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

Scribe · 08-14-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tooohip

4800 miles total, 1800 since last change and I'm sitting 1/2 between L and H.

Posts like this aren't really usefull unless you are also stating what it was when you filled it. As in, we don't have a clue if that went down (or up

) since we don't know the starting point.

tooohip · 08-15-2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by in.the.dark

Posts like this aren't really usefull unless you are also stating what it was when you filled it. As in, we don't have a clue if that went down (or up

) since we don't know the starting point.

Bla bla bla! I'll just keep my mouth shut then... Sorry to bother you.

av370 · 08-15-2009, 07:22 PM

Totally violated the break in rules, did not use a drop from 1 to 3600 miles. just took it in for its first service and will watch this close.

Philipp · 08-15-2009, 09:10 PM

Coming from a rotary world, i can state that burning less than a quart of oil per 1K km is very close to nothing...
My Z has 1000km so far and hasn't use ANY oil!

kannibul · 08-17-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipp

Coming from a rotary world, i can state that burning less than a quart of oil per 1K km is very close to nothing...
My Z has 1000km so far and hasn't use ANY oil!

Rotary engines have to burn oil otherwise they die a quick death - for those it's the nature of the beast just to keep that engine running. It's a part of the design.

A reciprocating engine, for the most part shouldn't burn oil (or any meaningful/measureable amount - not with the tolerances we have today...

Philipp · 08-17-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Rotary engines have to burn oil otherwise they die a quick death - for those it's the nature of the beast just to keep that engine running. It's a part of the design.

A reciprocating engine, for the most part shouldn't burn oil (or any meaningful/measureable amount - not with the tolerances we have today...

Kannibul,
I was just putting things into perspective regarding oil consumption... On track days with my previous Rx8, i would easily burn 1 quart of oil per 40-50miles (which is normal for a rotary engine).
Now my breaking-in period is almost completed (1500km), so we will see the numbers. So far, no oil level changes...

08-15-2009, 09:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Philipp Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 189 Drives: 370z SP MT Titanium Rep Power: 17	Coming from a rotary world, i can state that burning less than a quart of oil per 1K km is very close to nothing... My Z has 1000km so far and hasn't use ANY oil! __________________ 2009 370z, MT & Sport package. DynoPack (stock): 268.8WHP & 224.4 Torque//K&N filters//Air cabin filter//HPS Tubes//Tune to come when VVEL...

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08-15-2009, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
av370 Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: antelope valley CA Posts: 70 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 265	Totally violated the break in rules, did not use a drop from 1 to 3600 miles. just took it in for its first service and will watch this close.