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Been reading through g35driver forums and found that there's a lot of complaint about excessive oil consumption in the VQ35DE's

Having read all this, I've checked my own car..and topped up about 1/3 liter ....done 4000km since last service, is this considered excessive??

do the japanese delivered V35's have the same problems with the infiniti G35's in this respect??

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Been reading through g35driver forums and found that there's a lot of complaint about excessive oil consumption in the VQ35DE's

Having read all this, I've checked my own car..and topped up about 1/3 liter ....done 4000km since last service, is this considered excessive??

do the japanese delivered V35's have the same problems with the infiniti G35's in this respect??

Advice - check your spark plugs to see if they are pooling in oil. Very very common problem with the engine, the rocker cover leaks as the seals wear over time. There's a video of it on YouTube.. guy pulled the plugs out and one was dripping with oil.

Apparently also, with the oil burning issue, manual coupes seem to have the problem most often I think (if I remember correctly). Haven't heard of that here but since they are basically the same could be one to watch. Can't remember what caused it.

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Wondering if anyone here has had to do this yet?

Sure have. I believe the parts are slightly different on the JDM model than the US.

You don't have to replace the whole part only the worn seals or whatever goes. About $60 for the 6 seal parts plus labour.

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Sure have. I believe the parts are slightly different on the JDM model than the US.

You don't have to replace the whole part only the worn seals or whatever goes. About $60 for the 6 seal parts plus labour.

How may kms did you car have when you noticed/got this fixed?

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easy_tiger...$60???? So cheap....where? I haven't had a chance to change my spark plugs to the NGKs iridiums yet, so I may as well get my seals done too...

do you know the part number?

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easy_tiger...$60???? So cheap....where? I haven't had a chance to change my spark plugs to the NGKs iridiums yet, so I may as well get my seals done too...

do you know the part number?

Yeah the seals were about $60 total but labour not as cheap, can't remember how much labour was as I had some other stuff done too. My car had about 87000km on the clock but I suspect it had been happening a while. Don't know the part number sorry.

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so i read this the other day and ive lost a tiny bit of oil between services, so this arvo i was bored so i thought id check it out.

took the first 3 out on the right hand side no oil. pulled the air pipe off and seen a small amount of oil from the tappet cover then took the coils out and yep all 3 are leaking, not as bad as the youtube video, but still a leak.

so ill be getting the new seals tomorrow and fit them on the weekend.

ill be back with part numbers before the weeks out.

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