2003 Nissan Pathfinder "burning oil" Questions

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burning oil. only 100,000 km. what could the problem be? Doesn't seem to be leaking oil anywhere. After topping up the oil and driving maybe 100 km, the oil is down again about half on the dip

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...cat cause the car to burn oil? Possible but not likely. A clogged converter will cause a loss of power and poor mileage. Oil burning is almost always cause by worn piston rings or other worn

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...burning oil. It doesn't use oil so I wouldn't think leak. Doesn't smell sweet, or like burning rubber. Any ideas? Check your valve cover gaskets, bet they are leaking and that is burning ...

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burning oil 240k recent problem last 5oook my 03 pathfinder recently is burning oil there is no oil leak externaly what could it be It could be several things. first, does it smoke on startup, but ...

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burning oil. the piston rings, that nissan used are the problem. We see quite a few of the 3.5 liter engines loosing oil due to piston ring problem. nissan sais that 1qt. per 3500 miles is exceptable,

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loose lots of power periodically It's happened twice - all of a sudden, the engine's performance goes WAY down, to the point that I'm flooring it, and it's barely picking up speed... Transmission ...

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Dear Sirs, I own Pathfinder 2006. Recently Oil goes out from MAX mark to MIN mark within 8000 km (5000 miles). My dealer tells me that this is regular consumption which is confirmed by NISSAN ...

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Exessive oil consumption Hi there, I have SE with 120k and I noticed that at 100k the oil consumption is very high after the change of oil & oil filter @ 2,500 mile only 1/4 is there. Thanks Hakeem ...

...oil and coming from exhaust. sounds like you are burning coolant. sounds like you have a headgasket issue or cracked block. is your coolant level low?? in the overflow bottle and in the raadiator? ...

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burning oil how do you check if it is valve seals or piston rings Most of the time, when you first start your engine and it smokes, then the smoking slows down after the engine gets hot; this is a ...

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