What Kinda Oil Do You Put In Her?
 

Hey guys...

I'm actually sitting at the Nissan Dealership in Sauga - and the guy at the front told me I dont need synthetic oil for my Z .. that it really is a personal preference and they have some Z drivers that come in and just put in regular oil.

I've always put Synthetic ... so I told them to stick with that...

The brand they use at the dealership is Mobil1

So... question is do you guys put regular or synthetic and if it is synthetic am I better off buying a brand from Canadian Tire or stick with what they have at the dealership?

Thanks for your input.

Bobby

I only use ester oil,i was told it was the best,its more expensive but it deserved it

I'm partial to Search 5w-30, but your results may vary.

I'm partial to the OP using the search function. There are over a hundred oil threads on this forum.

I think we're on the same page here.

ibtl

Royal Purple HPS 5w 30

But ya, tons of threads on it...might be better to make a poll if u want this thread to stay open lol

I like to think of engines like having sex. You run it dry and hope for the best.

I just don't get chastising someone for asking and telling them to "do the search, etc." Does it make you feel superior or something?

BTW - I switched to Ester oil fro regular oil and the engine is a lot quieter. On the last change the dealer put in Mobil 1 synth instead by mistake but I don't hear the engine to be louder than before so the cost maybe is not really worth it. I don't drive it hard but change oil often enough to believe the cost is not worth it.

This is why it isn't important to you.


The chastising is not to give someone a sense of superiority. It's a matter of highlighting laziness... When someone comes on here, instead of looking to see if maybe, just maybe, someone else in the 5 years this car has now been discussed, has had a similar incident. But instead, people choose to just make a new thread about their issue and assume it will get answered like all the rest. A simple google search of "370Z Oil" will bring up at least a dozen other threads if not more on "what oil should I use?" "my car says any 5w30 will do but nissan recommends their ester oil?" "Do we really need synthetic?" etc.
It's all been answered before I promise you, and the new threads on the same topic 1000 just bog the forum down.

The search feature is there for a reason, and it does work. Else it wouldn't be there. Again, it's not chastising, its just a redirect that your issue is not singularly distinctive and not a problem that hasn't been solved. :tup:

:iagree:

So, I usually refer them to their mom to look up the answers to their questions.

We have this warming geek that's pretty cool.

Oh you meant the Z. I've only used ester oil and that's all I'll ever use.

Thanks for telling me what is and is not important to me.

Right. Perhaps just ignoring the post and let them find it themselves or perhaps answer them without the need to say what a sloth they are works just as well? Whatever works for you. :rolleyes: