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Hey everyone,

I got a '93 r32 skyline done 150,000 kms and was just wondering what kind of oil to use. Been looking through here about the oil kinds and ive come to conclusion that i need to get fully synthetic oil. Anyone know if this is right or could recommend any brand of oil as I am reletively new to this all.

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Depends how much you want to spend max, Motul is probably the best of the full synthetics, though overkill for a tired 150,000km RB20 I would say. Others run Nulon 10w-40 full synth and Castrol Edge full synth with success, Motul 4100 Turbolight is popular with skyline owners, even though it's labelled as a semi-synth (french company) but really qualifies to be a full synth here in Australia.

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try a few types and see for urself..... and keep in mind for next time..... the oil that turns BLACK the fastest, is the best oil.....

reason being is the two purposes of oil are to lubricate and CLEAN, so the oil that is the blackest if obviously picking up all the carbon n crap and sending it to the filter

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reason being is the two purposes of oil are to lubricate and CLEAN, so the oil that is the blackest if obviously picking up all the carbon n crap and sending it to the filter

Oil that turns black the quickest is the worst oil money can buy.   Cheap oil has less and cheaper detergents that deteriorate the oil quicker.

Put cheap oil in your car and it will be black within 2 weeks, buy decent oil and the detergents which protect the oil from blackening(deteriorating) are far superior and will keep your oil cleaner for longer.   The statement oils aint oils wasnt a salesman line.  You get what u pay for.  Oil purpose is also to cool

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