Z Owners, check your oil, post mileage and how far "down" it is...

m4a1mustang

I think the only thing Nissan would do is tell us to regularly check oil levels and top off as necessary.

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kannibul

I imagine as much oil as some people are going through, the cats will plug up.

Roo

Less than 2k miles and I have not had the car for more than 2 months and my oil level went from fine to below low. I don't know about you guys but I did not buy a $40k car to check the oil every week. Hell I don't have to check the oil in my hot rod that often!

kannibul

Exactly.

ZKindaGuy

The oil doesn't have to be checked every week on the 370Z. I have 6000 miles on my 370Z. I spent the first 4000 miles driving 230 miles a day 4 days a week and then pleasure driving in the country on the weekends. I never once had any oil loss.

The car now has 6000+ miles on it and I quit driving the 230 miles a day since I bought a beater. So now I drive the Z on weekends and some week nights for mostly city driving. And I still haven't had any oil loss.

So I am am thinking that perhaps the oil loss is relative to how a person drives their car...not meaning highway v. city but whether or not the driver is mostly always laying into the accelerator alot which causes an excessive heat RATE.

This could certainly lay the groundwork for the engine to always be running hot which would then burn oil because pedal popping doesn't allow sufficient time for the coolant to do the cycles it needs to do to disappate the quick heat buildup before the next pedal pop.

Just some thoughts...