Qwikrex

How much oil consumption is normal for a B16A2? So far I have about 1400 miles since the last oil change(I change every 3000) and I have aleady had to add about 3/4 of a quart to my engine to bring the oil level between the 2 dots. Is it normal to consume that much oil. Also, what scale does the oil dipstick read? Does it guage the entire oil capacity of the oil pan or only a certain amount, like say a quart.

Also, under hard acceleration when I shift my friend who was following me in his car said he saw a quick burst of smoke from my exhaust when I shifted. Could this be a sign of burning oil?

Plan B

This is what we would call blow-by, this is bad, you need new rings, my suggestion, buy a b20 block and some high compression pistons, then you be straight flossin, since you have to tear it down that far anyway.

RR98DX

ooooorrrrr, if you don't have $1500 to toss around for these slick b20 build ups, you can find a b16 shortblock for like $150, and there you're done.

but i don't think its your rings, if you are in vtec all the time, a b16 will go thru more oil than a average motor.

Qwikrex

Well I do see VTEC daily VERY often, especially on weekends. I've heard of many B-series powerplants, including B16's, that are burning much more oil than me. I really don't think it's my rings either. Right now I'm running Mobil 1 synthetic 5W-30. I'm going to change to same brand except 10W-30 on my next oil change. I've heard that this will reduce oil consumption due to 5W-30 being pretty thin.


[Modified by [VTEC]TL, 4:41 AM 4/18/2002]

PWRVTEC

I use to run Mobile1 synthetic 10W40 and I burned about the same amount of oil. I switched to Castrol synthetic 10W40 and no oil problems here.

Qwikrex

So Mobil 1 burns easily? And another thing, Right now I'm running Mobil 1 5w30. I am a bit low and I was wondering if it would be ok if I added 10W30 to the 5w30 oil. Is it bad to mix weights?


[Modified by [VTEC]TL, 9:17 PM 4/18/2002]

Plan B

not as bad as the $.99 special oil at wal-mart, but the syntec does get some good reviews from people. The only bad thing i've ever heard about it is that it's not "true" synthetic, since it has additives or something, i don't know, i don't consume any oil after 150k so i might not be the best person to comment on it.

Qwikrex

How about mixing oil weights? Is it ok?

5 watt

Mobil 1 is really the only major fully synthetic. This is where you start off with one
small molecule (chain of atoms). Then through chemistry they add atoms to make
a longer chain molecule. This makes a very good, yet very expensive motor oil.

Most use a mixture of this and regular motor oil to get the similar results. But
most people can’t use the added protection. Synthetic motor oil will still work well
under cold conditions (<20F) and very hot conditions (>100F air temp). If you
don’t expect to see these conditions don’t bother spending the money.

HXMan

I'm sure your rings are fine.

spoon_ek9

your ring is fine. if u always hit vtec then oil loss is faster. i always get 3/4 - 1qt oil less after a day in raod race track(8-9k shifting for whole day).

Jonathan_ED3

well last time i checked oil consumption on a car that new shouldn't be 'normal'....and i have no clue as to why 'vtec' would cause more oil consumption than non-vtec equipped cars?????

spoon_ek9

coz vtec depend on oil alot. on top of that, high rev engine burn more oil.

RacerXI

That is just the raw fuel coming out the exhaust. In VTEC, these cars run rich and that's just excess fuel. I've seen stock lude automatics puff a slight hint of black smoke under hard accelleration. HTH