Update:

7700mi on replacement.
Only 4mm down at 1300mi.
Will see it it goes as the oil gets older and with more miles.
Using SynPower 5w-30.
Big improvement from last time.

 

^ looking very good!

 

I just finished my OC test at the dealer and ill be getting a new engine in september

 

Had the oil changed about a month ago by dealer for OC TEST.. but have not been home to drive it enough.. so only put on about 400mi if that..will up date as soon as i drive it some more...

 

I ended up getting a new Version 2 Long block for my 2006 6MT. I got lucky though, I dealt with a great dealership and they made the whole process smooth for me. Now I just have to baby the engine until it's broken in.

Good luck to the rest of you guys.

 

^ I might need it. Things are eh idk again at 11K mi. This VQ has been an OC roller coaster. OC increased quite a bit at the end of my last recent oil service...yikes!!

 

Hi... Ever since I bought my 06 G35 6MT I've measured the oil loss on a more or less weekly basis... I always let it sit overnight and measure it on a flat garage floor... I always remove the stick walk it over to good light on my workbench and hold up next to the stick a metric steel ruler... I do this so I can get good, reliable and consistent measurements... By the way I don't know how anyone could ever measure the oil level on the car when say you just pull into a gas station and want to measure it... I have found it hard to find the level even after letting it sit for hours... There appears to be just a constant run of oil from splash in the dipstick tube or something that makes it terribly hard to measure the level... Thus my reason for letting it sit all night... Anyway, results are never consistent... I have seen oil consumption levels as high as 6000 miles per quart and as low as 2400 miles per quart... My engine has never yet met the requirements for replacement (like if it was down 7.5 mm at 1500 miles) and of course, these are my measurements, not some official oil consumption test at the dealer (I would be I make more careful measurements than they would)... But it sure comes close at times... I drive about 250 miles per week and I expect it to be down a little less that 1 mm per week (note, I am the guy whose posted here before who has a 2 quart L-H dipstick (23.8 mm = 2 quart)... Last week that is just what i saw, about .6 mm down from the previous week... Then this week, with the same kind of driving, it was down a huge 2.6 mm... If it stayed at 2.6 mm per about 250 miles of weekly driving, the engine would truly qualify for replacement... Is there some reasonable explanation for why oil consumption might vary significantly from week to week with similar driving miles and driving styles??? I would say my accuracy in measurement is clearly less than 1 mm so going from 0.6 mm to 2.6 mm the following week is not a measurement error... Anyone have similar experience or can anyone recommend what I am seeing with week to week variance like this??? thanks... bob...

 

might as well post this here

i bought an 04 6mt about a month ago, it went from full to under the low line in 2400 miles, infiniti is giving me a new engine

 

Hi... I assume you still have miles left on your power train warranty??? Or are they replacing it even out of warranty???

I have lots of questions about what engines are affected (I thought it was mainly 05 and 06 G35 6MT's) and whether or not Infinity has ever really solved it...

I like the car a lot, other than the almost unbelievable notion that I have to keep putting oil in it... I am thinking about selling mine and buying another but I won't touch another G unless and until I am convinced the oil consumption problem is no more...

thanks... bob...

 

powertrain has 400 miles left, 90 day used car warranty and i extended the warranty 24 months and 24000 miles so im covered one way or another

my rsx burned tons of oil too i dont really think its a huge deal if a car consumes oil as long as its not blowing black smoke its probably fine as long as you watch the level

 

And back to being minimal OC. Hope it stays this way now....

 

i have an 04 and it burns prob half a quart every 3500 mi.

i thought it was just the way i drove.

 

half a quart in 3500 miles is not even worth mentioning, that is totally fine

 

Update:
1,100 on the new motor.
Oil HALF-WAY down the stick.
I took my wheels off and taking it to the dealer in the morning. Tell them they are keeping it.