-recently bought a 110 000 mile 2004 used 350z,
-using something around 3 to 4 times the often quoted , oil guzzling but accepted for some of these cars, 1 litre of fresh oil per 1000 miles.
- car really looks well looked after all round
-from what I can tell runs perfectly. Pulls nicely, no blue smoke or drips on drive. Approx 24mpg. I’m driving sensibly as I often have bike on roof. Of course the occasional foot to the floor when roads clear but no track days or much hard driving so far in my ownership.
-previous owner encouraged me to check oil every 200 miles which I have been doing so so it’s not running on empty and doing damage.
-Previous owner had added oil catch can but that isn’t filling up, added plenum spacer and as far as I know is otherwise stock.
- Previous owner states ‘if you want to look into oil consumption then Pcv valve is new and Cylinders are fine as leak down and compression test are spot on. ‘ Seems like a guy who has good knowledge of cars
-Am not super knowledgeable with cars like many of the forum members but can use google so understand 1 L takes me from L to H on the crazy dipstick and I also understand I’m using more oil than many of the people that say they’re using a lot of oil!!
-one last thing, using Motul 5w30 as that is what previous owner used.
Any suggestions of things to try in this situation please?
Or a good London based mechanic that should be able to offer some help?
I don’t mind spending a some money to get it fixed ,or accepting that I need to put in a litre regularly, I just don’t want to do any damage to a car that I love and could potentially run for thousands more miles.
thanks guys.