Pennzoil Plat 0w-20 4145 miles '02 Nissan SpecV

[Captain Howdy]

The oil was stone cold when changed. This was this past winters fill. Filter was Purolator Premium L20073.

 

[ThirdeYe]

Does Nissan specify a 20 grade for this car/engine? The report looks great to me, even with the slight fuel dilution. What kind of air filter are you using? Silicon is very low, especially compared to the universal averages.

 

[Johnny]

The report looks good, but the big question is, where did you find Platinum 0W-20.

 

[sunfire]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
where did you find Platinum 0W-20.


Yes, where did you find PP 0W-20, Captain? Never seen it in local stores.

 

[addyguy]

I'm interested in your 'current' oil on the Sentra - 0W-10 RP! Would love to see a report of that, and impressions of how the car ran on it - would be interesting to compare to the 'Bruceblend' experiment of Gary Allen!

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

+3...please do tell, where did you lay your hands on the coveted PP 0w-20?

 

[FZ1]

I like the low wear vs. some of the m1 uoas. Thinking about switching to PP from EP and using the $ savings to fund a shorter oci. .02.

 

[Captain Howdy]

I bought the oil online.
http://oilstore.stores.yahoo.net/peplforhy0wc.html

The manual calls for 5w-30.

I'll have the Royal Purple tested at 1000 miles.

Oh, and I have a cold air intake with cotton filter.

 

[tackleberry625]

0w-10??? I didn't even know they made oil that thin and itsnt that like running water? ggeezz

 

[Nederlander75]

I ran RP 5w20 once in a SpecV before for 8K with good results. Their 5w30 did a little better though. That said, the PP did better than the RP.

 

[Al]

There is a reason that Nissan does not specify 20 wt. oil for the QR. And I think you well know that this engine is probably one of the worst Nissan has ever designed. Not a flame..just simple truth.

Going to a 10 wt takes you in the vicinity of 5 cSt. at full engine operating temp vs. 10 cSt. for a 30 wt. oil. On a hot summer day a 30 wt. can be down to 6 cSt. or so and your 10 wt. will be down to 3 or 4 maximum.

I applaud your spirit. But I know when I dumped 20 wt. into the SR20DE mileage did not improve. I think you will be grinding this engine up with 10 wt. Just an opinion though.