370Z oil consumption

VCuomo · 10-08-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

How so? I've built full race engines with huge clearances and they've maybe consumed a quart of oil in a 3000 mile interval. We're seeing factory-fresh engines here with tight emissions-and-paper-performance-oriented clearances consuming twice that. How is that acceptable?

I wasn't commenting on how much oil consumption is acceptable - I was commenting on the statement that cars produced over the last 30 years are not supposed to consume any oil in between oil changes. Here's the poster's statement that I was replying to:

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Because the car isn't supposed to consume oil between changes. At least not in the last 30 years.

That statement is completely untrue. No manufacturer, nor anyone who knows anything about cars produced in the last 5 years (much less 30), will state as fact that cars are not supposed to consume oil between oil changes. Yes, manufacturing tolerances are much better these days than in yesteryear, but not good enough to completely eliminate oil consumption.

No offense, I don't know people's ages here, but I bet that in general it's the "older" crowd (which includes me) that thinks it's laughable that you don't need to check the oil level between oil changes and that it's the "younger" crowd who thinks otherwise (although I could certainly be wrong).

IDZRVIT · 10-16-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by VCuomo

No offense, I don't know people's ages here, but I bet that in general it's the "older" crowd (which includes me) that thinks it's laughable that you don't need to check the oil level between oil changes and that it's the "younger" crowd who thinks otherwise (although I could certainly be wrong).

The older crowd accept reality. The younger crowd.................get over it!

6MT · 10-16-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT

The older crowd accept reality. The younger crowd.................get over it!

FERRARI · 10-16-2010, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT

The older crowd accept reality. The younger crowd.................get over it!

By older crowd, do you mean "MORE EXPERIENCED" ?

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