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Originally Posted by billydsz
Exactly. I wasn't referring to some arbitrary cya spec by the manufacturer, who makes those to save themselves from warranty claims. As warmandscsi said above, a properly made modern engine ( when street driving) shouldn't lose oil of any noticeable amount between changes. If it does, you have some sort of defect, or a poor break-in. My 92 explorer loses a quart of oil every 5k miles, and that engine has 170k on it.
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Yep.
To make it as concise as possible - a factory-built VQ37VHR that consumes more than a quart every 3000 miles probably has an oil control defect caused by improper break-in. A Nissan engineer would agree with this, but as said above, Nissan's warranty CYA verbiage screws the consumer in this case.
I'm SO glad my wife trusted my engine-building experience and let me break our Z in quick and hard.
