Smokey Maxima!

[StockMuffinSE]

I tend to burn a little oil in my car...maybe 2 quarts for every 4k...im a spirited driver. But the other day I was showing my roomate the exhaust note from my cattman cat-back exhaust and he noticed smoke puffing out. I had only reved to around 3500 at best. Sure enough when he blipped it i saw the smoke ...Now I find myself not blipping at stop lights because of the hillbillyness of smoke coming from a near stock maxima...any suggestions, information, insite would be helpful. Is this a common vq35 problem?

[Beancooker]

2 qt every 4k is not a little, that's a lot. I see that you said nothing of a tick or rattle, but this is all relative! READ THESE LINKS!!!!:

smoke article 1

smoke article 2

smoke article 3

timing chain smoke....

[maxhopper]

Reading ownes me.

[Fezzik]

Is burning the 2qt every 4k acurate? If it is that is excessive. The vq's on the 2000 up had a tendency to burn more oil esp. if it is synthteic.

[Beancooker]

Is burning the 2qt every 4k acurate? If it is that is excessive. The vq's on the 2000 up had a tendency to burn more oil esp. if it is synthteic.

WHAT, no way. The VQ30DEK burns nothing compared to the VQ35DEK. I've got 80k+ and burn maybe 1-2 ounces of oil every 3k miles. The 3.5 is well known for being an oil burner.

[Fezzik]

I've seen a few 2000's eat some oil. My 2000 ate some oil and a friend here with an anny edition 01 eats a little more oil. From my 3rd gen 1993 to the 2000 oil consumption was a lot more, but going to the 2k2 its even more drastic.

[rmd0311]

Your VQ30 should not BURN any oil... The oil burning problems are for the 02 and up VQ35 engines. VQ30DEK(2000-2001 Maximas) are ROCK solid.

[Fezzik]

Your VQ30 should not BURN any oil... The oil burning problems are for the 02 and up VQ35 engines. VQ30DEK(2000-2001 Maximas) are ROCK solid.

Sorry what i was trying to say is compared to my vg in th e93 my 00 vq burned a little more oil. but my 2002 burned a significantly amount more. I should have stated that the vq30 burn a little more and then the vq35 burns a hell of a lot more. but not 2qt every 4k miles

Back to the question at hand. Like beancooker said that amount in that short amount of miles is a lot.

[gcv]

I was trying to read the links but

smoke article 3, and

timing chain smoke....

links both do not work.