Oil Change

[insu]

Fully synthetic all the way.

motul 8100 Excess, 5w 40? from memory.

Get a hold of a 20% repco voucher and go buy like 5 bottles and 5 filters, a funnel, shifter, oil wrench and oil pan. You'll never look back.

There's nothing like bonding with your car when you're putting nice new fresh oil (read: Cars blood) in it.

[ish]

can anyone comment on the fuchs range for a RB26? .... they have an engine oil 5-50 fully synthetic for 65 dollars... the rep told me he used to work for nissan servicing and this is the best he has seen!

Edited January 27, 2006 by ishh

[Michael_1882]

I did mine yesterday for the first time, and with my body kit, i jacked up the car, remover the front right wheel, (my sump plug is on that side) dropped the oil, let the jack back down so it all came out.

Then basiclly take the filter off, becarful it will still have oil in it just tip it upside down, the oil filter is a Z145A, pick them up from repco about $11 for the RYCO (there best at repco) filter.

Make sure you run yrou engine before you drain it, so let it idel for 10mins or so, or take it for a normall run, then have tray ready for the oil to run into, and drop your oil, or if you have a low body kit, jack it up and run it for 10mins on idel.

Take out yoru sump plug, carefull the oil will be hot, let it drain out, then once its empty take of the filter, (make sure your cap at the top is open it'll help it drain easier) make sure the copper washer is on the sump plug its a 9mm ID and 16mm OD.

I poor 100ml of good oil through to flush it, then wait for that to empty.

Put your new filter on and sump plug back on, make sure yoru car is level, then refill, i used MOBIL S 10w40 abotu $28 from BIG W. (cheaper there than any auto shop) put the new oil in, mine took about 4.9 lts, so u shoudl be safe of 1 5ltr bottle, but be carfull each year modles slighty different i herd, (aka size sumps)

Basiclly check and double check you dipstick, when it read full or high, turn you car on run it for abotu 20second and switch it back off, this will pump the oil through.

After that check the dipsitck again and top it up if nesscary.

Hope this helps, i did mine yesterday onteh public holiday, i'm new to these engines so i know what its like needing help.

Thankfully this board is very helpfull.

Michael

[Trex101]

benm i will spank you if i catch you putitng turbolight in your new GTR. 4100 is a very cheap oil and is not a full synthetic oil. it is a blended oil. go at least for the 8100, but i would say use the Chrono 300V.

I've used the castrol forumla R 10W60 and personally i think it's too thick. a good full synthetic around the 10W40 area is what you want.

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I have always heard good results from Redline 10w30 engine oil, especially how clean it runs in the engine and turbo.