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Originally Posted by FricFrac .... but usually its testing for microbes in the fuel ;P You know when we get some skanky fuel in a foreign port - never know

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Old 02-05-2010, 10:05 AM   #256 (permalink)
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.... but usually its testing for microbes in the fuel ;P You know when we get some skanky fuel in a foreign port - never know what you're gonna pick up overseas
Ahh yes, those pesky MBG's in the JP-5!
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this discussion is silly. None have mentioned UOAs since this thread was brought back from the dead. Use whatever oil floats your boat. If you don't hear any valve ticking, then so far so good. Next step is to send a sample of your used oil to Blackstone Labs [or UOA site of your choice] for a UOA (used oil analysis). If the results are to your liking, keep using whatever. If you think you can get better results with a different oil, then switch to different oil. Repeat steps above until satisfied with the results (i.e., no valve ticking and good UOA numbers).
Edited w/o Semtex auth. This is the best reply on this issue since my reply Thank you semtex. Mod: Please lock.
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The name is incorrect at that price. It should read Ankle-Grabbing Engine Oil 5W-30,
This thread should have been locked after this post
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The other consideration for me, in addition to the cost and the nanoparticles...is the name. I don't know if I can use an oil named Ester. I never liked that name. Wasn't that the crazy old woman on Sanford & Son?
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Yea, I agree, they should've called it "Alessandra" or something like that.
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I just now got my oil changed with Pennzoil 5W30 (10,750 mile maintenance).
Afterwords on the ride back I couldn't tell that my oil had been changed at all
(car drove just as if I didn't get an oil change).

With my 7,500 mile maintenance I did get Nissan Ester Engine Oil with my oil
change (as with my 3750 mile maintenance). I *was* surprised that I could
tell the difference after the oil change. The felt renewed and ran much more
silky smooth when accelerating and shifting.

Based on this, I'll probably spring for the extra $60 to get the Nissan Ester
Engine Oil.
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Going from the stock break in oil to Ester you will always feel a difference, then going from Ester to another Synthetic, you don't.
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Going from the stock break in oil to Ester you will always feel a difference, then going from Ester to another Synthetic, you don't.
But the stock break-in oil is Ester Oil, unless you can provide documentation to the contrary
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But the stock break-in oil is Ester Oil, unless you can provide documentation to the contrary
But the stock break-in oil is clarified butter unless you can provide documentation to the contrary.



Point is, don't declare something is something unless you have proof FIRST, not second.
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Going from the stock break in oil to Ester you will always feel a difference, then going from Ester to another Synthetic, you don't.
I already had Nissan Ester Oil in the car from the 3750 oil change.

My main point is that I'm not feeling that silky renewal feeling a had with a fresh
change including the Ester Oil. In other words, I couldn't even tell I changed my
oil with the Pennzoil 5W30

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...In other words, I couldn't even tell I changed my oil with the Pennzoil 5W30
Ummmm...that's perfectly normal.
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I already had Nissan Ester Oil in the car from the 3750 oil change.

My main point is that I'm not feeling that silky renewal feeling a had with a fresh
change including the Ester Oil. In other words, I couldn't even tell I changed my
oil with the Pennzoil 5W30
???? You can feel the difference after an oil change? You might want to invest in a new filter or perhaps change your oil more frequently if you can feel the difference.... if the oil is the same weight and both are synthetic its hard to imagine feeling a difference.....
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I already had Nissan Ester Oil in the car from the 3750 oil change.

My main point is that I'm not feeling that silky renewal feeling a had with a fresh
change including the Ester Oil. In other words, I couldn't even tell I changed my
oil with the Pennzoil 5W30
Pennzoil = black pudding in your engine.
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But the stock break-in oil is clarified butter unless you can provide documentation to the contrary.



Point is, don't declare something is something unless you have proof FIRST, not second.
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Pennzoil = black pudding in your engine.
Point is, don't declare something is something unless you have proof FIRST, not second.[/QUOTE]
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But the stock break-in oil is clarified butter unless you can provide documentation to the contrary.



Point is, don't declare something is something unless you have proof FIRST, not second.
That was exactly my point.
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point is, don't declare something is something unless you have proof first, not second.
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