HI all, Iv been after a 350z for a long time , I finally bought one a 5 weeks back (gt4) with all nismo kit on it. a week after purchase i noticed it was on the middle of the dip stick oil wise so topped it up. did 250 Miles checked it a week later and it was down 8mm on the stick. first thing i did was go and change the PCV as i had some oil in the plenum. i advised the dealer of this 1st choice cars. topped the oil back up and did another 100 mils or so in one day and check it out agin .. the level had gone down did some research and found out about the up rev engine having oil issues, I contacted the dealer who said they needed to to inspect it, i said they need to collect it because of the oil issue i dont want to do any damage driving it to them and they are a 6 hour round trip by car and they haven't got a hire car so would need to take a 6 hour train ride home that again isnt very local to them, this was over 2 weeks ago and they keep coming up with excuses ect so i said about taking it to Abbey motor sport ,who are the local specialist and are members of the site the dealers wasn't interested in paying for them to take a look. so i agreed id pay for them to take a look.
they didn't find any substantial leaks other then 1 of the spark plug tube seals leaking on the rocker and noted that the engine has a strange note (suspect its still got the original spark plugs and was noted not to be in great condition) with the oil use im claiming they susspect its the piston oil ring issue well known with these rev up engines.
the dealer says nothing is wrong with the car despite not testing the oil consumption them selfs so the issue has been openend with the credit card company and trading standards. the issue is proving it has an issue other then saying it uses x amount of oil over y amount of miles .Iv sent the nissan TSB to every one involved that simply states 2 scenarios 1, oil use and 2 strang engine noises. both exists although 1 might just be a need for a new set of plugs.
But the plot thickens it turns out the dealer is well known on S2KI and piston heads for selling honda s2000s and some 350's with some real horror storys and being shut down at one point so i dont have much hope with the dealer fixing the issue as they havent even managed to collect the car, countless times they have called me a liar this got me a bit hot under the collar so i exposed that i had found out about him and his dodgy dealings. Naturally thats upset him and hasnt done me any favours with getting it sorted but i honestly now think that the end result would be the same.
any way HI to every one and i hope to get my Z sorted one way or another.. even if i have to pay 5k for a rebuild.
