370Z oil consumption

hswen

Hello All,
I picked up my 370 in April & now have 3400 KM (2100 miles) on the odometer. I have since added almost 2 liters of oil, anyone in the same boat?

AK370Z

It is NOT unlikely for a car to burn a little oil during break in period (0 to 1200 miles). I think if you burn more than 1 quart/1000 miles, then it's an issue. I personally have no oil burning problem along with hundreds of other 370Z members. I say top it off and see if it still burns. If so, give your dealer a call.

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hswen

Thanks for the welcome! I just came back from the dealer, I had the oil changed & they ageed that this level of oil consumption is excessive even for break in. They will now monitor the consumption so when ever oil needs to be added I will bring it in. The service rep said they will do this for the next 5 top ups before they make any kind of descision.

H.

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btw, welcome

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Dodsonjet

Yes, have the same situation. Most of the Z club guys locally say this is a bad deal. Some of the earlier new model changes had the same problem. Mine shows up in the tailpipes as well, does yours?

hswen

Yes, I had to use mag cleaner to get it off. It was not too bad though.

tbonesteak

for the two of you guys that have oil drinking engines, how did you break in your car? Thanks.

LiquidZ

I have noticed my tailpipes are a little dirty...

... now I'm worried.

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ZKindaGuy

Come on people....give the oil issue some time to work itself out. Many of these engines are still in their break-in period. High-performance 4 and 6 packs are known to consume oil for as long as 10K miles.

I have more concern for those folks who see every little thing as a problem. Its this kind of reaction that starts to cause the car to come under relentless and unnecessary scrutiny for absolutely no reason...and once this kind of over reactive :BS: starts getting into the car magazine reviews the entire car starts to drop unnecessarily in its value quickly all because of supposition and conjecture.

So how about showing some patience and restraint and quit posting your needless concerns until there is a definite and provable problem identified and a root cause of a real failure instead of all this dust some of you folks keep kicking up about nothing.

worldfamousz

if everyone waited, then nobody in the past with the older VQ motors would have complained and a bulletin more than likely would not have been made up. Nissan has a history of oil consumption on these VQ engines, it's a fully legit concern IMO. If there was no track record, maybe not. It's not conjecture, and people with this issue should complain about it. If people do not complain, nothing ever gets fixed, how else would nissan know there's an issue to begin with? NO engine should consume that much oil during it's normal operation short of a rotary perhaps. Break in or no break in. The end.

kfscoll

However, now that a TSB has been issued by Nissan, there's no harm in owners waiting until the 10K or 20K mile point to ensure that the oil consumption issue hasn't taken care of itself. Most owners will have put 20K miles on their cars well within the 4 year/50K mile powertrain warranty period. IMHO it'd be foolish to pursue a short/long block replacement too early in the engine's lifecycle if the problem would've taken care of itself in time. Besides, there's some anecdotal evidence from folks on the this forum that early oil consumption in the VQ37VHR settles down after 10K miles or so.

I think it's prudent to wait. That's what I plan to do. Now that the TSB's out, there's no reason not to.

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spearfish25

...and hopefully my dealer will have swapped 50 long blocks before they ever attempt mine.

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tbonesteak

Tailpipes are always gonna get black regardless of whether the motor burns oil or not. Monitor your dipstick every 1k miles or so.

Chan Chee Hoe

Take a look at the dirt,oil burning car's,the soot is 'oily' type like 2 strokes motocycle,'dry' & black soot is 'rich' running engine...