I Smell Oil!

[Alexander]

Hello people! I’m having a bit of a problem with my car. I’m not a mechanic but I do occasionally

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[dreamer2355]

Does that vehicle have the 2.5 QR25DE engine?

If you do, there is ALOT of problems with that engine. Nissan even recalled alot of the 03 to 06 QR25DE engines due to excessive oil consumption.

The problem stems from the oil control and piston rings not fully seating from the factory as well as the butterfly screws from the intake manifold getting sucked down into the cylinders.

And the reason i only know of this issue is because me and my wife had a Sentra with the above engine. It started drink a quart of oil every week, then every day till the engine blew. Thankfully the place we bought the car from bought it back given the issues of that engine.

You need to check the oil daily and baby it till you can find another replacement vehicle.

[college man]

since you just did a oil change. check the oil filter and drain plug for leaksC8-)

[jbone]

Maybe u spiled some oil when changing it.Did it smell b4 change?..Here is what color smoke means
white smoke is water
blue smoke is oil.
nest time try and smell the white smoke see if it smells sweet?
if it does its antifreeze.
and also black smoke is fuel (like a leaky injector )
hope this helps

Check plugs also..Look under oil cap for sludge buildup,that will tell you it wasn’t taken care of much.

Get a good quality oil filter

[Alexander]

Quoted From jbone:

Maybe u spiled some oil when changing it.Did it smell b4 change?..Here is what color smoke means
white smoke is water
blue smoke is oil.
nest time try and smell the white smoke see if it smells sweet?
if it does its antifreeze.
and also black smoke is fuel (like a leaky injector )
hope this helps

Check plugs also..Look under oil cap for sludge buildup,that will tell you it wasn’t taken care of much.

Get a good quality oil filter

I have a good quality oil filter. There was so much sludge on the oil cap. Car smelled prior to oil change, in fact, I’m ashamed to say that there was almost no oil in the car before the oil change. At times I get the whiff of burnt oil but old oil. I so wanna say it’s sludge.

[EricTheCarGuy]

A couple of things you’ve said have send up flags for me, the first is using synthetic oil, this is something I do NOT recommend on a high mileage engine that has had regular oil in it for the span of it’s life, synthetic oil has different flow characteristics than regular oil and as a result if your engine wasn’t burning oil or leaking oil before you switched to synthetic it will now.

Second thing that sends up flags is that you said there wasn’t much oil in the engine to begin with, not good in any language, an engine without oil is like you without blood, neither one is long for this world.

That said perhaps it’s time to start looking for a new ride, money may be tight but I feel in the end based on your description you might be better off cutting your losses and moving on to something else so change the oil back to regular oil (leave the new filter in) and keep a couple of quarts in the trunk and check it every time you fill up from now on to make sure you keep it topped off.

[dreamer2355]

Quoted From Alexander:

I do have that engine but actually today I gave it a look and it has a stamp saying “Re-Manufactured 2007” and the car is an 05? Any insight on that? Trust me, I want to replace this car. I took a peak at the engine manifold today and one of the screw threads is broken, not even there.

That vehicle was probably one of those that was recalled due to that engine issues. Your best bet is to call a Nissan dealership and see what they can dig up with your Vin #.

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