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Old 06-29-2017, 10:47 PM   #10 (permalink)
Zatanna Z
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Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
OP, it's normal for the oil to go down a little bit between oil changes. For example, when your oil is hot it's letting off vapor which then goes through your intake manifold, and into your combustion chamber to be burned.

Some manufacturers if not all have baffling in the valve cover(s) to catch the oil vapor so it drops back down into the sump and not go through the PCV system with the blow by gases to be burned.

For those that do not know, the PCV system replaced road draft tubes which just expelled blow by gases and oil vapor to the atmosphere.
I was 2 qts low after 2500 miles.... I think that is too excessive. But I got my oil changed the other day and we'll give her another chance and see if she burns again. So I wonder if an oil cooler would help my consumption? Or I wonder if these 2009-2010 370z's just have a flaw in the motor that Nissan never told us about?
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