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Nissan Micra K12 Oil

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Kirky

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May 26, 2012, 4:09:30 PM5/26/12
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Hi,

My other half has recently bought a 2005 Nissan Micra 1.2. I went to
the local car spares place and bought all the bits to service the car.

I completed all the work today and then when I sat down tonight I just
happened to check the oil spec. The garage supplied me 10/40 oil and
i've just read that it should be 5/30.

Can anyone tell me which one is correct(the handbook only lists specs
which mean nothing to me)?

If its wrong I will get some more tomorrow and change it again, it was
pretty filthy so changing it again wont be a bad thing.

Thanks

Rob

Chris Whelan

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May 26, 2012, 4:41:52 PM5/26/12
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From Autodata:

Oil grade cold climate - 5W/30 Synthetic
Oil grade moderate climate - 10W/30
Oil grade hot climate - 20W/40

Oil grade (alternative) moderate climate - 10W/40

Classification - API/ACEA - SJ/A2

Based on that, it should be fine.

Chris

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Kirky

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May 27, 2012, 3:57:47 AM5/27/12
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thanks for that Chris, was worried I'd be changing it again!

Rob

chris

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May 27, 2012, 12:06:23 PM5/27/12
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nissan specified 10/30 on the first k12's than changed to 5/30 later.

10/40 is fine though. I've always stuck 10/40 magnatec in ours.

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Tim..

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May 28, 2012, 5:39:48 AM5/28/12
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"chris" <c...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> nissan specified 10/30 on the first k12's than changed to 5/30 later.
>

Reason being they were hoping to quieten slack timing chains which rattle at
cold startup!!

jleo...@gmail.com

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Jul 19, 2018, 11:05:33 AM7/19/18
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Hi all,

I own a Nissan Micra k12 1.2 petrol 59kw.

I don’t find any 5w30 engine oil with Acea A2. Why?

Besides, could you recommend me one?

Thanks!!

MrCheerful

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Jul 19, 2018, 11:25:43 AM7/19/18
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castrol magnetec is c2 5w30

MrCheerful

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Jul 19, 2018, 11:27:51 AM7/19/18
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On 19/07/2018 16:05, jleo...@gmail.com wrote:
A2 is an obsolete spec, go to A3

jleo...@gmail.com

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May 21, 2020, 8:31:26 AM5/21/20
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Hi, I have a nissan micra k12 1.2 80PS petrol a would like like to know which is the correct oil for my car. Thanks.

Peter Hill

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May 21, 2020, 4:08:44 PM5/21/20
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On 21/05/2020 13:31, jleo...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I have a nissan micra k12 1.2 80PS petrol a would like like to know which is the correct oil for my car. Thanks.
>

Read the owners manual, section "Recommended fluids/lubricants and
capacities".

Or Halfords will tell you.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-and-fluids/engine-oil/

amg...@gmail.com

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May 22, 2020, 1:43:21 AM5/22/20
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when it comes to oil it can be critical, aspecially in more modern engines as , the wrong viscosity oil can jack up valve lifters and give the impression of a snapped chain or belt.

now with an older engine such as this k12 , c3 should be fine. , but you should check your hand book too as they're is always strange variants that are missed.

jleo...@gmail.com

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May 22, 2020, 2:45:31 AM5/22/20
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El viernes, 22 de mayo de 2020, 7:43:21 (UTC+2), amg...@gmail.com escribió:
> when it comes to oil it can be critical, aspecially in more modern engines as , the wrong viscosity oil can jack up valve lifters and give the impression of a snapped chain or belt.
>
> now with an older engine such as this k12 , c3 should be fine. , but you should check your hand book too as they're is always strange variants that are missed.

Good morning,

My Nissan Micra K12 petrol 1.2 80PS 2005 handbook shows that recommended oil is 5w30 A2. This Acea code A2 is discontinued, and was replaced by A3/B3/B4.

The problem is that I can't find any 5w30 oil which has an Acea A3/B3/B4, all I see are C3 and C4.

Robin

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May 22, 2020, 3:57:42 AM5/22/20
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have a look at the chart at
<https://www.nissan.co.uk/ownership/nissan-services/maintenance-repair/genuine-oil.html>



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critcher

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May 23, 2020, 9:24:01 AM5/23/20
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On 21/05/2020 13:31, jleo...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I have a nissan micra k12 1.2 80PS petrol a would like like to know which is the correct oil for my car. Thanks.



have you noted the date on thispost

Tim+

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May 23, 2020, 2:37:24 PM5/23/20
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21st of May 2020. Obviously he’s tagged it on to an old post but this
question is new and perfectly valid.

Tim

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Peter Hill

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May 24, 2020, 4:15:45 AM5/24/20
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but jleoncpi was asking about oil on 19/07/18.

2 years is kinda a long time to not know what oil to use and he had
zombied a thread from 2012 that had a full and complete list of oils to
use. (That you contributed to) So has he been putting off the oil change
for 2 years? What did he put in it last year?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/uk.rec.cars.maintenance/jleoncpi%7Csort:date/uk.rec.cars.maintenance/o_fTOZZi5YQ/P7hkHfgzCAAJ

Adrian Caspersz

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May 24, 2020, 11:50:37 AM5/24/20
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On 23/05/2020 19:37, Tim+ wrote:
A lot of disproportionate Micra centric questions come to this
newsgroup, almost like there is an something out there that guides them
here.

What is it, a mention in an FAQ? a usenet-webforum gateway on a micra site?

Or folks collective experiences of having their car radio code decoded?

Can't just be google...

(googles)

Ah, maybe forum mentions on www.micra.org.uk ...

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