RichardG
Member
Hi Guys
I recently bought an excellent condition 2006 Nissan Navara D/C 4.0 V6 Auto 4x4
with 145 00km on the clock with a full service history with Nissan up to 120 000km, i got the vehicle at a good price and immediately took it to my trusted private mechanic who gave it a full service and gave it the all clear telling me it was in incredible condition for an 8 year old car. the car has never had a tow bar fitted to it as far as i can see and also has no rubberizing and only minimal year to the paint in the buck so i'm convinced it was used more as a family vehicle then for any thing else, i'm very happy with the vehicle and it drives incredibly well how ever it seems to be using way to much oil. i have checked every where for leaks and cant find any oil at all on the underbelly, but at first it was using some where is the region of 3L in 1500km which is crazy. i then decided it must be a rings issue (strange on a car with such low mileage) but there is little to no loss of compression i still have tons of power and the motor runs and smooth as a Swiss watch, with no missing and very little vibration. the vehicle also does not smoke at idle but if i rev it to 2500RPM and then release the accelerator it spits plooms of blue grey smoke which smells like the Castrol magnetic (NISSAN RECOMMENDED) that its currently running. (its burning oil.) i know that the vehicle stood for quite a while at the dealership as i work there 120 days or so without being moved and I began to do research i hear of vehicle which stood a while getting old oil and rust gumming up the rings and making them stick. i then hit each cylinder with Wynns combustion stabilizer as it claims to free stick rings and the problem is way better, it only smokes at 3500 RPM when i release the throttle and seems to be using less oil, i also got a but of soot coming from the exhaust after using the Wynns stuff but that has stopped too now, what i want to ask is has any one had any success cutting down oil consumption on their Navara's with out doing an engine rebuild as Nissan wants R80 000 for the pleasure of doing mine, and secondly can i consider running a slightly thicker oil such as a 20w 50 to cut down consumption. i live in south Africa and temperatures range between -5 in winter to 40 degress C in the height of summer, ive also read reports of similar trouble on BMW's using castrol magnitic and being left to stand for too long, so i wouldnt mind trying a different brand if it will help. please if any one has a thought i would love to know.... thanks guys.
I recently bought an excellent condition 2006 Nissan Navara D/C 4.0 V6 Auto 4x4
with 145 00km on the clock with a full service history with Nissan up to 120 000km, i got the vehicle at a good price and immediately took it to my trusted private mechanic who gave it a full service and gave it the all clear telling me it was in incredible condition for an 8 year old car. the car has never had a tow bar fitted to it as far as i can see and also has no rubberizing and only minimal year to the paint in the buck so i'm convinced it was used more as a family vehicle then for any thing else, i'm very happy with the vehicle and it drives incredibly well how ever it seems to be using way to much oil. i have checked every where for leaks and cant find any oil at all on the underbelly, but at first it was using some where is the region of 3L in 1500km which is crazy. i then decided it must be a rings issue (strange on a car with such low mileage) but there is little to no loss of compression i still have tons of power and the motor runs and smooth as a Swiss watch, with no missing and very little vibration. the vehicle also does not smoke at idle but if i rev it to 2500RPM and then release the accelerator it spits plooms of blue grey smoke which smells like the Castrol magnetic (NISSAN RECOMMENDED) that its currently running. (its burning oil.) i know that the vehicle stood for quite a while at the dealership as i work there 120 days or so without being moved and I began to do research i hear of vehicle which stood a while getting old oil and rust gumming up the rings and making them stick. i then hit each cylinder with Wynns combustion stabilizer as it claims to free stick rings and the problem is way better, it only smokes at 3500 RPM when i release the throttle and seems to be using less oil, i also got a but of soot coming from the exhaust after using the Wynns stuff but that has stopped too now, what i want to ask is has any one had any success cutting down oil consumption on their Navara's with out doing an engine rebuild as Nissan wants R80 000 for the pleasure of doing mine, and secondly can i consider running a slightly thicker oil such as a 20w 50 to cut down consumption. i live in south Africa and temperatures range between -5 in winter to 40 degress C in the height of summer, ive also read reports of similar trouble on BMW's using castrol magnitic and being left to stand for too long, so i wouldnt mind trying a different brand if it will help. please if any one has a thought i would love to know.... thanks guys.
