Smelt like regular oil to me, but then again I could be wrong. I was thinking the same thing, like why would it finally start to crash 2 weeks later?

 

The first thing that comes to mind is bad oil filter. I service semi trucks all the time and I have seen a few bad oil filters that were basically plugged up due to bad manufacturing. Does sound like somebody put gear oil in but you should be able to smell it.

 

WHO has the keys that were lifted?
They have access to your car.Could have put
something in the oil.ENEMIES?
Sounds as though you don't live in the best of neighborhoods.
Some jealous kid wanting to do damage because he can't afford a Z?
Got to get that oil analyzed.

 

I left my keys in a vehicle in downtown, I live far away from downtown, someone shattered the glass to the car I left my original keys in, they then ransacked the car and found my keys. So it's no one I know.

 

So I'm waiting for this weekend so someone can film me taking a sample of the oil. Then I'm dropping it off at the dealer. Will keep you guys posted.

 

Sub'd.

 

Alright so before I ended up spending money on a tow, my father and I drained the oil and this is what we found. Skip to 3:55 to see how much oil drained. Keep in mind that it is now sunday and I haven't touched the car or turned it on. I did the math and I had driven my car 823 miles since the oil change. I couldn't remember when exactly I had first gotten the oil change but I checked my bank account and it was a little before a whole month since I had gotten it changed when I first saw the problem. So I already have videos of where the pressure was showing almost 0, I left the oil in the drain tub and I put it in the car. Y'all think I have sufficient evidence to show nissan that they didn't put enough oil in my car?

 

You should have left the oil in and recorded the tech at the dealer while he was draining it.

 

That's what I had wanted to do but my dad insisted that we checked how much oil was in there.

 

Sorry to read your story. Hope for the best for you.

 

You guys did the right thing by personally seeing for yourself how much was in there. I couldnt click the video cuz I am at work but how many quarts came out?

I'm surer you guys aregoing ot put the oil back in right so that the Nissan tech can drain it?

 

Dude,looks to me that when you had the "oil changed",they drained it but,forgot to put oil back into your car.This kinda stuff has happened before.
The tech gets busy,he's talkin to somebody,working a more than one car at a time etc.,forgets whats been done.Or,another guy was supposed to put the oil back in.A,"I thought you did it" deal.At any rate,thats why the oil is so black.When the oil is drained,you never get it all out.Possibly they may have not chaged the filter too...?Checking the dipstick on a Z(how long have you
owned a Z?)is a bit tricky.If you don't get the dipstick cleaned off well and,
reinsert it just right,there will be oil all over the part that shows the level.
With the amount of oil you had in the car(less than a qt)all you would see
is some oil on sides of the dipstick.Its impossible to remove the dipstick so that its showing only the level.
Bud,its gonna be hard to prove now if the dealer was negligent.Its a "coulda shoulda" situation.Personally,I don't trust any work done on my car by anyone else but me.Its good to double check yourself.Wheel lugs may not be tightened.Tire pressue too high.I've had oil OVERFILLED!
Bottom line,you've been driving around on less than a qt you have some serious damage done to your engine.Maybe the video will work convincing the dealer.If it were me,and they don't gove you any satisfaction,I'd talk directly to the dealership owner,show the video.Still no results,contact the Nissan zone manager.Possibly your local media has a consumer "bad stuff" report
that they run.I'd think the dealer would not want the bad publicity and
would fix your car.
Keep us updated.
INTERESTED ON THE OUTCOME!

PS-IMO,you gotta take some reponsibilty for driving so long
when your car had zero oil pressure...was clanking.
Admit you were a bit of a dumb azz to not check it out.
First car??

 

This is my third car, the oil light didn't come on until a particular day, I drove the car with the oil light for about 20 minutes, and then I shut the car off and didn't touch it again for 24 hours, then I turned it on to see if maybe it was just a guage malfunctioning and that's when I heard the clanking and then I took some video of the clanking noise and shut it off. So I did check it out pretty much as soon as it happened. The problem is that I probably drove a good 25 miles with the oil light on so that's where the most damage happened. That was only because I needed to get home. I feel as if even if I would've taken my car with the oil in, they would just put more oil in and say they didn't find a problem. Right now I left the oil inside of that drain pan so there is no oil in the car at all. Should I go talk to Nissan first and tell them what I found or should I just tow the car there and then tell them what I found, I mean the guy at Nissan did tell me to just bring it in and they would check it out so...

 

Alright so I went to the dealer today, told them about my problem again. They gave me 5 free quarts of oil and told me to drive the car to them when I had a chance. They told me that once I leave my car there, they will give the car another oil change and then see if my car might be burning oil. All this for free. Let's say it's concluded that my car isn't burning oil, would my engine just be damaged from the few miles that I drove with less than a quart. The service manager was telling me that it shouldn't of caused any damage really at all to the engine if I turned the car off the day my oil light came on. So should I get them to agree that if my car throws a piston, rod, etc in the near future that they are liable for it because of the oil incident or what should I do? My main concern is that, yeah, they're gonna do another oil change, but the clanking persists. What would I do then?

 

I read the thread until here and you effers really were effing with the guy but "smelt" made me laugh.

 

Your father is a mechanic, and I'm sure he'd agree with what I'm about to say. Your engine is pretty much ruined if you drove the car with little to no oil. I'm surprised the engine didn't seize up.

Being that you drove the car for over two weeks, I'm going to assume that you're either burning a ton of oil, or have a bad oil leak somewhere. If the tech didn't put any oil in, your gauge would have read low and there would have been a lot of noise immediately, not after two weeks.

Did it run fine for weeks and then suddenly start having problems?

ETA: No offense, but you're doing yourself a disservice by letting the flunkies at the dealership change your oil, especially if you're "broke". In the future, do it yourself. You'll save money, and you'll know it's done right.

 

Only reason why I take it to Nissan for the oil change is because it's cheaper than doing it myself and they wash the car for me, armor all, etc... And it was running fine for weeks and then I suddenly got that oil light. The Day I got the oil light, is the day I stopped driving it. Drive it with oil light on probably for about 30 minutes or so. Whenever I jacked it up, it was clean underneath with no oil anywhere.

 

I have a hard time believing the dealer will change the oil for less than you can buy a filter and oil from walmart.

That aside, you're not saving anything if they screw up it and cost you thousands of dollars in repairs.

And 30 minutes? That's ridiculous. You can drive with the check engine light on, but the oil light or temperature light are two that you can't ignore. If either come on, it's a signal to stop immediately, not 30 minutes later. Good luck getting a new engine. The knocking isn't going to go away with an oil change.

 

I usually get my oil stuff from auto zone, filter not like FRAM so it is a little more expensive. Yeah I was positive that the clanking wasn't going to go away with a simple oil change and that's what the dealer was trying to tell me. So when I go pick it up today, they're going to tell me if it's burning oil or not. So if it's burning oil, obviously they're not responsible but if it doesn't burn oil and the knocking still persists, what are my options do you think?

 

Did you get anything in writing?

You seem to be clinging on to some hope that they will help you out.. you should be getting counsel from an attorney or something.. cuz you are about to be out of a car in a short period of time.