be switching to Mobil 1 since its also good and its less hassle to get since I don't have to stop by the dealer.

http://www.knizefamily.net/minimopar/oilfilters/index.html

[boozels]

Torco SR1
can't beat that with a baseball bat

[jskateborders]

Royal Purp 10w-30

I swear... I see "what type of oil" threads every other week
Because It gets the same result as asking "what oil should I use" without people saying
SEARCH

[Marcus]

what?! i use canola. on rainy days i use extra virgin because it mixes well with the waterd down gas i use.








eneos 5w30
oem filter

[charlie321]

Royal Purple 10w-30, good stuff right there. Mobil oil filter.

[KA240SX808]

Oil:Royal Purple

Reason:
http://www.rpsportengineering.com/OilTests.pdf

Nice +1 For you

[wayneside]

Valvoline Synpower 10w30

Nissan filter.

[2,1]

well if i knew how to make this thread into a pole I would have but by my count I think royal purple 10w-30 wins with an mobile 1 filter. Oh an when I was at sebring I saw a guy from cheveron or something and he had a display of a car with seprate fuel tanks with camers running right into the cams to show how there gas keeps internals from building up gunk. for some reason I thought it was an oil he used, I think because ive seen a comerical with some oil that cleans internals but whatever

[jackjack]

either mobile or castrol 10w 30

nissan filter

yes

[DudeYourSoOOJDM]

Castrol Syntec Blend 10w30. Fram 4386

BTW My SR has been running strong 6+ years. I dare someone to top that.

[s14_legend]

quaker state non synthetic 10w30 with oem nissan filter

[Sexxxyslide]

Shell Rotella T 5W40 Synthetic....with a factory oil filter!!!

[Sexxxyslide]

5W40 rotella T

[sideview_180sx]

amsoil 5w40. along with a wix oil filter

[infamous240sx]

Dude did you guys know that Kragen Auto Parts were selling Royal Purple only for $5.50 a quart?

[projekt_s13]

infamous240sx clear your pm box dude.

I need to buy some OEM filters.

[infamous240sx]

infamous240sx clear your pm box dude.

I need to buy some OEM filters.

Oh sorry dude i just did so its free now.

[Om1kron]

Amen!!!!!!!!!!

I use 5w30 I dont see any reason to run 10w30 unless im turbo charged, which I am not. Same goes with royal purple or any other expensive oil.

but nissan filter ftmfw.

[Kamburrito]

KA24DE: royal purple-10w30 .. K&n Performance filter. my motor runs so strong ..

[ManoNegra]

Shell Rotella T 5W40 Synthetic....with a factory oil filter!!!

Funny you mention Rotella T.
Just finished rebuilding a KA and was wondering what oil to use to break it in.
Friend who's boss has been building cars for years recommended Rotella T - diesel motor oil. When I asked him why he said that the regulations for oils have changed recently and that some of lubricants in them were changed since they weren't too nice to the environment. New lubricants don't work as well, many people have complain of excessive wear on cams. Rotella T, being meant for diesel engines isn't affected by the changes and still has the old lubricants. KA fired up nicely yesterday.
After the break in I'll be using either Mobil or Royal Purple 10w30 with an oem filter.

[upSLIDEdown]

Interesting read in the article posted. I run Mobil 1 10w30 and a Mobil filter. I actually used to run Fram filters (I know, I know, I didn't then though) for quite some time. My KA24DE had 156k miles on it when I bought the car, and now it has 248k on it and I've never been in it at all. I'll check into RP prices around here, but if it's much more, I'll stick with Mobil 1. It hasn't let me down yet (knock on wood).

[landins13]

big turbo sr20..... motul 10w30

[40daws]

Amsoil 0-30 .
Amsoil Eao Oil filter.

[ms!3]

generic 10w40 oil & fram filter. only becasue my motor blows and its on its last leg.