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Old 06-07-2018, 05:17 AM
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On my third ap2 and this one burns a bit of oil. It's at 107k miles (2007) and I always change the oil with Amsoil signature and OEM filter when the maintenance minder says so. It does get dailied in DC-area traffic about 60 miles a day round trip about half of which is in stop and go. Valve adjustment is done annually and I clean PCV about every year. I'm burning a bit less than 2 qts between changes which is around 7500 miles. Nothing terrible, but neither of my previous AP2s burned any oil. I usually order 6 qts and I end up topping up with all 6 before the next change and usually down to about half a qt below top mark when I change the oil.

Anything I should be checking or should this be chalked up to normal Honda things with stop and go and 100k on the motor?
Old 06-07-2018, 07:47 AM
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have you done a compression check? or leak down test?
Old 06-07-2018, 10:39 AM
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FWIW i have 98K on my '06 and it doesn't hardly burn/lose any oil with exception of what's lost on track to the catch can so I would not suspect it to be "normal" for 107K miles either.
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How clean is the TB plate,check its clean from oil,also throttle plate bleeds hole.
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this is hardly any consumption. i would love this rate of consumption.
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My '06 3 season dd has 135k miles, and uses maybe half a quart between maintenance minder based oil changes.

Something seems wrong for this much consumption on an otherwise healthy ap2.
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I have not done any compression or leakdown testing, kinda afraid to. I cleaned the TB plate when I got the car and I doubt it was ever cleaned before, I'll take a look again. Where can I find the plate bleed holes?

Again, its not a lot of consumption, but seems to be on the high side of what I've seen from other AP2 owners and from my own personal experience in the past.
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So my 04 uses no oil, period. I also cannot ever put more than 5.5 quarts in the car at time of change. Seems like a silly question, but are you putting too much oil in your car and it's burning off?
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So my 04 uses no oil, period. I also cannot ever put more than 5.5 quarts in the car at time of change. Seems like a silly question, but are you putting too much oil in your car and it's burning off?
I doubt I've ever put more than 5.25 in. I typically put 5 qts in, run the engine for a bit and then top off, never more than an X or 2 to top off.
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All holes in the venturi.if not done already, remove TB and clean it.


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