370Z oil consumption

Modshack · 08-11-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Reality

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I know for certain the VQ37 is loosing oil, not necessarily burning it, but def loosing...
All to familiar for me...

And you know this how? If an engine is losing oil and NOT burning it through the combustion chamber, it is leaking it. Fix the leak. Pretty simple. Not all of the tens of thousands of VQ37 motors are consuming oil.

Reality · 08-14-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

And you know this how? If an engine is losing oil and NOT burning it through the combustion chamber, it is leaking it. Fix the leak. Pretty simple. Not all of the tens of thousands of VQ37 motors are consuming oil.

I know this from talking with master mechanics at various Infiniti dealerships.. also having close friends who work at the dealerships, helps..
^ 6 cars between March - June, were waiting on engine replacements... can't be a fluke. and when they check for OC, its supposedly similar to the amount seen with the Revup Motors.

Question:
-How would you fix a leak, when the problem with the revups were supposedly caused by valve overlap.. This overlap created a vacuum which would suck the oil via the guides and out the exhaust.
So how do you fix an inherent flaw in the design?
Do you think Nissan is going to issue a massive recall and loose millions?

I hope my information was somehow limited to those vehicles that I heard of.. but I would not hold my breath.

antennahead · 08-14-2009, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reality

I know this from talking with master mechanics at various Infiniti dealerships.. also having close friends who work at the dealerships, helps..
^ 6 cars between March - June, were waiting on engine replacements... can't be a fluke. and when they check for OC, its supposedly similar to the amount seen with the Revup Motors.

Question:
-How would you fix a leak, when the problem with the revups were supposedly caused by valve overlap.. This overlap created a vacuum which would suck the oil via the guides and out the exhaust.
So how do you fix an inherent flaw in the design?
Do you think Nissan is going to issue a massive recall and loose millions?

I hope my information was somehow limited to those vehicles that I heard of.. but I would not hold my breath.

As the owner of an '06 OC 350, who did a lot of research on this, from what I could gather you are basically correct ......... vacuum suckout through the exhaust.

John

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