Dry start with Quaker State Ultimate Durability

[addyguy]

If you have a 'vested interest' in running Chevron oil, I'd use whatever 'connections' you have, and try to scare up some Chevron Delo 0w30 synthetic - considered by many on here to be the true 'holy grail' of oil - almost impossible to find, yet possibly the BEST sythetic HDEO's on the market.

 

[Coastal]

The api rating isn't very high for gasoline service though. SH or SJ I think.

 

[K20FA5]

Originally Posted By: Coastal
The api rating isn't very high for gasoline service though. SH or SJ I think.


That's what German Castrol is. I would use it!

 

[Hokiefyd]

Does it sound like a rattle or clack when first started? My Nissan Hardbody ('95, with the KA24E engine) would do this also. It'd sound like a diesel for a second or so. The general opinion was the timing chain system in the front was the culprit. Or more precisely, it was the network of chain guides and tensioners. It probably wasn't designed very well.

Oils higher in moly helped mine. The "old" formula Havoline seemed to do the best. At the time, I was a hardcore Valvoline conventional user, and that stuff had no moly in it. BITOGers convinced me to try the Havoline, and it really did help (5w30). This was probably 6 years ago.

I've known about a lot of Nissan engines with this type of noise upon startup. As many have said, it does not seem to affect engine life. That KA24E had 212k miles on it when my brother finally sold it. It's out of the family now, so I don't know how it's doing.