Man, if you deal with Nissan the same way you deal with a little ribbing on here, you're the proud owner of a useless $40,000 hunk of metal and plastic.

Did you do your own oil changes, or did you take your car someplace else that did them for you?

Either way, that's Nissan's way out of helping you.

DAKILLA killed his chances I think and he does need to work on his spelling, hate reading his posts.

Wow. So there was no leak. I'm figuring if there was any kind of serious leak you would see traces of oil all under the car. I find it kind of hard to believe that she burnt all the oil without you knowing about it. How long after your last oil change did this happen???? Well just keep an eye on your dealer, cause if they have a feeling it was your fault or the fault of the shop you had the change done at there gonna do there best at not paying for the damage. Good luck man.

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I think the garage forgot to put some oil in after they took the old oil out of your car. If you should sue anyone you need to check this for sure, otherwise you might sue the wrong people.

ne1 else thinks this thredd is fail sumthing tells me dakillaz iz a trollz

FWIW, an 5qt oil leak would be obvious. If the plastic underbody cover is still in place, the oil would pool in it. Some would end up leaking onto the ground, but there would be some shred of evidence.

If the car burned 5qts, then you'd have seen a cloud of smoke coming out the exhaust.

What was the timing between your last oil change and this discovery? I wouldn't think you'd get more than a mile or two without oil before the engine seized.

Something doesn't add up.

Can't be the place that changed the oil because like he said, it was 3 months ago. Even if they only put 3 qts in I think he/the car would have noticed this before now.

Can't be the fill cap because if the oil came out that way...well think Gulf of Mexico...

If the old gasket was still on the filter it should have been and still should be obvious as well. Depend on where he parks it I guess.

either way, I'm not sure I believe that the car was completely empty and I'd also be pointing the finger at Nissan due to the fact that the oil light never came on. I mean come on, even if he doesn't check the dip stick, that light is there for a reason and if it's not working properly then it's just like anything else in the car....What if the airbag was not working and the light never came on. or the ABS light... I would do like someone else said and have the car taken to another dealer or mechanic because if there really was no oil in the car, then while yes, it may be PARTLY your fault for not checking it regularly, I'd still put 90% of the blame on Nissan for A) having a leak someplace and B) the oil light never coming on.

As for his spelling....holy crap. I'm in agreement with some of the others. First of all it's simple english. There, Their, whole, hole, And, car...if you're being lazy and trying to save time by not putting the "A" in the word "and" and the "G" in the word "going" then why waste your time by adding an extra "r" to the word "car" and an extra "o" in the word "so".

I can't spell to save my life but come on....

ALWAYS CHECK YOUR OIL every couple days mannnnn!
You may have to get a new shortblock if those noises continue
XD

It is starting to sound a bit like a Troll...that or just someone who doesnt want to accept that he's out 11k...

Like people said, it doesn't add up. Maybe he had no undertray? Maybe the filter came loose and fell out because it wasn't properly tightened. Or hes a troll

while I agree, and I TRY to check it at least everytime I get gas (which varies greatly between my civic and my Jeep) I admit to relying on the idiots lights way too much. :(


*** going out to check my oil now **** :tup:

Let's not forget godawful. Love it when asswipes critique spelling with hideous spelling. +1

"How's that"

LMAO

Forums. 'cause. holes.

ROFLMAO

ibtl

I never once said I had the best spelling in the world. The poster had such bad spelling it was hard to understand what he was saying, and it sounded like he was fourteen.

I really feel for you with this oil problem. My bet is that when you, or someone else changed the oil they forget to put the new oil in.

There is no way that you could leak 5 qt of oil and not know it. Someone would see it and at least let you know.

hah, that's good. I was talking about spelling and you caught me using a wrong word. paid and payed are different words, not a spelling error. You got me on wherever though (: good catch.

There is no way you went 3 months with 0 oil in the car.

There is no way 5 qts of oil leaked out and you didnt notice and there are no traces.

There is no way you burnt 5 qts of oil without noticing tons of billowing smoke from your exhaust.

Im all out of ideas.

:tup:

Sounds like it's going to be a fight between Nissan and who ever changed your oil. Nissan is going to claim faulty maint. Unfortunately, you are kinda stuck in the middle.

This is why cars (especially the Z which is known to eat oil) come with DIPSTICKS.

I'm constantly adding a half a quart or more to my car every thousand miles or so. You ever hear the saying "A ounce of prevention..."

SPELL THE WORD "AND" CORRECTLY. /yell

Maybe he should change his name from DakillaZ to DaZkilla :stirthepot:

I check my dipstick like once a wheel, i hae like 1700 miles on my car, and i'm right in the middle between the two lines. I haven't added any oil, but it looks as though i haven't burnt any, even through the break in period, am i just checking wrong, because i kind of EXPECTED to lose oil. i take the dipstick out, wipe it off, and then put it back in and pull it out and read where the oil came up to, and its right in the middle.

I haven't lost a drop.

Reading this guy's posts, I think I've figured out how his engine could have run out of oil without him noticing...

:ugh2:

This. If you don't agree, read it again.

But on a serious note, it's very, very obvious when you drop that much oil via a large leak. First of all, you'll literally start seeing a black trail behind your car (if you even check your rear view). Simultaneously you'll start noticing a huge blue cloud of smoke behind you as the oil starts coating the exhaust and burning off.

Sadly I've gone through that due to a failed turbo oil return fitting :( my fault, but the rod and main bearings were OK afterward.

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On a positive note, this thread scared the crap out of me so I went outside to my work parking lot and checked the oil.

3/4 between L and H. :tup: Thanks OP!

lets check the oil level at least once every 2 weeks. it's not like my G's dipstick where i have to snake the stick in... the Z's dipstick is right there.

while cold in the morning. yellow handle. pull out, wipe. dip stick back, count to 5 in japanese (ichi, ni, san, faux phalen, go). then pull out. oil to be between 2 dots.

I ran my car very low on oil years ago, due to a leak in the cam cover. It was driving more or less fine until fairly suddenly I noticed a big drop in power while going uphill, and the car water temp went up, I pulled over within 1 mile and checked it out, found nothing on dipstick, got some oil and discovered I was 4qts low. I refilled the oil and the car ran fine for years. I never noticed anything until that one long pull uphill. Had I kept going another mile or two, I might have completely ruined the engine.

Yeah...Daddy's gonna be pissed!

Something just doesnt add up.

1. If your mechanic forgot to add the oil, you car would seize and you wouldn't be able to drive it for 3 months.

2. If you had a leak (any sort of seal leak), you should notice wet oil spots. A main seal leak, just doesnt make any sense with the age of your car.

3. Burning up oil, you would notice carbon deposit on your exhaust. (i.e. your exhaust tip should be a yellow and/ or black) Along with smoke every time you drive it.

4. Im out of ideas. Someone should queue in the Castrol commercial now!

I'm still trying to figure out, if it "blew up", how he drove it to the shop that changes his oil regularly? Bueller? Bueller?

mechanic got distracted while putting oil in and lost track how much oil he didn't put in(?)

i just read all 5 pages, if this guy's oil really did somehow disappear and hes 11k deep now, it must really suck for him cause now this whole forum is going to town on him lol. dead 370 and getting flamed by 60 people, feels good man.

I'm not going to feel sympathetic toward anybody posting up a story like this for what is essentially online attention whoring/venting, when they are coming off as a complete and utter illiterate idiot. Sorry...

If he wants real advice on this, he'd consult a lawyer. Because if Nissan officially denies the claim, that's where this is going to head anyway.

Gonna have to agree here. Im not gonna call him an Idiot, but in the past 7 years since I have been driving and owning cars I have never ran any of my engines low on oil, or at least for a long period of time. Weather or not it was a problem with the car or the shop you should have checked your oil more often, its a good way to catch a problem early. Oil is the blood of your engine, and there is alot of crap moving around inside that 3.7 keep an eye on her vitals better next time... Good Luck man.

This is going downhill so I decided to close it. OP, good luck with the whole thing.