dkat

hey guys i own an ap1 and i changed my oil about 3500-4000 miles ago and just added a quart of m1 synthetic to it and my oil is still low its right at the L and this concerns me big time...any suggestions as to what i can do or different oil i should try maybe amsoil....? im gonna chagne my pcv and add new oil along with new oil filter asap....ive only had my S for about 5000 miles or so maybe a lil more and it currently has 65800 miles on it. im starting to worry big time any suggestions as to what i can do i respect all of your guy's opinions and suggestion to this mattter..if yall could help id greatly appreciate it...before i forgot not sure if this is related but when i drive my rpms up high and fast i sometimes get a funny smell that sticks around for a few seconds...now i dont drive my car hard its lucky if it sees v-tech maybe 5 times a week and i know these cars burn alot of oil but this seems like to much... please help thanks in advance..

rob-2

1qt per 1000 miles is standard on ap1s.

Some folks have mixed results with m1, though it really varies.

Petah78

Mobil 1 has been known to burn more than other oils. Try switching out to another brand of oil and see if consumption slow down.

dkat

How do u guys feel bout amsoil or castrol...? It just seemed like a bit much But I guess it has been bout 4000 miles and I hasn't added any oil since the change and since I've owned my ca i've never change the pcv valve how much dos that have to do with conservig oil.?

lonewolf

I think oil consumption has alot to do with how often we use vtec.

dkat

Like I said I dont drive my car hard and it's lucky if it sees v-tech 5 times a week

dkat

What do u guys think may be the cause of that funky smell when I put my pedal to the floor...?

splatter85

My car gets more luck everyday then yours does in a week! What's the funky smell? Oil, gas, coolant.

MBHs2k

The car has 60,000 miles on it before you bought it. Thats a lot of time for someone to abuse a motor. The other owner may have something to do with the oil consumption.

zeroptzero

by the sounds of it you were 2 quarts low, over the course of the oil change interval you consumed about 1 quart per 2000 miles. That isn't too bad, and less than the standard of 1qt per 1000 miles used to judge high consumption in most vehicles. So not too bad.

As for the smell, you could have an oil leak, perhaps around the gaskets.

My consumption went down when I switched to Amsoil 5w40, I'd recommend a 5w40, Castrol makes a 5w40, one along with Amsoil and other brands.

Definitely change the pcv, a faulty pcv can lead to oil leakage at the gaskets, and piston ring issues.

If it was my car I'd also run some cleaning additives through the engine oil which can help clean up piston rings that may be siezed from deposits. Auto-RX, Seafoam, Riselone, Marvel Mystery Oil (MMO), are some of the available products known to assist with such issues.

All three are cheap fixes, and don't forget to check for leaks around the engine, you may need new valvecover gaskets, in which case it could be a good time to do a valve adjustment as the same time.