Help Me With Oil.
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Help Me With Oil.
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Some of you may remember that I had my short block replaced about 3 months ago. Well, now I've put about 3000 miles on the new block, yet my engine keeps drinking oil. I have to add about 1 - 1 1/2 quarts every month. What is going on with my engine? Is it still breaking in? Will the oil consumption ever stop? Thanks in advance!
Some of you may remember that I had my short block replaced about 3 months ago. Well, now I've put about 3000 miles on the new block, yet my engine keeps drinking oil. I have to add about 1 - 1 1/2 quarts every month. What is going on with my engine? Is it still breaking in? Will the oil consumption ever stop? Thanks in advance!
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Was this a new Honda block? It's common for them to drink oil up to 10,000 miles. That's one reason it's not recommended to switch to synthetic oil until this period has passed.
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Originally Posted by Ludedude,Jul 12 2004, 11:15 PM
Was this a new Honda block? It's common for them to drink oil up to 10,000 miles. That's one reason it's not recommended to switch to synthetic oil until this period has passed.
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How many miles do you put on in one month? This may have some bearing on whether or not your consumption is out of the ordinary. 1.5 quarts over 3000 miles is not so bad. 1.5 qts over 1000 miles is. DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS when you ask a question.
Also, you perhaps should not have gone to even a sythetic blend so soon. Your rings will take quite a bit longer to seat properly. You really should wait till the oil consumption stabilizes at a low rate before using synthetic. It won't do any harm but you will never know if it's because there is something wrong with your engine or if it's because the consumption is due to the synthetic.
Also, you perhaps should not have gone to even a sythetic blend so soon. Your rings will take quite a bit longer to seat properly. You really should wait till the oil consumption stabilizes at a low rate before using synthetic. It won't do any harm but you will never know if it's because there is something wrong with your engine or if it's because the consumption is due to the synthetic.
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Dude that is NOTHING compared to mine!
Between every oil change my motor has ate up 2 1/2 - 3 qts!!!
Now is that normal??
Well it's my daily driven car, has about 70k miles and i vtec about average of twice a day.....
Does that some normal for oil consumption? oh yeah 10w30 Mobil 1
Between every oil change my motor has ate up 2 1/2 - 3 qts!!!
Now is that normal??
Well it's my daily driven car, has about 70k miles and i vtec about average of twice a day.....
Does that some normal for oil consumption? oh yeah 10w30 Mobil 1
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Originally Posted by dookiewhat,Jul 13 2004, 01:05 PM
Dude that is NOTHING compared to mine!
Between every oil change my motor has ate up 2 1/2 - 3 qts!!!
Now is that normal??
Well it's my daily driven car, has about 70k miles and i vtec about average of twice a day.....
Does that some normal for oil consumption? oh yeah 10w30 Mobil 1
Between every oil change my motor has ate up 2 1/2 - 3 qts!!!
Now is that normal??
Well it's my daily driven car, has about 70k miles and i vtec about average of twice a day.....
Does that some normal for oil consumption? oh yeah 10w30 Mobil 1
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Originally Posted by xviper,Jul 13 2004, 11:15 AM
What is your oil change interval? 3 qts is no big deal if you're going with a 7500 miles interval. 3 qts for a 3000 miles might be at the top end of normal and may be consider excessive. You should try going back to dino oil till the consumptions decreases.
Dino oil?
I just installed AEM intake and i've been vtec'in a little more... so it's getting close to 3 1/2 qts....
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Originally Posted by dookiewhat,Jul 13 2004, 01:55 PM
every 3000 miles.....
Dino oil?
I just installed AEM intake and i've been vtec'in a little more... so it's getting close to 3 1/2 qts....
Dino oil?
I just installed AEM intake and i've been vtec'in a little more... so it's getting close to 3 1/2 qts....
Synthetic makes it such that your rings take a lot longer to seat. Not all cars need this time frame with dino oil as those cars may have a good seal to begin with. In your case, Honda was right on the money. You should have listened. It's still not too late to go back and run dino oil for the next while till your oil use goes down.
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Originally Posted by xviper,Jul 13 2004, 07:45 AM
How many miles do you put on in one month? This may have some bearing on whether or not your consumption is out of the ordinary. 1.5 quarts over 3000 miles is not so bad. 1.5 qts over 1000 miles is. DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS when you ask a question.
To be honest, I didn't really changed to synthetic blend. At first, I changed to dino oil, but since it kept getting consumed, I kept adding synblend in it. So in all, there's some syn blend in it, but still mostly dino oil in there.
Well, thanks for all your inputs. I'll keep an eye on it. If it becomes excessive, I'll have it checked out. But at this point, I don't think it's TOO bad yet.