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Hardly any really as I have only had it a few weeks. It was seeping and pooling in the undertray. The hole appeared when I got it off and pressed it gently against a screwdriver. Had it got any worse the oil would have emptied in minutes.

Second hand ones are out there. New ones are sill money for a bit of pressed rubbish.

How much oil had you used 'topping up' before you realised?

What a pity Nissan didn't use stainless steel.

Anyway I got a good second hand one from a member who had changed his to a baffled one.

Have drilled a few more holes in the plastic under tray in case water was pooling in it.

Since I got the car in Feb it has dripped a bit of oil, a 2003 GT

This is why.....

I think one of the previous owners lived under the North Sea

Ok. So the 350's av fuel indicator seems pretty good if a tad optimistic but not by as much as I thought. Of course the way it's driven effects the consumption hugely but not the accuracy of the gauge.

So if I took out a second mortgage, filled the tank, drove 300 miles, re-filled worked out the mpg and then compared it with the final av on the gauge it should be very similar. By which time I would probably have been sectioned anyway but you get the drift.

In future when the memsahib grumbles about my gas gussleing, environmentally unfriendly, 350z I can point to the fuel gauge provided I have been nursing it a bit.

Question answered. Thanks to all.

Has anyone checked the accuracy of the average fuel consumption display on the 350z?

My experience with computed averages compared to topping up and refilling on other cars suggests they can be optimistic.

Thanks

Yes I admired that one. Felt a bit sorry for the Sushi sellers, but who wants raw fish when it's only 2 degrees above freezing.

 

 

Pic of mine on grid -taken from top of pits.

 

1 : gsexr

2 : GazS14

3 : benjy88

4 : buster and mrs buster

5: Tinyflier - David (pass for display on grid or in paddock)

6. z350 convert (gunmetal GT) Probably asked to park elsewhere, like Croydon.

I like!!!

What did you search on eBay? I've tried illuminated ignition & just ignition ring

 

Just don't Google "glowing ring".

My wife says I have never been any good at finding small slots in the dark, whatever that means, so I have just got hold of screen washer jet with a red LED already in it (this is for the car by the way)

I plan to fit it to the bottom of the column housing where there is a neat area just the right size, Probably spray it Matt Black so it looks discreet and wire it up to the centre dome light so it behaves like the door lights and at the same time. So far it has cost me about £5 including loads of wire and I still have a spare jet which I might fit under the bonnet near the dip stick because I can never see that either.

So it could be a cheap and neat mod provided I don't brake the door pillar trim or burn out the wiring.

I think the Honda ring may not fit a z as the barrel looks too big on the z but I may be wrong - I thought this was less hassle

More to follow....

No that's to take it to extremes. Your opinion is valid but has to be balanced with others which are equally valid, surely you can see that.

Might as well put the cheapest tyres you can find on then, if that's the case. Anything legal will do.

Well said.

Aw fine then lol... they wanted budgetish decent tyres. They'll still do you fine unless your keen to exploit the laws of physics to the very ..very fullest. Mines certainly get used and have never cause an issue with grip, stopping etc even in the cold. Shoot me down why don't ya..... lol

At Event Tyres

225/45ZR18 95Y MICHELIN PILOT SUPER SPORT - £201

225/45R18 91V MICHELIN PILOT SPORT 3 - £175

What price are the MPSS?

Would like to jump on the band wagon.

All tyres on recently acquired 350z are shot. The budget jobs on the rear have gone down to 2mm in 11000 miles, so I guess previous owner has been hammering them.

Price is a big factor otherwise MPS I read are best but the Falken 453 I can get for £130 for fronts and £140 for rears, fitted and VAT. How does that price seem to the better informed???

Thanks

Evidently this is a common fault with the 350z. Maybe poorly prepared steel for the sump and a collection of water puddling in the undertray.

There's always one!

I used to have a rusty sump pan but now I use toilet wipes

Thanks for that. Car was serviced regularly by Nissan in Leeds by previous owners and i am surprised it was not picked up as a fault and that the rusty oil feed pipe has gone unnoticed - so much for Nissan in Leeds and their attention to detail.

Ok so having put about 100ml of coolant in the oil filler by mistake and been roasted for it by everyone for doing it and in spite of common sense telling me it wouldn't matter much, thought I would change the oil and trace a slight oil leak at the same time.

Long story short...the oil sump pan is quite badly rusted, particularly in one corner. Possibly allowing oil to seep, it doesn't seem to be from the drain plug or from the gasket and the filter seal seems ok. Bit of a pain and quite expensive, think i might have to do the oil and filter change now and replace the pan next time.

Anyone had this?? Nissan said it can happen particularly if the car has been kept near the sea! Mine looks like it was kept under the sea

Also, the oil pipe from the bottom of the filter is corroded badly.

Shall be interested to hear of similar experience.

Thanks

Thanks for all the input.

It is dripping a bit of oil anyway and having only had the car a couple of weeks I thought I might get the bottom cover off and have a look. While I am there, might as well do the oil change - see how I feel about it in the morning.

Thanks again

What a prize plonker. Just half a cup full, but it was a bit dark out there.

Anyway I'm sure you blokes will say change the oil but the threads on the correct engine oil are confusing.

How about 5 / 30 Castrol Edge to start the ball rolling?

It's a 2003 350 with 53k on clock

Views welcome

Thanks

Thanks for that tip. Have downloaded Nav Free and it seems much simpler.

Instead of Google Maps, which is not brilliant..Download Nav Free App its got built in camera

 

positions choice of voice control etc..everything that Tom Tom has..good app use it all the time.

It's so simple it doesn't really need photos

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone but here goes...

Just got 2003 350z, no sat nav fitted but no problem as I use my phone with google maps and a safety camera app, both easy to update.

I wanted to run it through my car speakers but didn't know how to do it and I got no response from my message on here.

So, I bought a tape cassette with an mp3/phone lead attached. Didn't think it would work but it does (Philips PH-62050 CD/MP3/MD-to-cassette adaptor, Amazon £8.00, bargain) so that linked the phone to speakers via the tape deck which is redundant now anyway, I don't even have any tapes.

Then I bought a cigarette lighter USB socket (About £3.00 inc postage).

I fed all the wires up behind the centre cubby hole and through the back of the cubby hole via the two square holes already there.

Then I made a little perspex panel across the front of the centre cubby hole and mounted a Samsung phone holder onto it, making sure the lid closed ok, (had to cut it down a bit, the holder not the lid)

So now I connect the charger lead and the speaker lead to my phone, pop it in the phone holder and off I go. So I have google maps and camera warnings all nagging me through the speakers and if I want (and i don't), the phone works through the speakers as well.

Some slight noise through the tape but otherwise seems to work a treat and a cheap mod.

Hi.

Want to put Mobile phone sat nav and camera alert in the cubby hole and wire to speakers. No problem with that but without dismantling the centre console assembly which is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut, does anyone know best way to feed power from the front cig lighter socket and thin cable from tape deck up behind and into the centre cubby hole.

Thanks and in eager anticipation!

Neil

Thanks I will check it out.

Unfortunately you will have to take my word for it cos the photos came out too dark but a gunmetal 2003 350z is now in residence, details to follow.

 

I bought it yesterday from a good chap in Leeds. Chuffing long way from South of London but well worth the effort. Apart from being in good condition and only 52000 miles it has had new discs, battery, exhaust, refurbished alloys, a P3 service and a brand new clutch. Now hoping nothing falls off. Unfortunately both front tyres shot but you can't have everything.

 

 

 

Here is a question for you...

 

Is there a way to connect my Samsung mobile phone with my sat nav on to the standard car audio system. The radio doesn't seem to have bluetooth nor any jack plug or USB points, too old I guess.

 

Any help will be welcome.

 

Thank you

 

You can view my thread and look at my Bose iPod hack. Enables you to use an AUX cable.

 

Oh and

Unfortunately you will have to take my word for it cos the photos came out too dark but a gunmetal 2003 350z is now in residence, details to follow.

I bought it yesterday from a good chap in Leeds. Chuffing long way from South of London but well worth the effort. Apart from being in good condition and only 52000 miles it has had new discs, battery, exhaust, refurbished alloys, a P3 service and a brand new clutch. Now hoping nothing falls off. Unfortunately both front tyres shot but you can't have everything.

Here is a question for you...

Is there a way to connect my Samsung mobile phone with my sat nav on to the standard car audio system. The radio doesn't seem to have bluetooth nor any jack plug or USB points, too old I guess.

Any help will be welcome.

Thank you