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Originally Posted by kdo2milger I will use only Royal Purple! My older brother turned me on to it years ago... In the many years that ive owned and driven cars,

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Old 02-13-2009, 09:06 AM   #46 (permalink)
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I will use only Royal Purple!

My older brother turned me on to it years ago...

In the many years that ive owned and driven cars, i have used every major full syn brand out there, and of course all saying they are better than the others.

I took my brother up on his advise and switch from mobile 1 full syn to royal purple full syn and immidiatley noticed a increase in low end torque right off the bat...i thought it was crazy and it was just me, but the mach felt much stronger on the low end power than with mobile 1. It had a "throw you back in the seat feeling to begin with but with royal purple it noticably increased a bit.
In another thread, someone said that Royal Purple burns too quickly. Any truth to that?

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In another thread, someone said that Royal Purple burns too quickly. Any truth to that?

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imo i dont believe so...i change my oil evey three to five thousand miles anyway so it would be hard to say. Their website says you can go higher between changes though.

i started using it immidiately after i picked up my wifes explorer sport trac back in dec 06 and when i change the oil every 3 grand or so, it comes out clear caramel colored, its a clean burning oil for sure, but to say it burns faster, well i dont think so, because their website says you can run longer durations between oil changes suggesting it will last longer rather than burn faster.
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OK, I have gotten some information from Nissans Technical Training center.
For those of you who prefer whatever oil you choose, thats your choice.

Nissan recommends ESTER oil in the 370Z and the Maxima for the following reasons.
Ester oil bonds better than conventional oil to certain metals.
Ester oil is recommended for the 370Z per the owners manual because it will reduce the noise in the Vvel valve setup found in the Maxima and the 370Z.

Its your vehicle, use what you want, If a common complaint occurs on this site in relation to excessive valvetrain noise, please check to see if you are using what Nissan's Engineering and design team recommends or if you are using your own personal preferrence....
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I will use only Royal Purple!

My older brother turned me on to it years ago...

In the many years that ive owned and driven cars, i have used every major full syn brand out there, and of course all saying they are better than the others.

I took my brother up on his advise and switch from mobile 1 full syn to royal purple full syn and immidiatley noticed a increase in low end torque right off the bat...i thought it was crazy and it was just me, but the mach felt much stronger on the low end power than with mobile 1. It had a "throw you back in the seat feeling to begin with but with royal purple it noticably increased a bit.
Haha...butt dynos. Sorry it will not increase your TQ. Maybe if you haven't done a oil change in 20k of miles.
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Very true.

Bob is the oil guy forums has more info and all the tests that show it does. It isn't recommended and over hyped.

It is a gimmick like that blade you put in your intakes to swirl the air that never really helped.
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imo i dont believe so...i change my oil evey three to five thousand miles anyway so it would be hard to say. Their website says you can go higher between changes though.

i started using it immidiately after i picked up my wifes explorer sport trac back in dec 06 and when i change the oil every 3 grand or so, it comes out clear caramel colored, its a clean burning oil for sure, but to say it burns faster, well i dont think so, because their website says you can run longer durations between oil changes suggesting it will last longer rather than burn faster.

Have you done any UOA's of your oil? If not then please don't say things like it hasn't. Many have and have seen high wear numbers compared to using other oils.

Clear is a bad thing also, that means it's not cleaning. It needs to come out dark so it's cleaning the engine of the deposits.
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Esters provide better lubrication because they are "magnetically" attracted to each other (molecules) and to the metalic surfaces in the engine.

Motul has some great info about esters

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Essentially what the article says is that normal oil will only protect metal to metal contact while the engine is running. Ester oil, because of it's attraction to the metal surface, will continue to create a film on the metalic surfaces even when the engine is not running.

So in addition to it's ability to be "custom tailored" it prevents excessive start-up wear (this is usually where most of the engine wear comes into play).

As part of the perks my dealership offers at no cost is a lifetime engine/transmission warranty and oil changes for life at $19.99 using the Esther oil which is designed for the 3.7 engine.
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Many high quality oils that are PAO based have ESTER in them. Amsoil does as well. RP however does not last I heard.
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Haha...butt dynos. Sorry it will not increase your TQ. Maybe if you haven't done a oil change in 20k of miles.
I have to disagree with you! Highly possible! Different cars, different engines, different brands of oil! If not for those factors, we wouldn't have different results!
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So does anyone know if there's a consolidated listing somewhere of all the different brands of oil that contain Ester?
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I am not sure if there is a complete list. You should be able to find out by looking at their websites.
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Yeah I think I'm going to go with the Motul 300V. This thread has been very informative!
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Motul 300v is good stuff. You won't be disappointed.
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