whats better? Nulon 5w/40? nulon 5w/30? or castrol edge 5w/30

[Mr.PT]

whats better?
wanted wahst best for my civic

[androo]

Stock is 5W-30 so stick with it. Only go thicker if your car is wearing.

I don't know which is better though. I'm running EDGE and it seems pretty good. Some other guys are liking it on here too.

Check out this thread - just a quick one on someone who's happy with EDGE.

Might be some people here who use Nulon who can give you more info though.

Good luck!

[Mikecivic78]

I've used Nulon Full-synth 10w40 in my civic for the last 2 oil changes. I do it every 5,000km.

IMO it's the best viscosity for a Civic with Kms in the 1XX,XXXKM age bracket.

[Mr.PT]

my civic is 05 and only done about 34XXX now
i was gonan go nulon not sure yet

[Mikecivic78]

I've noticed that Nulon isn't that popular. It's hard to find reviews on the net.

So far so good, it doesn't consume any more oil than with FEO. I have no leaks and the engine purrs smoothly.

Nulon make some good cleaning products but they are not well known for oil.

[Mikecivic78]

Go the castrol, if you Civic only has 3X,XXXKm and '05 model, the Castrol 5W30 will be perfect.

[Mugen Civic]

i use Nulon Full synthetic 10w-40 the last two oil changes and it works fine.
tested it out on two track days too.

Was using mobile 1 previously.

[Limbo]

found the nulon better than the mobile 1?

I used mobile 1 5w50 and it seems to burn on the track.
using motul at the moment, but was gonna give the nulon a go

i use Nulon Full synthetic 10w-40 the last two oil changes and it works fine.
tested it out on two track days too.

Was using mobile 1 previously.

[Mugen Civic]

found the nulon better than the mobile 1?

I used mobile 1 5w50 and it seems to burn on the track.
using motul at the moment, but was gonna give the nulon a go

No i will not say its better, i'm just saying nulon is fine.
Anyways, Mobil 1 is the best fully synthetic oil because it is the only true Group IV oil thats readily available on Australian shelves. The next true fully synthetic oil is Amsoil which is harder to get here.

Nulon, castrol, shell, etc... claim to be fully synthetic but they are actually highly refined Group III oils. Castrol won the fight to call there oil fully synthetic through some loop hole.

So yea, alil lecture, but Mobil 1 top shelf stuff... comes with the price tag too.

[Limbo]

yeah nah, i pass on the mobil 1. Seems to burn in my car.

Motul, Reline & Royal purple are proper group iv synthetics.

From my understanding Mobil 1 is not even a true group 4. Not the AU ones anyway.
In the states it is group 4, but we get the crap stuff.

[gambate]

i've read from somewhere that says that Group IV oil needs some mineral oil in it to carry all those addictive and cleansing agent. its all in the blend ie. it could be 90% group IV + 10% group III. or 10% Group IV + 90% Group III which is hard to find out.
as long as the oils meets those european standard like VW 500 505 MB229.51 BMW Porsche etc etc. its good enough oil for my honda, as long as the viscosity is suitable.

[amant02]

today after a very tedious search for royal purple, i decided to settle for Valvoline Full syntenic, what the other posts say about the grades its best to use thinner oil if u you engine is fairly new. Best to use thicker grade oil's for older cars wit 1xx xxx mileage. I would also recommend a popular oil like Valvoline as 99% of the mechanics have the oil readily available so it saves time and if your stuck in the woop woop you know u can get your hands on some. Btw not good to mix oils, pick one and stick to it till you sell the car.


Also best to look up the owners manual whats the recommended grade and buy either that or better. (every mechanic should have this book)