What causes an Infiniti Altima to burn oil?
If it is stuck, it may be causing oil burn. That’s interesting, but maybe not relevant, since the new Infiniti has a different engine. It is a VQ- but it is the HR engine, while the Altimas get the DE. Infiniti used the DE up into 2006- and 2007 for those few Gs that had the stick shift. Click to expand…
How often do you change the oil on a Nissan Altima?
It is a VQ- but it is the HR engine, while the Altimas get the DE. Infiniti used the DE up into 2006- and 2007 for those few Gs that had the stick shift. On the other hand, my Altima hasn’t used any oil, either. But I don’t drive a lot of miles, and I get the oil changed a couple times a year.
Why does my Nissan 3.5 burn so much oil?
It is known to Nissan that some 3.5’s burn oil because of piston rings, not because of someone driving it hard. I know for a fact that there were a quite a few Maxima owners (specifically 5.5 Gen) that had this problem. Nissan wouldn’t fix it either because they stated the oil loss was not significant enough to fix.
How much oil does a normal car burn?
For example, BMW tells owners it’s normal for some of its engines to burn a quart of oil in fewer than a thousand miles. In a tip sheet to fleet-vehicle operators, GM says normal consumption “can be in the range of one quart within 2,000 miles on a properly driven and maintained vehicle.”
Why is my Nissan Altima engine burning oil?
The approximate failure mileage was 61,748. The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the engine was burning excessive oil, causing the catalytic converter to fail. In addition, the rear suspension was sitting abnormally low to the ground and was sitting noticeably lower than the front suspension.
Are there any problems with the Nissan Altima?
40 problems related to engine burning oil have been reported for the 2006 Nissan Altima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Nissan Altima based on all problems reported for the 2006 Altima. Excessive oil consumption.
How often does a Nissan Altima use oil?
My 2006 Nissan Altima 2. 5l base consumes approx. 1 quart of oil every 200 miles, there are no leaks so I am assuming it is burning oil I have checked various sites including Nissan,NHTSA and it shows no open recalls, my car only has 139000 miles, I have owned various makes of auto over my 47 yrs of driving and never ran into a problem like this!.
Why did my Nissan Altima catalytic converter fail?
This created a comet like substance that created excessive internal engine wear. As engine oil was drawn into areas it should not be and burned off, it further accelerated the catalytic breakdown process. IMPORTANT: This was a known failure by the Nissan designed catalytic converters.