RIP 2010 370z

cv129 · 08-16-2016, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Random Strata

....appointment with the same Nissan dealership I've had the car serviced at for the past 6 years. Then on my way home on friday suddenly I start to hear a knocking.....The engine is completely shot and needs to be replaced.

I'm curious...

With or without the mini-hibernation, you've implied your car was regularly serviced. I don't see how your engine would just go kaboom. Going 1k miles past an oil change/service interval won't do that, at least for sure not under normal usage.

When was the last time your car got serviced?
What service was performed last time?
You drive your car rough all the time?
What were you doing right before it started knocking?

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Originally Posted by Random Strata

1. Replace the engine for $11k (brand new) or $8k used (30k miles)

Are those "out the door" prices or just the engines?

Anyway, best of luck OP.

barncobob · 08-16-2016, 01:57 PM

shouldn't let your "buddy" check the oi

Jayhovah · 08-16-2016, 01:55 PM

What actually caused the failure? Just going a little while past the recommended service date would not cause this... But if you had an oil leak or something that went unnoticed to the point of running dry...well....

tonythetiger · 08-16-2016, 01:58 PM

im thinking oil starvation, i have same yr as you and my z tends to burn off oil over time so i always gotta check oil levels. but then again i do drive it pretty hard and couple of track days throughout the yr.

ChopsZ · 08-16-2016, 02:03 PM

Considering the OP has a very low post count and his avatar shows (his car???) drifting... Yeah, I'm calling BS on his story.

marty31 · 08-16-2016, 02:06 PM

None of this makes any sense.

ChopsZ · 08-16-2016, 02:07 PM

Yes it does. Pure neglect and abuse. Plain and simple.

mishuko · 08-16-2016, 02:41 PM

religious habit of mine when I do a gas up. check the oil. check the clutch and brake fluid level and colors (any big change from the last check up gets noted and actioned if required)

that is every 120 miles. yep. 120 miles. I average 15mpg. last gas up I averaged 12.5mpg if that tells you how I drive my car.

I did an oil change early (i do every 5000km but this time about 3000) because I did notice some oil burning. Probably because the past few tanks I've been driving a lot more aggressively in higher temps and in DD as well.

your basic checks every gas up could have saved you a lot of heart ache

dP3NGU1N · 08-16-2016, 05:57 PM

Going over recommended service isn't going to kill your car.

Handing your car over to some jamoke who doesn't give a **** about it at the dealership, very likely, will. More than once I've berated my parents for not checking their fluid levels after they get their car serviced. More often than not I pull out the dipstick and their car's oil barely reaches the tip.

Once, while panic braking, I saw the low oil light come on in their Camry and, sure enough, the dipstick was completely dry when I pulled it out.

Check your fluids if you're not changing them yourself. Super important.

Random Strata · 08-16-2016, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N

Going over recommended service isn't going to kill your car.

Handing your car over to some jamoke who doesn't give a **** about it at the dealership, very likely, will. More than once I've berated my parents for not checking their fluid levels after they get their car serviced. More often than not I pull out the dipstick and their car's oil barely reaches the tip.

Once, while panic braking, I saw the low oil light come on in their Camry and, sure enough, the dipstick was completely dry when I pulled it out.

Check your fluids if you're not changing them yourself. Super important.

I did actually run into this very issue with them the third time I took the car in. They didn't fill the oil correctly, I took it in the same day and they took care of it right away while apologizing to me about 20 times. I'm not going to lie, I stopped checking this after about the 5th time I had it serviced and haven't double checked them since. It's also my fault for not taking it in when I should have back in February. It's also my fault for not checking the oil levels when I hit the 73k mile mark.

labrador · 08-16-2016, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Random Strata

I did actually run into this very issue with them the third time I took the car in. They didn't fill the oil correctly, I took it in the same day and they took care of it right away while apologizing to me about 20 times. I'm not going to lie, I stopped checking this after about the 5th time I had it serviced and haven't double checked them since. It's also my fault for not taking it in when I should have back in February. It's also my fault for not checking the oil levels when I hit the 73k mile mark.

Ive got 80k and mine doesnt burn any oil. I drive 140 mile roundtrip to work and I work on the mexican texas border. Its hot.

edk370 · 08-16-2016, 06:30 PM

LS3 V8 swap...that's what I'd do.

kenchan · 08-16-2016, 06:38 PM

73k miles its like a 4th hand used car.

get a new one.

onzedge · 08-16-2016, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

73k miles its like a 4th hand used car.

get a new one.

markesc · 08-16-2016, 08:19 PM

The whole thing seems odd:

Did it use oil before? If the dealership did the oil changes, did they ever alert you that it used X amt of oil, etc during the last change?

Were you running full synthetic?

I had a highly modified wrx at one point, that pos would burn a quart of oil after about 1500 miles into an oil change cycle... The Z seems to not burn a drop at all being a simple NA motor.

My money is on they under filled it, impossible to prove though.

08-16-2016, 01:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
tonythetiger A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SA, TX Posts: 1,035 Drives: 10 Nissan 370z PG MT Rep Power: 193	im thinking oil starvation, i have same yr as you and my z tends to burn off oil over time so i always gotta check oil levels. but then again i do drive it pretty hard and couple of track days throughout the yr. __________________ KWV3/Eibach/StillenG3/FI CBE+LTH+34Row/Uprev/SPL/SouthBendSS/QuaifeLSD/4.08/TommyKaira/Status/VolkZE40/AP Radical BBK/Seibon/Amuse/VIS/Sparco/WorksBellGTC/RJM/Nismo

08-16-2016, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChopsZ Track Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Florida Age: 50 Posts: 965 Drives: 2016 370Z GM 6MT Rep Power: 2302	Considering the OP has a very low post count and his avatar shows (his car???) drifting... Yeah, I'm calling BS on his story. __________________ She's For Sale! PERFORMANCE: Aero Workz \| Akebono \| BC Racing \| EcuTek \| HKS \| MaxBore \| Motordyne \| Nismo \| RJM \| SPL \| StopTech \| Z1 AUDIO: Arc Audio \| Bazooka \| Helix \| Pioneer \| Stereo Integrity

08-16-2016, 02:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
marty31 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Posts: 75 Drives: 19 Camaro ZL1 A10 Rep Power: 24	None of this makes any sense. __________________ 2013 370Z Touring Sport M6

08-16-2016, 02:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
ChopsZ Track Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Florida Age: 50 Posts: 965 Drives: 2016 370Z GM 6MT Rep Power: 2302	Yes it does. Pure neglect and abuse. Plain and simple. marty31 likes this. __________________ She's For Sale! PERFORMANCE: Aero Workz \| Akebono \| BC Racing \| EcuTek \| HKS \| MaxBore \| Motordyne \| Nismo \| RJM \| SPL \| StopTech \| Z1 AUDIO: Arc Audio \| Bazooka \| Helix \| Pioneer \| Stereo Integrity

08-16-2016, 05:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
dP3NGU1N A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Irvine Posts: 1,682 Drives: 13 PW sport 6mt Rep Power: 19	Going over recommended service isn't going to kill your car. Handing your car over to some jamoke who doesn't give a **** about it at the dealership, very likely, will. More than once I've berated my parents for not checking their fluid levels after they get their car serviced. More often than not I pull out the dipstick and their car's oil barely reaches the tip. Once, while panic braking, I saw the low oil light come on in their Camry and, sure enough, the dipstick was completely dry when I pulled it out. Check your fluids if you're not changing them yourself. Super important. __________________ 35% Hooper Optik \| Takeda Attack CAI \| F.I. HFC \| Hotchkis Sway Bar \| Stillen 24row \| OS Giken Super Lock LSD \| TK Shift Knob \| EVO-R Carbon Diffuser

08-16-2016, 01:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
barncobob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: hangtown, CA Posts: 1,164 Drives: 16 370Z auto Rep Power: 590	shouldn't let your "buddy" check the oi

08-16-2016, 02:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
mishuko A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: bouncin on tigga Posts: 8,062 Drives: '12 Z Rep Power: 9436	religious habit of mine when I do a gas up. check the oil. check the clutch and brake fluid level and colors (any big change from the last check up gets noted and actioned if required) that is every 120 miles. yep. 120 miles. I average 15mpg. last gas up I averaged 12.5mpg if that tells you how I drive my car. I did an oil change early (i do every 5000km but this time about 3000) because I did notice some oil burning. Probably because the past few tanks I've been driving a lot more aggressively in higher temps and in DD as well. your basic checks every gas up could have saved you a lot of heart ache

08-16-2016, 06:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
edk370 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 296 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 13	LS3 V8 swap...that's what I'd do. SuBXeRo likes this.

08-16-2016, 06:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	73k miles its like a 4th hand used car. get a new one.

08-16-2016, 08:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
markesc Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Utah Posts: 381 Drives: 2014 370z M.B. 7AT Rep Power: 3367	The whole thing seems odd: Did it use oil before? If the dealership did the oil changes, did they ever alert you that it used X amt of oil, etc during the last change? Were you running full synthetic? I had a highly modified wrx at one point, that pos would burn a quart of oil after about 1500 miles into an oil change cycle... The Z seems to not burn a drop at all being a simple NA motor. My money is on they under filled it, impossible to prove though.

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