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i cant tell because of the crappy dipstick design

 

Im loseing about a quart and half maybe more or less everytime i change my oil. Its about that low. Have asked this question a few times but not every one seems to have this problem.

 

I lose none at all.

 

I'm losing about half a quart. 5w30 mobil 1syn. Drive my car hard

 

to you guys losing no oil between changes, how hard do you drive and how often?

 

None. Change every 4K.

 

so i'm guessing me losing half a quart every 3k is a bad thing?

 

Soops'z

You are losing too much oil. Look up my posts on this issue. I was losing about 2 to 3 quarts and this was at the 3000 mile mark. Long story short, Nissan just replaced my engine with a brand new one. There are 2 other people that have had similar oil consumption problems and had their engines replaced. HFM is one (we both had our engines replaced at Torrance Nissan) and I forgot the name of the other.

It was actually pretty easy to get the engine replaced. The dealer recognized that my oil consumption was high and called Nissan North America because they couldn't find any signs of oil leakage when inspecting my car. The Nissan engineers didn't hesitate at all to tell the dealer to yank my engine out and send it back to Nissan headquarters.

I did actually go through the BBB to ***** and try to get a new car but that's a different story.

By the way, there were never any obvious signs that my car was losing oil. No leaking from underneath, no burning of oil in the exhaust, but the oil level was definitely dropping fast.

I would take it to the dealer ASAP and have them start monitoring the car for oil consumption so you can get a new motor (if that's what your car needs).

Good luck. PM me with any questions.

 

onefastdoc,

that was a lot of oil lost. did you notice the loss in your oil pressure gauge?

 

I'd be worried with that amount of loss. I do 5,000km (~3k mile) changes and don't lose any measureable amount.

 

I lose 1 quart per 800 miles or so. Dealer has ordered a replacement motor. Many, many more folks have this problem.

JB

 

I run my car pretty hard, and I only lose about 1/2 a quart on average....

 

just wondering how you did your breakin with the motor....and hope you have better luck with the new one...out

 

How do you check how much you potentially lose? Do you pour the old oil back in the original container or are you estimating from the dip stick levels?

 

I put it back into the original container to find out how much oil I was losing, which was about half a quart.

 

Are you taking into account the oil in the filter?

 

Dipstick is crap..but I don't loose any (YET) Oil change every ~3500 and I give it a good work out.

 

To get an answer on this question, I asked my father (long time mechanic). He said it is normal to burn half a quart to a full quart in between changes (2500-3500 miles)

I didnt stop there

1 I called Sheridan nissan and spoke to Jeff in the service dept.
He said " half a quart to 1 quart every 2500-3k is normal.

2 I called Porter Nissan and spoke with Amanda (who asked a tech). Their answer was "half a quart is normal, if it increases then bring it in."

3 I callled Performance Nissan in CA and spoke with Dan in their service dept. His answer "losing half a quart is not abnormal"

4 I called Ganwood Nissan (think thats the name) and spoke with their service dept. They to said it was normal.

So there you have it. It is normal to burn half to 1 full quart every oil change.

 

seems like about where I am at, at my 1st oil change @ 6000 miles (I know I waited to long), I lost just over 1 quart, BUT, we also need to realize that a slight amount is still left in the engine, a bunch in the filter, and a slight about coating everything you used to transfer the oil after it left the engine (drop pan, funnel, etc...) and maybe even a slight amount you lose if/when you happen to spill a little on the garage flow.

It has also been said that you burn a bit more oil in the first few thousand miles.