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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Maxima / March 200603' Nissan Maxima eating oil
I noticed there was a posting in here before about an 03' Maxima 6spd eating oil - well I'm at 53K and mine is doing the same thing. I don't even think I'm barely getting over 1000 miles for a quart of oil because I just had synthetic put in it 3K miles ago and I'm sure he put in 5 quarts and I barely have any now. Any ideas? I'll prob. take it to the dealer in the morning - I really don't want to have to stop and put oil in it every so many miles. Hell to me it's still brand new. :( Thx, Laurie check PCV valve > I noticed there was a posting in here before about an 03' Maxima 6spd > eating oil - well I'm at 53K and mine is doing the same thing. I don't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Laurie Anything over 900miles/qt is considered normal. Some manufacturers say that oil consumption is normal and they even give figures as the one you mention. In my opinion, that is the way to justify poor design or manufacturing practices and poor vehicle quality. It is indeed normal for the oil level to drop, but it should be more in the range of 1/2 to 1 qt per oil change. Some time ago, VW came out with this kind of crap and something like 10 years later, they were paying to settle a class action lawsuit. >> I noticed there was a posting in here before about an 03' Maxima 6spd >> eating oil - well I'm at 53K and mine is doing the same thing. I don't [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > Anything over 900miles/qt is considered normal. > Some manufacturers say that oil consumption is normal and they even give > figures as the one you mention. In my opinion, that is the way to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> >> Anything over 900miles/qt is considered normal. That is a possibility. We have to keep in mind, though, that today's engines are WAY more sophisticated and capable than yesterday's. Just think, a 3.5 liter V6 pushing out 300 HP. That was freaking un-heard of from even a 5.0 liter V8 back in the day. Because these engines work much harder, get hotter, are built to tighter tolerances, and a host of other reasons, a little more oil consumption may be a small, even miniscule trade-off for the incredible bang for the buck we're getting with today's motor. They do all this AND get better feul economy AND burn with cleaner emissions. Gotta luv it. 1 quart every 1000 miles? I'll live with that. By the way, considering 1129's problem, the oil consumption may be OK since its about 1 qt every 1000 miles. Bear in mind that synthetic tends to burn off or leak out quicker than dyno oil, so you'd expect synthetic oil to go down faster if your dyno oil was going down a bit already. CD Cleaner emissions? (1 quart every 1000 miles) >> Some manufacturers say that oil consumption is normal and they even give >> figures as the one you mention. In my opinion, that is the way to [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > CD Think were all that oil is going... think catalytic converter? > Cleaner emissions? (1 quart every 1000 miles) > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> >>CD If these newer engines are built to tighter tolerances they should use LESS oil!!! > If these newer engines are built to tighter tolerances they should use LESS > oil!!! In general that's true, but there are tolerances in every manufacturing operation. It doesn't take much to consume a qt every 1K miles. It doesn't effect the life of the engine and the oil is burned in the converter. You can complain to Nissan, but you won't get very far. The oil will clog the converter. >> If these newer engines are built to tighter tolerances they should use >> LESS [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > doesn't effect the life of the engine and the oil is burned in the > converter. You can complain to Nissan, but you won't get very far. > The oil will clog the converter. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> miles. It doesn't effect the life of the engine and the oil is burned >> in the converter. You can complain to Nissan, but you won't get very far. Not if it's working correctly, it will be burned. We're talking about a very small amount of oil over a long time. Jim: What is the source of your information? Experience? literature? Not being offensive, just curious. >> The oil will clog the converter. >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Not if it's working correctly, it will be burned. We're talking about a > very small amount of oil over a long time. > Jim: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Not if it's working correctly, it will be burned. We're talking about >> a very small amount of oil over a long time. 30 years of experience in the business. If the OP hasn't discovered a solution yet, check/clean/replace the PCV valve. |
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