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Old 08-17-2009, 10:54 AM   #47 (permalink)
ConchZ2
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Originally Posted by pennjeweler View Post
I had a 1990 300zx Na for years I used Redline in it, the car had 132,000 miles on it when I just recently sold it (running fine) At one point a couple of years ago I switched to Pennzoil 10-30 and sometime after that I did notice "ticking" sounds comming from the engine. I thought it might have been something else, but now that I have read this post there is a good possibility that my switching to a less expensive oil my have been the difference. as soon as my 370z is broken in, redline is the oil thats going in it.
I experienced the opposite situation………I heard upper valve ticking with the Nissan break-in oil and switched to Pennzoil Platinum 5-30 @ 1.9K and now the ticking is non-existent and runs a little cooler!
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