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Old 12-12-2011, 01:14 PM
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I own a 2002 civic(d17a2) and most recently I ran into a problem... I burned 4.2 quartz of oil in 3 months... I know its not a leak, or anything I've seen. The only thing left it could be would be the valve seats, but I only have 84 k miles on my car... and there is no way I can fix it myself or pay to have them fixed... any suggestions on what I can do... or any other possibilities on what the problem may be? Thanks.
Old 12-12-2011, 01:27 PM
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That's quite a bit of oil. You're positive that there are no external leaks?

How do your spark plugs look? Have you removed and inspected them?
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It could also be your piston rings, just as a forewarning. You'll want to run a leakdown test, to try and locate where your oil is going.
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The spark plugs are fine, and my car runs fine. I'm getting a leak down test done this Saturday.
I'm kind of new to cars, how much compression should there be in each, isn't it 10-15%?
Also another thought came to mind, could the pcv vavle be putting too much pressure on the crank case?
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The spark plugs are fine, and my car runs fine. I'm getting a leak down test done this Saturday.
I'm kind of new to cars, how much compression should there be in each, isn't it 10-15%?
Also another thought came to mind, could the pcv vavle be putting too much pressure on the crank case?
It could be a PCV valve, but I'd doubt it would cause as much oil consumption as you currently are displaying.
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how much would a leakdown test run for?
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Okay, thanks... and I'm not sure... I'm going to my grandfathers house to do it because he has the proper tools.
I'll keep you all updated.
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How's your gas mileage look? I had my rings go and my mileage suffered noticeably and I say I was only loosing about 2.5 to 3 quarts for every oil change.
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