Yet, in an earlier post you said the above.......Pardon us for being a bit confused..It is still common sense.

You guys are killing me

X2

Hell, let me change that... X200!

I'm frankly stunned that there are people driving an (up to) $42K car who can't be bothered to check their oil. WTF, people??? That is girlfriend behavior:eek:. The amount of time it takes is negligible. Here's the procedure:

Your gas tank is close to empty. Go fill the gas tank. Drive home (or take a short drive; just make sure the engine is warmed up). Turn the car off and check the time. Wait 15 minutes. Check the oil level.

The total time involved in stuff that you aren't going to do anyways is about 2 minutes. If I remember correctly, the manual (read it, for god's sake, people... it only takes a couple of hours!) says that an empty oil reserve can void the warranty, as 99% of the time it means the customer was being negligent and not checking the oil.

If you want your car to last a long time, you should be checking all of the fluids and belts after every fill-up.

Lecture over:p

you're killin' me smalls!:rofl2:

I do check my oil, just not regularly, if at all between changes. I've never had a reason to, until now.

Truck - I check it maybe every 6 months. Like I said, I don't change the oil that often.

Civic - check it when the alarm goes off about oil change interval (which is an approximation for my halfway point on 15K oil)

Bike - never check it, just change it annually.

Z - I checked it a couple weeks ago when someone said theirs was eating oil. Mine was OK. I've since changed the oil and I'll check it again at 3750 before I drop the oil out. If it's fine, I'll likely check it again at either the next oil change, or halfway point...depending on which way I go (3750 changes or 5000 changes)



Don't bother attacking facts (that the Z / VQ37VHR engine burns oil a LOT more than most other engines out there) attack the person's credibility...:icon14:

Sorry, I have more important things to do than wait around 15 minutes to check the oil every time I gas up...as do most people.

well if you are constantly at redline then that maay explain it. Btw, what is wrong with you that you have to have your car constantly at redline?

wow...you get really defensive for someone that posts the stuff you do...

Ok, maybe you didn't understand my post (probably not likely... I think you're just upset that you have to expend effort to keep your car from blowing up). Drive the car home (which you're doing anyway), stop the car (which you're doing anyway), go watch TV for 15 minutes (optional), and come back.

No you should'nt have to top off your oil this often. My MX5 is a "revvy" motor but it does not consume anyoil, of course I don't rev to redline some here do all the time.

Totqally agree.

You shouldn't have to check your oil every fillup. My $50000 tahoe burns no oil, my $50000 vette burns no oil outside of track days, my wife's $40000 Z4 burns no oil (the new Z4 doesn't even have a dipstick!), heck, most 15000 cars don't burn oil. Now that the VQ37 seems to have a potential issue I will, but when I know the car doesn't burn oil, there is no reason to check it so often.

I did my oil change at 1800mi. And im at 3400mi right now. My oil level is still at the high level mark. I've been using redline oil and been aggressively reving the engine frequently.
Although when I first bought the car I did check the oil level when I brought it home and it was at the high level mark with about 60mi on the car. When I did change it at 1800mi the oil level was almost below the low level mark. It did worry me, but the car was still going through it's break in period.
So far everything is in the norm.

What I mean by constantly is at least once a day close to or at redline.
BTW I just check my oil and it's back to normal levels after adding 1 quart. I suggest having a spare quart in the house just to be safe.

Ok so maybe I shouldn't have to check my oil because my other brand X car doesn't burn oil and my other brand Y car doesn't burn oil and my chain saw doesn't use any oil either. Whatever the case I'm going to check my Z's oil more often now that I've heard about this. For me the extra risk isn't worth it regardless of whether I shouldn't have to or not. PITA but what else to do until more data is logged. So on that note I'm gonna stop typing and go check it right now.