I'd say maybe just shy of that. Add 1/4 at a time until its in the sweet spot. And they were correct in saying it will be fine, just keep monitoring it as you are. A family friend who happened to be a SVC manager at Infiniti recommended checking between changes 1500 mi +/-

 

I personally cannot read this dipstick for ****.. still lost as to how much oil I should add come my 1000 mile mark if im down 6mm on the stick

 

simple, if your at the bottom of the crosshatched area, you add one quart.

 

I'm kinda in the same spot as Kyle B....the dipstick sucks @$$, its difficult to say by looking at it, I'm 1 quart low, 2 quarts, etc.,etc.

- DM

 

i said **** it and dumped a quart in there..

 

4 diamonds is 3/4 a quart

 

Hello everyone my 2006 6mt g35 started making ticking noises a couple of days ago. In neutral, if I rev it up to 1500-3000rpm the noise gets very loud. Also the noise is considerably noticeable at 1st-3rd gear. After I get her passed 3000rpm the noise goes away.

I've been trying to do some process of elimination in determining what this noise could be. At first I thought it was a heat shield that could have gone loose. Another thought came to mind that It may be my clutch/flywheel assembly. But reading through this thread far into the night got me worried, that it might be an engine knock. I myself am far from being an expert in these matters, so any help/input would be very well appreciated.

Here is a short clip of the noise coming from the bottom of the car.

 

Does anybody know if Infiniti will cover the OC out of warranty. My car have 83k, 2006 6MT. I'm hoping they will, but I am doubtful.

 

Infiniti will kindly ask you to kick rocks...

 

Strong this^
They'll prob do the OC test to confirm whether or not you're burning oil at an abnormal rate....as if you didn't know already

 

Wow what a thread ... I just read the whole thing front to back.

Seems like activity died off around 2011 ... has everyone just sold off their cars or have the V2 engines been ok? I'm still reading through the other crosslinked threads so maybe I've missed something.

Many thanks to V35 Skyline GT, ZeeForce and others for contributing. At least I know about this for if/when I buy a G... It seems to me the way to shop for a used one is to get the maint history, run a leakdown test / compression check and do a UOA before purchase.

Also an extended warranty from Infiniti seems recommended. Unclear to me if you can buy this after the original warranty has expired. I'll be looking into that.

My understanding is the OC is due to rings, valve guides or both, along with a PCV valve possibly being stuck and excessive manifold vacuum. For the latter people have installed catch cans to reduce the amount of oil being sucked back into the intake.

Am I missing anything?

 

The OC issues seems to be by "luck of the draw". My Rev-Up uses about a half a quart in 7500 miles now (use to use none) but I have 128K on it.

 

What's strange to me is how some get struck twice - IIRC I read where some folks had OC issues with the replacement engine.

All of my current vehicles use some oil, but they're all over 100k. My Audi and F250 use about 1/2 to 1 quart between (5k mile) oil changes, the Subaru less. Usually depends on the driving. I don't mind some consumption, I just don't want to get a dud. Seems like I could figure that out with some testing before I buy.

 

My OC fluctuates. Recently, I did a 3k mile road trip on mostly highway (Some of that was on the Autobahn with steady speeds of over 120-130mph. Burned over a quart total in 3k miles, but...

On the Nurburgring, after 12 laps (some were hard), car drank over a quart. So 12.9 miles x 12 is about 150 miles of tracking in one day.

Not sure if 1 quart in 150 miles of hard driving is a lot, but it goes to show the OC is also dependent on hard you drive.

FWIW, I would have easily passed the OC test. LOL!

 

My Dad had a lemon Chevy Impala back in the early 70's. It was using oil like crazy. Chevy told him that "acceptable" OC for that motor was 1 quart in 600 miles.