Word to the wise

cv129 · 10-11-2018, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CMadison

When I said "track", I was referring to keeping track of maintenance, not a race track. Anyway, my engine seems fine... no apparent leaks, but the oil didn't even show in the dipstick it was so low.

You are trying too hard to make yourself look bad lol. Word of the wise, stop describing to everybody how bad you f’d up.

MZ DAIZY · 10-11-2018, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CMadison

I learned a valuable lesson today. If you track your oil, tire, etc. maintenance using the computer, be aware that if you replace your battery all mileage entries WILL BE DELETED. Luckily I caught mine in time, and luckily I'm running Mobil 1 full synthetic oil. I simply forgot about how far I'd gone without an oil change... which ended up being just under 18,000 miles.

Um, I don’t care what gets deleted, 18,000 miles before you thought something was wrong is, well, just wrong. The hell, dude?

vtec to vvel · 10-12-2018, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MZ DAIZY

Um, I don’t care what gets deleted, 18,000 miles before you thought something was wrong is, well, just wrong. The hell, dude?

Exactly. I drive my Z once a week, but always check the oil level before driving and check how many miles I’ve driven while waiting for my car to warm up.

Jayhovah · 10-11-2018, 01:51 PM

Way too many things get deleted when unplugging the battery. Non volatile memory is not that expensive, Nissan.

MZ DAIZY · 10-11-2018, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah

Way too many things get deleted when unplugging the battery. Non volatile memory is not that expensive, Nissan.

I would have to be in a coma for a year before my car went 18,000 miles without an oil change.

Just saying...

JARblue · 10-12-2018, 10:12 AM

Get an oil analysis done by Blackstone Labs. Driving on the same oil (even Mobil 1!) for 18,000 miles is most certainly not good for your engine.

You should be changing oil at least once every 6 months at a minimum regardless of the number of miles. If you drive the car more than 8K miles a year then you probably need to be changing the oil even more frequently than that.

bunk · 10-12-2018, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Get an oil analysis done by Blackstone Labs. Driving on the same oil (even Mobil 1!) for 18,000 miles is most certainly not good for your engine.

You should be changing oil at least once every 6 months at a minimum regardless of the number of miles. If you drive the car more than 8K miles a year then you probably need to be changing the oil even more frequently than that.

I have 6 5qt jugs of used oil sitting in my garage to be recycled. That just from the past 6 months..lol

Ghostvette · 10-12-2018, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

I have 6 5qt jugs of used oil sitting in my garage to be recycled. That just from the past 6 months..lol

That's good for a waste oil heater.....

Oh wait..... you live in THAT state... where it's illegal to be self-sufficient.....

Rusty · 10-12-2018, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

That's good for a waste oil heater.....

Oh wait..... you live in THAT state... where it's illegal to be self-sufficient.....

Got to depend on the state for your well being. Oh....wait, they just want more taxes.

bunk · 10-12-2018, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Got to depend on the state for your well being. Oh....wait, they just want more taxes.

As much as it pains me to say, yes youre right!

MarkGideon · 10-12-2018, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

You should be changing oil at least once every 6 months at a minimum regardless of the number of miles.

Since I average just under 5K miles per year, that's the way I keep track of oil changes in my Z. Every July and December, doesn't matter the miles, I change the oil. Sometimes it almost looks as clean coming out as it went in.

CMadison · 10-12-2018, 07:22 PM

The car's fine; everyone calm down. Mark one for NissanVQR & mobil 1.

cv129 · 10-12-2018, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CMadison

The car's fine; everyone calm down. Mark one for NissanVQR & mobil 1.

and you should definitely lead with this in your ad when you try to sell this car down the road

Spooler · 10-12-2018, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CMadison

The car's fine; everyone calm down. Mark one for NissanVQR & mobil 1.

That is not the norm. When we see this we normaly have the my engine is knocking with it. Ask SS_Firehawk.
I would not be surprised if it starts knocking in the future. No doubt it is going to burn oil. I will put money on that. Mobil 1 is not
that great.

JARblue · 10-13-2018, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CMadison

The car's fine; everyone calm down. Mark one for NissanVQR & mobil 1.

LOL

I'm sure you know best...

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