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grooveline
08-08-2002, 08:05 AM
hey I know this was talked about earlier, but....

I had my first oil change at 3g's, I'm at 5200 right now, and again this morning, I find I down a quart and a half again. Is this an engine problem? or is it that since we use and 5 weight oil, and our combustions are always timed right from I-Vtec, is it just burning it off?
SBC31
08-08-2002, 09:51 AM
I guess I should check my oil later on, haven't done so for about 000 km's. Last time I did check it, all was fine, this was around 3000 km's.
Glix
08-08-2002, 12:03 PM
This is a problem with the engine. I've had my car to the dealer 3 times now for oil consumption issues. It did get a little better after I switched to 30w, but it still burns oil.
nikkotyper
08-08-2002, 12:59 PM
Somebody mentioned anything over 1 qt/1k miles is too much within the first 5k.
That sound reasonable.
I experienced that with other engines as well (although not as much as 1qt/1k miles)
grooveline
08-08-2002, 01:06 PM
it didn't eat that much oil( 1 liter to a 1k miles). hmmm.....

new engine design.... built in england.... thosae brits better have put it together right the first time.
nikkotyper
08-08-2002, 01:10 PM
I am not sure yet if it is actually loosing any oil.
Is everybody else experiencing this, or it is fairly rare behavior?
HondaMan
08-08-2002, 01:27 PM
That doesn't sound normal...my '89 Civic Si didn't burn that much oil even when it had 140,000 miles on the odometer.
grooveline
08-08-2002, 02:12 PM
the only thing that does look good, is the atleast the color of the oil is still golden brown.... not black.... i'm not seeing a lot of contaminates either
LateSleeper
08-08-2002, 07:54 PM
I just added a little over 1/2 a quart and I have 1500 miles. I called the dealer and the tech said that adding up to a quart every 1000 can be normal. Must be that ultra thin oil... who knows. This was from Motorcars Honda in Mayfield Heights, OH. Might as well say that we have a 2 stroke engine. ;)

On my last visit to the dealer, I tried to buy a couple of quarts of Honda 5w-20 and they said that they only sell in bulk. I ended up going to a local autoparts store and getting Mobile (Drive Clean) 5w-20.
Glix
08-09-2002, 01:29 PM
Originally posted by grooveline
it didn't eat that much oil( 1 liter to a 1k miles). hmmm.....

new engine design.... built in england.... thosae brits better have put it together right the first time.

erm, the engine and tranny are built in japan :)