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its long life approved in Europe. so it must have durable detergent package but I doubt its a drive-clean type oil, which would take too mch base stock away from lubrication which is neccessary for it to meet ACEA A3.TooMuchControl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:13 pmyou are a hero!
Interesting that you've dropped into the 0W-40 category.
This oil has "Nissan Genuine Performances" approval on the M1 Website.
Unsure what this specifically means.
In that 0W spec, would it have a higher detergent package to goes with? I'm assuming that Euro specs drive the bus in this requirement, and those diesels?
I have done this for many years, I've landed on the M1 now.I like to rotate detergent packages anyway to expose deposits to a variety of detergents.
TooMuchControl wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:13 pmSad to hear but good info.I was really disappointed in purchasing Kirkland a couple of years ago (seemed to burn off quite a bit) and have stuck to the M1 since.
(next oil change Valvoline Syn HM 10w-40 or Valvoline Syn 5w-40)
I have been using Kirkland as well and haven't noticed any issues like that. Curious why your using 0w-40 though, is that V8 thing because I thought the v6 called for 30 weight. Also, i believe that bumping up to thicker oil will cause less of it to burn off (e.g., less gets past the piston rings etc. In fact, I always thought this was the reason you might use a thicker oil (e.g., a worn engine burning too much oil).TooMuchControl wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:13 pmI was really disappointed in purchasing Kirkland a couple of years ago (seemed to burn off quite a bit) and have stuck to the M1 since.
This particular oil has a good HTHS (HiTemp/HiSher) number, plus it starts up very thin, plus it meet Euro long life specs while meeting Euro performance specs ( ACAE A3)AS_The_Crow_Flys wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:42 amI have been using Kirkland as well and haven't noticed any issues like that. Curious why your using 0w-40 though, is that V8 thing because I thought the v6 called for 30 weight. Also, i believe that bumping up to thicker oil will cause less of it to burn off (e.g., less gets past the piston rings etc. In fact, I always thought this was the reason you might use a thicker oil (e.g., a worn engine burning too much oil).TooMuchControl wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:13 pmI was really disappointed in purchasing Kirkland a couple of years ago (seemed to burn off quite a bit) and have stuck to the M1 since.