I posted that I had a severe oil burning problem a few weeks ago. After agonizing over what the hell it could be, rings, seals, etc it turned out to be a bad pcv valve. I never thought a bad pcv valve could cause this kind of problem but it can. I was sucking down a quart or more every 5 days with normal driving, smoke was literally billowing out the exhaust on light acceleration.

I should have known from my days working as a GSE mechanic/field service engineer in the airline industry that most problems are easy to solve and easy to find and simple yet are overlooked.

This is what set it off, did a compression test and I spiked the 250 psi gauge on all 4 cylinders, did a leakdown test and it was less than 20 psi for all four cylinders.
Pulled the pcv valve out and it was gone. Replaced it and no mo smoke coming out. I still have some smoke when I go into vtec but I have about a mm thick of oil soot in my exhaust and I suspect its from that but i'm not sure.

Anyway, the lesson learned here is don't overlook the obvious when troubleshooting your car!

 

Glad to hear it was nothing serious!

 

Good to hear jeff, time for a catch can

 

After two rebuilds and a new head on the way I hope that is not my problem.

Trey- will be swapping out the PCV this weekend........

 

where exactly is the pcv. i understand theres the tubing that goes from the valve cover to the intake... but where is the pcv valve?

 

I've been pondering replacing my PCV valve. I have 38,000 miles on the car so far. Should I get the real deal (Honda PCV valve) or the cheap deal (generic one from Pep Boys)?

 

Its located underneath the intake manifold, look for a black box its on ther you can a black hose with an l shaped fitting that goes to the box that's it.

in my opinion its always better to replace a part like with oem but pep boys will work. also cost may be cheaper too.