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

In another thread, several people have noted that it seems the 370Z burns oil, because after only a 1000 or so miles, their oil is already quite a bit lower than it should be for a car (even new...) - some cars taking a couple quarts to bring it back to normal!

So, this is a thread to see if it's a very widespread issue or not.


Myself, I literally just changed mine and dropped in 5 quarts, and it was just a millimeter or two above the bottom marker. I've got less than a 1/4 mile on it since then ;)

I'll be topping it off and checking every 1K for a while :(


So, I ask that all of us post our total odometer, number of miles since oil change, and how far off the dipstick reading is from when it was changed (or note factory fill).

Also, if yours is off, post your manufacturing date and serial number - this might help with determining if a specific "run" of 370Z's has an issue.

With enough data on this, we could all go to Nissan and get something done about it.

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

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

Ok...I'll bite....here is a repost of what I posted in the other thread...


I did an oil change at 3700 miles to synthetic Redline.

Dipstick after change read as...

L o--------|------o H


Now at 6500 Miiles (2800 miles later) it reads...

L o--|------------o H


The movement in oil level is pretty minimal and I'm not worried about this. The sky isn't falling. :)

Deja vu...
 

I think I have some experience with this topic...

My original thread on G35 Driver "EVERYONE: CHECK YOUR OIL!" documenting the oil consumption problem on my G35 now is a sticky with 1,341 posts and 112,164 views.

I was on my third motor when I turned it in for my 370Z. Even the third engine burned over a quart every 1,000 miles.

Guess what? My 370Z also burns a quart every 1,000 miles...

Checked my oil because of this thread. about 3k miles on my oil change and it was a tad over one QT low. Not good.... My damn toyota 4.0 engine had pushing out double the stock rwhp and it wouldn't burn a drop!!!

People...SETTLE DOWN. Using some oil during and even after break-in of an engine is NORMAL!! My level was down almost 3/4 of a quart at 1500 miles. TOTALLY NORMAL!! Wow, unless you have a leak... please, give it some time.

:iagree::iagree::iagree:

Normal for what, the VQ37VHR, or Normal for Nissan?

I've had a more than a half dozen cars, even a few new-off-the-lot, and they didn't burn any (measureable amount of) oil...

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!

Normal for ALL engines.

:bowrofl: It is not normal, maybe for Nissan but it is far from Normal. I have bought many new cars and even in 10k miles they didn't burn anywhere near this much oil.

Really, all of them? I'm pretty sure my lawnmower still has a quart in it, and I've never changed it, added to it, or done anything to it since I bought it 5 years ago.

I figure with the amount of time it's ran, it's got a good 1000 miles worth of use out of it.

On a more serious note...

My 2005 Civic, bought it new off the lot with 150 miles on the odometer. Holds 3 quarts. Oil change interval is 6000 miles by manual. Runs on 5w20 oil. If what you're saying is true, that engine should be bone dry by the time oil change comes up. Since then, I've gone to 15K mile oil changes after the first one...guess what, it's not burned oil either. 70K on it now.

My 97 Ranger - hell, I change the oil when I feel up to to it, which isn't often. MAYBE once a year. I also put whatever oil I have laying around in it...140K miles / 5qt. I bought it with 48K on the odo. It's not burned any oil...

My 2006 Honda VTX 1300c, bought it with 8 miles on the odometer. It doesn't burn oil, got 14K on it now.

78 TBird (first car) - didn't burn oil. Had *at least* 230K miles on it.

82 Malibu, don't remember the mileage, but it also didn't burn oil.

87 cutlass, rebuilt engine, no burn oil.

94 saturn, bought it with 30K, didn't burn oil.

My Dad's 77 CJ-7 had well over 330K miles on it, and it didn't burn oil.


The only thing I have that burns oil is my weedwacker, and hopefully not, my Z.

Exactly.

I'm supposed to take a test drive this weekend and it seems like every thread I read makes me less and less excited for it.