z-roadster-06

Hi All, I have recently purchased an 06 Z roadster Track. The car has
about 9500km on it. At about 7500km it began consuming oil, it
currently consumes about 500ml (half a ltr) per 1000km. Nissan is
looking in to the issue but has any one seen this problem before?

njmodi

Oil burning seems to be a common issue with the 3.5L Nissan VQ
variants. Do some googling on the G35, 350Z, 5.5 Gen and 6th Gen
Maximas.

Nirav

z-roadster-06

Thanks for the info... will look it up. Nissan have placed the car on
an oil watch, which means taking the car back every 1000km and
measuring the oil loss, they will do this 3 times and the final one
lines up with the 10k service

Looks like I may be getting a new engine

njmodi

Good luck with it. I haven't heard of wide-scale engine replacements
for this problem - most manufacturers will consider some amount of oil
burning normal, e.g. 1litre per 1500km. Hopefully you fall into the
"unacceptable" category and get a new engine that doesn't exhibit these
symptoms.

Nirav

eliot rice

I have a 2005 Altima SE-R that burns oil (1 quart every 1200 miles).
The issue started around 12000 miles, and I've taken it back to the
dealer so they can keep track of the problem. I now have 41000 miles
and the problem still exists

tfm®

I have a Pathfinder with the 3.5L with 65,000+ miles on it. Mine is a
2001. This was the year of inception of this motor into this vehicle as I
understand it. Would this make mine a generation 1?

It consumes no oil whatsoever. Should I thank my lucky stars or count my
blessings that it's not a newer 3.5?

I've really come to love this engine. I don't think I could accept anything
less in the way of performance if I'd trade. Can somebody point me in the
right direction? Between work and trips to the Mayo clinic 4 hours away, I
don't have much research time on my hands. (I'm not sick, it's my wife)

TIA,
TFM® (not wanting to trade right now, just wanting 3.5 VQD (at least I
*think* it's VQD)info)

chuck tribolet

I've got a similar vintage PF with 112000 miles on it. Doesn't burn any oil,
though the real main seal may be going.

c. e. white

You are fooling yourself if you think your engine doesn't burn oil. All
engines consume some oil. The ones that don't appear to consume any oil are
replacing the burned oil with blow-by products (water, unburned
hydrocarbons, soot, etc.). We had an old tractor that actully "made" oil -
at least until you worked it really hard. The compression rings were really
weak and let lots of stuff by into the crankcase. When you got it good and
hot, a lot of the "stuff" would evaporate and suddenly it appeared that you
had suddenly burned lots of oil. However, since we usually just used it to
pull a small grader blade, it usually didn't get very hot, and the oil level
would actually go up as you were using it. I can't imagine that the "stuff"
in the crankcase was a good lubricant after a few months of use, but the
tractor was old, and it continued to do the job.

Ed

robert trepanier

Hi all,

I own a 2003 Pathfinder and at 40K Km it started burning oil (1liter for
500KM) and Nissan replace the engine with a short block. It still consumed
oil after about i liter for 1200Km and at 75K Km Nissan just replaced the
short block again. I hope this is the good one. After contacting Nissan
Canada directly not trough the dealership the ball started to roll my way.

Bob

steve t

I think some of this could be due to how the engine was broken in, what
"procedure" did you use? Not blaming you, just want to educate you so your
second/third etc don't use oil too!

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Steve

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