Konvict

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so..i just picked up my 350z today...drove it out of shop and i start to smell oil...burning oil..

as i accelerate...the oil gauge goes up to a max of 3/4 and stays steady at half when im in gear but not really accelerating...if i go into neutral the gauge drops to 1/4...is this normal???

i looked under hood..and yes i can see a puddle of oil sitting on bottom of car...and i see a few drops on floor under car...

anyone else had this? any idea what it is? just a leak? im taking it inot my nissan dealer ASAP...right now im gonna have a look myself and clean out any oil i can

will also check oil level and get back to u guys on here

P.S- other than this the car is absolutely stunning!!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Chef-J

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What shop?????
You just did something to z? or you just bought it??? ... i'm confused

surfcity40

dude....the 06 has oil consumption issues and there are a million threads dealing with those issues. the rest of the years don't. you need to let us help you. you really didn't give us enough info. this site has been around for some time so there are folk who can help.... but not with your initial post. frankly

Chef-J

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What the...



Where is davidv i need his help.

Spork

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Konvict

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i just bought it..sorry by shop i meant the brokers place where i got car from..imported from states to canada

oil levels is at half...seems ok..but thers alot of spilled oil inside the car and its leaking thru quite a bit...i cleaned as much as i could from bottom of car

and wha tother info do u need surfcity? my cars a 2003 for starters...

i'll check oil levels in morning

Chef-J

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how many milies on ur Z?

Konvict

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5080 miles.. not a typo

surfcity40

my bad. let me be clear. there were some issues with the rings in the 05 anniversary and the 06 rev up motor. these issues were allegedly addressed in the 07. i just want the folk who are having issues to be in the same threads.

Konvict

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oh ok...i searched forums cudnt find anything...altho im a bad searcher..lol

im hoping its an easy fix this...maybe the oil pan has a hole in it from soemthing? or something is loose?

Chef-J

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^ yours is 03. just take it back, sorry to hear that tho. Good luck

Konvict

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i have no where to take it back to..lol

bought it privately in california and had it transported up...it wasnt leaking oil when i bought it cos we didnt smell any burning...so i wonder what could have caused this :S

xtremefairladyz

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Maybe when it was being transported, it hit something on the oil pan and it is loose? Check the oil pan first.

Z04

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might even check to see if the crush washer is present in the oil drain plug. some that reuse them or do not put them back can cause oil to leak.

bailey bill

Perfectly normal. The oil pump is drien by the engine so the higher the RM, the more oil flow. As rsies and falls, pressure rises and falls accordingly.

bill

Swiffer

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His is leaking oil, not burning it.

Konvict

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cheers bill...just wasnt sure about the amount mine would move..1/4 - 3/4 seemed like alot

i will check the oil pan aswell...i just cant jack the car up :/...its too low to get my jack under it...car has 4 inch claerence all around

so taking it to a shop in a little while to get oil changed etc...hopefully we can see whats wrong

and looking at oil level now compared to last night..its the same..and there hasnt been anything leaked on floor...but looks liek a bit more on bottom of car when i look under hood

Konvict

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so...had a look under car today...alot of oil there...lol

taking it into dealer soon so we'll see whats going on...heres a pic..doesnt really show much

Konvict

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so i went to dealer..they cudnt look at car...said it was too low and their jack wudnt go under it...LOL

so im kinda stuck lookin for another garage right now:S

Chef-J

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^oh no