Z Broke Down :(

Originally Posted by FuszNissan Yeah oil spitting out the exhaust. It idled for an hour and burnt half a quart. Check your oil!!!!! I can't believe it didn't throw a

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08-11-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan

Yeah oil spitting out the exhaust. It idled for an hour and burnt half a quart. Check your oil!!!!! I can't believe it didn't throw a oil pressure light or code. That's what scares me.

Apparently the oil pump was pressuring things normally, hence no light as the sender thought all was fine and it would, right on up to the point where the oil to pump was depleted. Oil must be being sucked through a cylinder and out the exhaust. Catastrophic Valve stem seal failure?

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