370Z oil consumption

kfscoll · 10-19-2010, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WorldFamousZ

if everyone waited, then nobody in the past with the older VQ motors would have complained and a bulletin more than likely would not have been made up. Nissan has a history of oil consumption on these VQ engines, it's a fully legit concern IMO. If there was no track record, maybe not. It's not conjecture, and people with this issue should complain about it. If people do not complain, nothing ever gets fixed, how else would nissan know there's an issue to begin with? NO engine should consume that much oil during it's normal operation short of a rotary perhaps. Break in or no break in. The end.

However, now that a TSB has been issued by Nissan, there's no harm in owners waiting until the 10K or 20K mile point to ensure that the oil consumption issue hasn't taken care of itself. Most owners will have put 20K miles on their cars well within the 4 year/50K mile powertrain warranty period. IMHO it'd be foolish to pursue a short/long block replacement too early in the engine's lifecycle if the problem would've taken care of itself in time. Besides, there's some anecdotal evidence from folks on the this forum that early oil consumption in the VQ37VHR settles down after 10K miles or so.

I think it's prudent to wait. That's what I plan to do. Now that the TSB's out, there's no reason not to.

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