[G35fromTO]

Oil consumption should not be the result of the valve cover leaking. I got the leak but my oil level stays fine.

Chrismtb, it's really easy to access them so definitely do it down the road. You still have plenty of time as yours is an 05.

Personally, I think this leak issue is BS and Nissan should be doing something about it (obviously wishful thinking) but I'm not impressed... My car is 61,000 kms, according to the maintenance schedule the spark plugs aren't due to be replaced for another 100,000 kms... in other words, this area shouldn't be getting accessed for a much longer time. If the leak is occurring at this stage of the engines life/mileage then the part was poorly designed and/or defective. I also believe it's unacceptable if the part remains unchanged and this is a normal thing to continue replacing it going forward.

My car was 1 week out of P/T warranty when I called Nissan. Yesterday I received the expected rejection for warranty coverage. Today I'm sending a letter to them to re-consider it... probably going to still get the rejection but nevertheless I'm going to continue with this and bring up the issue to others by any means possible.