rrhanck

Ok probably a dumb question but what is ester oil? And secondly I looked in the owners manual and it says nothing about ester oil just 5-30w. I noticed alot of you talking about ester oil and how it cost so much.. I was planning on using Mobil 1 or Castrol Syntec are these comparable to ester oil?

gurneyeagle

I'd appreciate a recap on this issue as well.

I was planning to use Mobil 1, like have have for all my cars for at least the past 15 years. Some came on the board to say Nissan recommended waiting until the 20k mark. Others said never. Interestingly, my dealer says no problem. I don't know who to believe.

Now there seems to be an engine knock problem that Nissan recommends ester oil for @$12 a quart. That to me is total b.s. If there is some type of engine problem, then Nissan needs to fix it, instead of applying a band aid at the owners' expense.

Thanks in advance to the guys who know the probelm.

ice350

I waited until 2006 to get a G35 until all the bugs were worked out and I had no problems with it.
Now it looks like I'll have to wait a while before getting a G37. They should have kept the VQ after all the years of tinkering with it.

notalk

I don't want to be a "search ****", but there's a few threads here and on other G forums which deal with the European Patent Application and the VVEL technical paper. They should give you all the current information known on this oil.

Oh, BTW, also search "easter" as there's a thread with a typo in the name.

notalk

No offense, but you could wait forever and that won't affect or impact the ester oil or VVEL technology.

ice350

You're right about that but I'm sure there are other issues that ned to be resolved. It's always that way on a new model.

eticket

...G37 is running the VQ, basically just software adjusts.
the VQ has been on the "Edwards Best Engine List"
14 years running, since its begining and most of the time #1.
...not bad at all

gurneyeagle

You're right notalk. After posting I actually did a search and found the thread you had contributed to, and did a great job. Thanks for the detailed comments on that thread.

ice350

I went to check out the car and the salesman told me it was a completely new engine.
If it's the same why does it need this ester oil?

Blackjack

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Motul V300 Chrono uses double ester technology. Love the way the car runs with Motul.

lawdog6153

getting mine serviced in 2 weeks asked about the ester oil, dealer said its for g37 and newer models as standard, so if you have the maintenance package its free.

Black Betty

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Anyone have recommendations on brands of ester oils and costs? I'm looking to buy some that costs significantly less than the $17/quart or so my dealership charges.

Mike

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I've been using Motul 300V with great results. A lot of the locals in So-Cal use it as well.

DaHashi has seen some oil consumption, but at the moment, the theory is that it's all blow-by, as he has a close, but unhappy relationship with his rev limiter...

Black Betty

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Thanks Mike!

Mike

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I've been trying to get people to get UOA done, but everyone 'forgets'

I'd like to gather up a database of VQ37VHR UOA, but I don't think that's likely to happen until the 370z is out.

What are you using now and have you had any UOA done?