Ron

Check this out. This is the oil consumption test Nissan does to see if you have a "no good" engine.

Miles.................mm from H (dipstick)
1001-1500 >= 10mm
1501-2000 >= 13mm
2001-2500 >= 16mm
2501-3000 >= 19mm
3001-3500 >= 22mm

There are 30mm from L to H on the Oil dipstick. From reading other threads it apparently takes about 2qts to fill from L to H. Continuing the math above:

3501-4000 >=25mm
4001-4500 >=28mm
4501-5000 >=31mm

Based on the table above, a bad engine is burning through about 2qts of oil in 5000miles. What is weird to me is that if your car was indeed consuming oil, it burnt more than twice what a bad engine burns..

I just went and checked mine, I am at 5000miles since last oil change, I am 9mm below H mark.


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***This is just me making assumptions from what I read, from what Nissan says and from what I see on my car. Do take it with a grain of salt.***


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