Originally Posted by rollinpete
Originally Posted by D1dad
Yeah Nissan stamped the dipstick and it never used what they considered "excessive" and it really hasn't ever consumed anymore whether it was 30k or 100. As far as M1, I have used it in the 5-30 flavor as well as pphm and just about everything in between. M1 consumed the most and I only used it once. I usually used qs synthetic or shell synthetic because I bought several cases when a gas station was closing down. I'm running to Cincinnati tomorrow which is 400 miles round trip so I'll report back. The rings makes since, just [censored] me off because this car is as close to mint as you'll find.
One quart 1000 miles isn't the end of an engine but you could do some checks on it.
You may just have some leaky valve seals. does it smoke at start up? and then stop when running for a while?
Note: If it keeps smoking then you have problems
No smoke at startup. I followed my son driving it and no puff of smoke when he floored it, no residue anywhere on the engine to indicate a leak or drips on the garage floor. Precat was intact during nissans tranny swap under warranty. No check engine light or misses. Pcv has been replaced a couple times and the old ones were still functional. Plugs all looked good when I replaced them at 100k. Exhaust is sooty but the Nissan tech attributed that to the factory air fuel tune and showed me another he had in the shop with the same issues. If the consumption had ever gotten worse I'd be really concerned, but even running through the Smokey mountains and back it used no more than usual. I'm tempted to trade it in but I typically run my cars till the wheels fall off, put them back on and run them some more. Very frustrating but I'd drive this car to California and back and not be concered, as long as I packed a few quarts of oil. I've never ran anything more than 87 octane so maybe better quality fuel would help? I don't see why though.
Originally Posted by D1dad
Yeah Nissan stamped the dipstick and it never used what they considered "excessive" and it really hasn't ever consumed anymore whether it was 30k or 100. As far as M1, I have used it in the 5-30 flavor as well as pphm and just about everything in between. M1 consumed the most and I only used it once. I usually used qs synthetic or shell synthetic because I bought several cases when a gas station was closing down. I'm running to Cincinnati tomorrow which is 400 miles round trip so I'll report back. The rings makes since, just [censored] me off because this car is as close to mint as you'll find.
One quart 1000 miles isn't the end of an engine but you could do some checks on it.
You may just have some leaky valve seals. does it smoke at start up? and then stop when running for a while?
Note: If it keeps smoking then you have problems
No smoke at startup. I followed my son driving it and no puff of smoke when he floored it, no residue anywhere on the engine to indicate a leak or drips on the garage floor. Precat was intact during nissans tranny swap under warranty. No check engine light or misses. Pcv has been replaced a couple times and the old ones were still functional. Plugs all looked good when I replaced them at 100k. Exhaust is sooty but the Nissan tech attributed that to the factory air fuel tune and showed me another he had in the shop with the same issues. If the consumption had ever gotten worse I'd be really concerned, but even running through the Smokey mountains and back it used no more than usual. I'm tempted to trade it in but I typically run my cars till the wheels fall off, put them back on and run them some more. Very frustrating but I'd drive this car to California and back and not be concered, as long as I packed a few quarts of oil. I've never ran anything more than 87 octane so maybe better quality fuel would help? I don't see why though.
