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Old 02-09-2011, 01:04 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Red__Zed View Post
Read through the UOA's that are out there. It's a group 3 blend that shears down dangerously around 4k miles. It doesn't handle the heat of the VQ well, and the wear metal percentages are much higher than with most other oils that have been used.
That's good to know. Thanks for the info Red. Seems very much false or misleading advertising by Nissan to call it ester oil then. It doesn't seem logical to recommend this specifically to the Z. You would think some testing would have been done, and chances are this would have been the type they used. The only UOA I found for the Z referring to wear metal percentage had the Nissan oil tested at the 1st oil change, which is normal for break in. Unfortunately, they switched to another synthetic after that.
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