So I have a 2010 G37 coupe that only has test pipes and ISR single exit. I am tuned by Admintuning and just recently noticed that my oil level was only about 3/4 way full. I did an oil change last week with Castrol 5w40 and am sure that oil was at the high mark. The past couple days I've been using the flame map quite often on the freeway and was wondering if the flame map is whats causing my oil consumption. I've never noticed any oil consumption before with the car. Before I did the oil change, I used the flame map pretty often, just always stationary and changed oil at around 2500 miles and did not notice a real difference in the oil level during the change. This time tho just after about a week or 2 after my oil change, I am noticing some loss of oil. There are no oil leaks I've checked. Anyone else who is tuned notice oil consumption from the flame map or is my motor just ****ed now. My VIN does fall into the dates that had the oil consumption issue, but wouldn't I have had a problem with oil consumption way before?

 

Maybe not directly but indirectly absolutely. Its also going to destroy your engine. Not to mention blow out the oil gallery gaskets.
flame on though.

 

I don't think anything is wrong with your engine. I believe that you are are probably reving your engine awhole lot higher and sucking in more air. Therefore pulling more vacuum on your PVC system and are sucking out the oil out of the top of your valve covers into your intake system. Your top manifold is probably drenched in oil,inside of course and your throttle bodies as well .you are burning it up and probably getting lots of white smoke as well with the flames. just my theory

 

This plus being tuned and richer on some parts of your new maps will add a bit more fuel to these blowby gasses. The flame map does dump fuel into the exhaust and lights it in the manifolds adding the "Flame" this means that while it's in the chamber it's still unburned.
This will go as blowby into your oil diluting it slightly and evaporating with some of your oil.

So yes your flame map is causing oil consumption in these two ways.
Higher vacuums on your PCV
Richer airfuels sending fuel to your crankcase during flame activation.

This the science of why it gets a bad rep.