2012 370Z burning oil

Ubetit · 10-08-2012, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

Burning up to 1 qt of oil per 1,000 miles is within acceptable tolerances.

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No it's not

anthonyy · 10-08-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ubetit

No it's not

That's an awful lot to burn for 1k miles... "regular" or not.

jcosta79 · 10-08-2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ubetit

No it's not

I'm only telling you what the dealer told me when I had this issue with my 350Z.

Mr&Mrs · 10-08-2012, 06:14 PM

Sounds like they fooled you, like they tried doing to me. I have a car 8 years old Turbo'd beat the hell out of that does not burn this much oil.

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

I'm only telling you what the dealer told me when I had this issue with my 350Z.

jcosta79 · 10-09-2012, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr&Mrs

Sounds like they fooled you, like they tried doing to me. I have a car 8 years old Turbo'd beat the hell out of that does not burn this much oil.

Nobody "fooled" me. I was not happy but they wouldn't budge. What else could I do? It's just a car. Not worth the aggravation. My concerns were documented.

cheshirecat · 10-09-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

Nobody "fooled" me. I was not happy but they wouldn't budge. What else could I do? It's just a car. Not worth the aggravation. My concerns were documented.

Take it to another dealer. Get NNA involved. Get an attorney. You have plenty of options- it just depends on how far you want to go with it.

jcosta79 · 10-09-2012, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by cheshirecat

Take it to another dealer. Get NNA involved. Get an attorney. You have plenty of options- it just depends on how far you want to go with it.

Not far. I later traded it in on another car, so I stopped caring.

I'm not going to give myself an ulcer over any car problem. Once the dealer knows about it and has documented the issue to the point where my butt is covered, I stop caring.

However, I did take an issue once all the way to NNA concerning improper alignment with my first 350Z. Everyone kept telling me it was within spec, but it pulled like a mother to the right. Finally got an old timer Nissan tech that worked on the original Z cars. Knew what it was immediately and fixed it. (Rear toe adjustment)

cheshirecat · 10-09-2012, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

I'm only telling you what the dealer told me when I had this issue with my 350Z.

I had to go through the same thing. The first dealership I went to about my '06 Rev-Up eating oil told me that 1qt per 1k miles is acceptable. They didn't have much to say when I asked why, then, would Nissan suggest up to 7500 miles between oil changes.

They even went so far as to overfill the engine by a quart during the oil consumption test. On moderate acceleration, oil would spew out of the dipstick and onto the block, giving me a nice smoke show. Pretty cool, huh?

Luckily, the next dealer I went to went ahead and replaced the short block. Problem solved.

I'm going through it again now, though- about 1qt every 750 miles.

I'm personally not going to be that sad to be the VQ35/37 go.

Compdoc777 · 10-09-2012, 07:40 AM

If you are smelling buring oil that is bad. If you see oil smoke at star up that is bad. Sounds like you could have a leaky oil seal in one of the valves and or even leaking head gasket that is allowing oil and air to escape from one of the heads.

I would get it in quick. The warranty will cover it all and you get a loaner.

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Compdoc777 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cypress Posts: 277 Drives: 2011 Nismo #4 MB Rep Power: 14	If you are smelling buring oil that is bad. If you see oil smoke at star up that is bad. Sounds like you could have a leaky oil seal in one of the valves and or even leaking head gasket that is allowing oil and air to escape from one of the heads. I would get it in quick. The warranty will cover it all and you get a loaner.