370Z Engine Failure

Cmike2780

Play the lottery. Who knows, maybe you'll hit it twice......oh wait you have bad luck. Nevermind.

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6MT

Trying to say whether it's bad luck or Nissan just has "bad" engines should be put aside until the reason for the failure comes to light. Really, everyone is just speculating (guessing).

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Andrew

2009 370Z Sport/Touring 6MT sold
2013 Honda Civic Si coupe D/D

Ktown

Good reply.... OK the dealer just confirmed that the oil was low. And I'm guessing that since I live on a hill when going uphill, where the car stopped, this must make the situation worse. Anyway no service light, or any indicator ever came up, and the first service wasn't quite due. And since I've never had anything like this in the last 35 years of car ownership with all previous Toyota's, Acura's, even GM. Its kind of unexpected. I've never had to add oil that quickly?

So maybe its a feature, or bug, but certainly unexpected...

THX for your input, I guess I won't sell the car as soon as i get it back, and maybe this serves some educational purpose for others.

Z-Guy

I know the feeling, I've owned over 29 cars, most new and never had to put oil in. I used to change my oil every 1k miles but now I do mostly freeway driving so I what until 2500- 3000 miles. I use nothing but Castrol Oil and Chevron gas. I was a 1/2 qt low on my new Z with less than 600 miles on it. Sure hope this isn't a problem, I am very particular and meticulious about break in procedures etc. Sounds like I'll have to find another good synthetic oil like Red Line or Royal Purple etc according to some of the threads due to oil temps.

twinturbonet

LOL

fullmonty

I'm calling BS on the OPs story.

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Ktown

I replied to the more thoughtful author, and I guess you too.

The FX problem was scored cylinder walls. The dealer said it must have gotten some bad gas. So not an engineering problem but in light of the 370Z going bad, it makes you wonder.

Anyway believe as will....

Ktown

And to close.

Maybe the good news story here is that NISSAN, or at least my dealer, seems to do a really good job of honoring the warranty. In both cases, well I guess with the FX since the Z hasn't been in for service yet, I had all the dealer service records, and no questions asked. I did expect some hassle with the FX since the problem started before the warranty expired but the replacement engine didn't get installed until 100,000 km's.

So there is some value in having dealer maintenance....

SkyZ

congrats on getting ur problems sorted in a timely and easy manner. sounds like u got a good dealer there. enjoy ur Z when u get it back and small reminder to keep an eye on the oil levels. there are many stories of Zs running dry and no oil low indicator. so watch out

FuszNissan

It happened to me at 1800 miles. I never checked the oil. Lesson learned.

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aragona7

I run synthetic oil in my 2009 370Z. Is it me or do they burn oil faster than any other car? After changing it the first time I noticed the oil level was pretty low, hmmmm. My oil light never came on either.

Steve

wilsonp

So hopefully not like an RX-8 that needs oil topping all the time.

How often do you check your oil?

Joseph B

It helps to have OCD when maintaining your ride. Check and double check. Everything.

Mozen

Ive had no issues with my Z but i had a 09 Nissan Versa before it that the transmission blew at 4k miles. Dealer didnt have a clue why it happened but covered it under full warranty. I ended up ditching it and buying the Z.

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FuszNissan

I check every time I need to get gas.

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