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Notice how it is always the smart r'ses that don't think too much who always come up with the first reply to a genuine question. For the price of a Nissan you can afford to put a couple of motors in before you have spent what a Toyota costs and you still have a better vehicle.

yep thats why I got a nissan!!!

Chill out mate!!! Didn't relise you were so busy with the GENUINE replies. :P

If ya can't take a little TIC humor, may I suggest you ask this question to a auto shop and not a PUBLIC forum.

Hava a nice day

Mate, where do you find an auto shop with staff that know something about the products they sell.

G'day Glenn

Don't hate them at all, would never own one myself but thats just me. When I bought my 2.8, I could have got a 3.0 for around the same price. But after some reserch I decided on the 2.8. Not enough power sometimes and some have had head issues with them. I picked the 2.8 cause its a six cylinder motor and can be powered up to 3.0's power with little mods.

You should know my old man has the 3.0 and its been a great car.

Cheers Stefan

At least I got a bite LOL !

Do you only do 10k services with fully synth ?

Glenn.

Glenn,
Yes I do. Most synthetic oil manufacturers, including Mobil say that you can triple your oil change intervals with synthetic oil, but I would prefer to stick with Nissans recommendation in this case. Knowing that you’re using a good oil and changing it more often than needed is good insurance, just like those that use the standard stuff and do it every 5K.

I'm not a fan of the nissan oil. It's supposed to be a semi synthetic 10-30w. I first used it winter '06 becasue I thought being in an alpine area I'll be nice to my motor. It was a nice blue color. I change my oil every 5k and I don't remember any difference in engine noise or performance when I changed back to my regular oil - Caltex Delo 400.
This past winter I did an oil change prior to winter and the first thing I noticed was the oil's color. It was brown and not blue. the engine was very noisey. Just changed back to Delo 400 for Summer and the engine is so much quieter and feels like it's performs better. So I have decided to stick with Delo 400 in winter also.
You just don't know what you are getting in those packets of 'Nissan' oil and Delo $400 is the same price.

Leroy

"yea i agree with your sentiments re the dh replies to genuine questions on the site - still the punters on this site are prob aged from 12 to 72 or there abouts so there will always be some drongos who want to take a cheap shot"

With that level of insecurity may I suggest trading the 3.0 Patrol for a Landrover???? They seem to suffer similar image issues

Night Night peoples :) :) :)

Hey Leroy

Do you use the Delo 400LE or 400 muligrade?

I've got a TD100 cruiser and just started using the delo 400 multigrade @ 5000k intervals this week...

Which one do you use and why...I believe they are both 15W-40 but a very highly rated oil with good long term capabilities???

Cheers

Andrew

I use the the Multigrade and change my oil every 5k also. I don't use it for any particular technical reason apart from specs and the rep. for being a good quality engine oil. I do remember someone saying it's better to have an oil with a higher sulphated ash level but I can't remember the reason off the top.

Leroy

hey stefan p i just love you baby boys who like to dish it out and mouth off but as soon as you get one back - boy dont you whine "Hey i was just having a joke, boy you guys are uptight or similar crap" - if you want to shoor with the mouth mate be prepared to get one back every now and then as thats the aussie way- and by the way i had a 1973 series 3 landrover short wheel base set up for beach fishing and just loved that little beauty with my all heart cause 4wd and beach fishing was something special back then - not that many DHs about you see
see you kid
greg

leroy no prob i have ahd a good run with the nissan oil in the TD 3.0 so far - change oil every 5 to 7.5 Kms but note your comments and i will keep an eye on it from now on
see you greg

"leroy no prob i have ahd a good run with the nissan oil in the TD 3.0 so far - change oil every 5 to 7.5 Kms"

and the engine every 10K :)

while they keep biting I'll keep fishing, thats the aussie way!!

Love your work Greggu

So what oil is mr nissan using? Like I mentioned above I have tried it twice and got 2 different oils. Even when my BIL bought the same oil he got his 2 containers home and one had the blue oil and the other the brown oil. I don't trust the stuff!

Leroy

I had the same issues Leroy, oil was blue/green, next time I bought it it was brown. I asked at the spares dept and they said it was a different supplier. Do I trust the stuff? I suppose I have to. I can only go by the specs that are on the container. Both the blue and brown oil are the same spec.(So the containers say)

Rob