Hi , joined this forum back in November after I purchased an 08 Grand touring 350Z from my son to help him get on his feet financially with the intent of driving it for a while and selling it, until I noticed the oil pressure was reading like 5 psi hot in gear, I am a retired master tech with Ford dealers for 40 years so I kind of knew the drill. Did a manual pressure test and sure enough it was 8 psi hot on a fresh oil change.
I have not driven the car for the last 3 months waiting to get an open space in my motorcycle shop to dig into the problem. I first dropped the oil pan to see if any gasket material had made its way down into the sump before ripping the front of the car apart and the following pics are what I have.
Let the games begin lol.



The job is not beyond my skills but any input on any trick things to watch out for thru the repair would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks!
Earl
PS: The car is red, an automatic ,immaculate and has 61k miles,

 

My experience comes from the rev up world. Not the non oil burning good block having vhr guys. Lol It would be a lot easier with the radiator support removed if you’re not going to pull the engine. Do you have a copy of the factory service manual?
if you remove the bumper, lights, wiring that attaches to the radiator support, drain the ac, disconnect the condenser at the radiator support. etc. basically remove anything that attaches to the radiator support. It will come out in one piece. You don’t have to remove the radiator nor the condenser from the support.
Take pictures and videos. It helps. A lot.

I got a piece of cardboard and trace a rough outline of the front timing cover. I used this to put the bolts that i removed.
I think z1 sells a timing cover gasket kit. Also they have the metal infused galley gasket.

While you’re at it, shop for turbo kits. You know you’re already thinking about it.