Oil Nerds Info

Jordo! · 07-14-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt

Here's my plan. I did my first change already (early, at 1500 miles) with Nissan Ester oil. I'm going to do a Blackstone analysis done to make sure everything has been good so far. Then I'll do another analysis on my Redline after an additional 5k miles (or whatever Blackstone suggests). If Redline doesn't look like it's meeting or exceeding the protection provided by the Ester Oil, I'll try out RP, or maybe M1.

Trying to figure out what oil is perfect for me by looking at other people's results will leave me dizzy. Those drivers will have different motors, different driving habits, different roads, different intervals, different everything.

I definitely am in the same boat as you as far as wanting what's best for the car though, and I applaud you for it.

Awesome! Yes, please post results when you have them! I'm curious to see how the Ester oil does too.

I may do the same after my first oil change, once all the break-in particles are flushed. On my third oil change I need to make a decision...

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Originally Posted by wishihadnav

I understand what your saying but as previously stated by many here there is no "perfect" oil to meet everyones needs..everybody has different driving habits and weather to contend with..UOA's really mean nothing to us as those are specific to YOUR vehicle only..

Right, but the degree of wear really shouldn't vary drastically for the same motor in the same car (i.e., in this case a sports car) even from region to region on a DD. If these were doing 24 hr enduro runs, sure -- but if the degree of, say, bearing wear varied THAT much, you'd see a lot more engines failing prematurely and mysteriously.

The exception would be people who spend equal or greater time on the track than the road, because we know that will have a huge impact on oil temps, which influences its wear protection.

However, that said, even given the fluctuations in oil temps, where the oil might provide less protection from wear, the ECU goes into limp mode to prevent that from happening.

Thus, I just don't think you're going to see wildly different wear results from DD to DD within the same mileage. the biggest differences will probably be in particles that indicate poor oil or air filtration.

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