I have suggested two of my friends to try the new PP as they are running a lot of rebates recently. But both of my friends seems don't like PP. One is 95 Nissan 200SX, same as Sentra, with around 160K on clock. He can hear more noise from engine when he accelerate. He used to use Mobil regular Syn. Another friend with 97 Nissan Sentra, with 70K on clock. He feel the same thing. He used to use Mobil EP. Any comments?
Engine is more noisy with PP in Nissan Sentra
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What viscosity of PP are you refering to?
5W30
In that case I will recommend a high quality 10W-40 like Valvoline MaxLife. That should quiet down your valvetrain nicely.
Maybe Sentra's engine don't like PP, because they don't have complain with Mobil Syn.
Which viscosity of Mobil Syn do they like? A lot of folks here on this site say that Nissans prefer a thicker oil.
Both car use 5W30...
Go ahead and try a 40 weight. MaxLife 10W-40 or Synpower 5W-40 are both awesome oils. (In my opinion of course).
I thought they will go back to Mobil instead of using PP after this oil change.
A little partial to Maxlife are we?quote:
Originally posted by Clyde65:
Go ahead and try a 40 weight. MaxLife 10W-40 or Synpower 5W-40 are both awesome oils. (In my opinion of course).
Well, free is always good. I got 5qts free from the rebates running recently also.quote:
Originally posted by bighead:
A little partial to Maxlife are we?quote:
Originally posted by Clyde65:
Go ahead and try a 40 weight. MaxLife 10W-40 or Synpower 5W-40 are both awesome oils. (In my opinion of course).
Originally posted by bighead:
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A little partial to Maxlife are we?
Yeah I'm heavily biased. At least I don't try to hide it.
I have a 2.0L Mazda DOHC engine, and my last two 5k OCIs have been with PP. There may have been a little bit more valvetrain noise with PP than with M1 in the past - both in 10w30 viscosities. Just changed to Maxlife Synthetic 10w30 and it has definately quieted down, especially at start up.
Maxlife syn is a "thick" 30wt at 11.6 or so, compared to 10.3 or so (last time I checked) for M1 and PP. It was also free after rebate, so give it a shot and you won't loose any cash.
Maxlife syn is a "thick" 30wt at 11.6 or so, compared to 10.3 or so (last time I checked) for M1 and PP. It was also free after rebate, so give it a shot and you won't loose any cash.
There is an easy solution to this problem. Get rid of the Nissan's and get Honda's. Honda's love PP, at least my three Honda's do.
I experienced excessive noise with Mobil1 5w20 and after switching to Pennzoil Platinum 5w20 the noise silenced. 2003 Accord 2.4l IVTEC 48000 miles.quote:
Originally posted by Johnny:
There is an easy solution to this problem. Get rid of the Nissan's and get Honda's. Honda's love PP, at least my three Honda's do.
Yea but if he is talking about the SR20DE engine it will run on water. I don't believe the origional premise.
Why change from Mobil 1 if it is doing well? I would not go up to a 40wt if not recomended or needed for high consumption reasons.
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