Deemanon

Bought a 350z a month ago, turns out I got a bad deal, car is a heavy oil burner, looking for a new engine to slot in. Can hand my old engine in for rebuild available to collect within 100 miles of Leeds 

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Same issue here, car smells really rich and oily when I boot it. Otherwise casual driving no smoke or issues, sounds good pulls well but still burns about 1l per 100 miles or so running 10-w40

32 minutes ago, ilogikal1 said:

Unless there's excessive blue smoke, the only thing I can add to Alex's advice is to make absolutely sure you're reading the oil level accurately - it's remarkably easy to get it wrong on the DE; cold engine, left of level ground overnight, no excessive dipping.

To get a completely accurate view, drain it and measure the amount coming out.

 

If you really are using that much oil and there's no blue smoke, check for leaks first and foremost then consider changing the oil. If none of that fixes your issue then it's time to start thinking about an engine swap.

I'm gonna go give it a dip in a moment, it's been stood since last night (10pm) hopefully there something in there as I put 2 liters in at Chester services and got to Leeds... No blue smoke, very minimal smoke to be honest.. Smells hella bad putting foot down 

Any common places to check for leaks? 

1 hour ago, Ekona said:

Ouch, that’s an expensive lesson to learn, sorry dude  

I'm gonna try a thicker oil soon and if that don't work I'll have to find a different way to fix it

1 minute ago, Ekona said:

1L every 100mi is pretty much the sign of a dead engine, I’d get a new engine sooner rather than later. That’s an horrendous amount of oil to be using. 

I've had this car for 14 days, just spoke to previous owner, he's claiming the car never had an issue like that and he's not willing to cooperate and I'm on verge of crying now 

I've been scouting the internet to find an answer and it seem to boil to the same issue, using the wrong oil brand... My 06 DE just had its service, I've been checking the oil level religiously, I've found i use about 1L per 100 miles, I've done about 300 miles and the oil seems mega dark, should I try a different oil or just head out for an engine rebuild? 

104k miles on clock using 5w-40