QR25DE Oil Consumption (Daniel Kort)

[Maurice Hilarius]

>From: "Daniel Kort" <dkort3@netzero.net>
>Subject: QR25DE Oil Consumption

>I have been researching the purchase of a 2002 Spec V and have been very
>happy until I found a lot of posting on various message boards about the
>QR25 consuming large amounts of oil in the SE-R's and Altima.  Now, I have
>seen a lot of garbage on message boards before, but I have been on this list
>for a long time and believe the list to have much higher quality information
>on it.  I tried to search the archives but all I found was "Best Intake for
>Spec V" and something about a 5.0 in a Ranger.

>Can someone here shed some light on this for me?

I bought my Spec V in November.
Since then I have put on over 9,000km ( around 5,500 miles) with no oil use
at all.

I had one oil change performed at the first service interval, and had them
put in Mobil 1.

It really seems to like the Mobil 1, and revs much more smoothly.

I took it on a long and hard highway haul on the May 21st weekend, over
1,500 miles, a lot of it at over 80 mph. Weather was hot, and it maintained
temperature and fluid levels perfectly.
The only thing I can criticize is that when I first start the engine, and
for about 5 minutes until it fully warms up, there is a slight clattering
noise from the top end at around 4,000rpm.
It does not seem to be harming anything, and it goes away once the
temperature guage goes to the normal place.

With our best regards,

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