15w/40 OR 10w/40 oil
Submitted: Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 18:16
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Member - Lance S (VIC)
After reading a number of reviews over the last few weeks on whether i should be using 10/40 or 15/40, i have been using the latter since i bought my Navara STR in 2004 and never had a problem.
So i sent an email to Nissan and my local dealer where i bought the navara, i got back two different answers to my question.
My question in not so many words was...........................
should i be using 15w/40 which u guys (Nissan) told me to use or
change to 10w/40 and there answer was that they still use
15w/40 Professional Castrol Magnatec on the STR and
10w/40 on the current STX
Nissan said 10w/40 and dealer said 15w/40
since i have had no problems i am going to stick with 15w/40
at this stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers,
Lance
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 18:56
Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 18:56
I thought there was a Nissan directive come out some years ago telling you to use 10W40 in the ZD30 motors.
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Follow Up By: Member - Lance S (VIC) - Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 19:35
Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 19:35
Phil, if so, someone is not complying with the other or is it just heresay?
It would alot bl&&dy easier if they both said the same thing
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 20:00
Thursday, Oct 02, 2008 at 20:00
Read it
here.
The spares dept in your Nissan Dealer will sell you their 10W40 oil at a very reasonable price. Its just the service depts that confuse the issue. There's not a lot of difference between 10/40 and 15/40 - the latter is just a bit thicker at startup, so a bit slower to get around.
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