hey...on ur dipstick, whats ur oil usally at...mine is like right in the middle of the 2 circles.... i heard it needs to be like right under the second hole...but i was just wondering hows everyones oil level..like do u guys have to put some oil in ur car, even tho ur not burning, or leaking?...cuz doesnt vtec use oil??? just wondering..cuz i got a oil change, and right after it, i checked my oil...and it was above the second circle...weeks gone by, now im at the middle...so wth???....im not using vtec that much..no oil leaks, not buring..cuz i dont see smoke coming out..and i jut got a b20bottom....and w/that..i had new valve seals put it..but my valve guides going out..so maybe its taking my oil...but its not leaving the exhust cuz i dont see smoke...neways...whats it like for u guys?..thanks.

 

right in the middle of the two circles is where you want it to be.

 

should be fine...mine was on the 2nd hole and is still there even after 1K...o yea i shift a 3k all the time every time.

 

alright cool...hey kb12...thats cool u dont beat the **** outta ur car, 3k shift..i do the same!...until i get my engine where i want it..then im going to beat it like a red-headed step child...jk..not that hard..

 

Keep the oil in between the two circles, and below the bottom circle is too low. It should take one quart to bring it from the lower circle to the upper circle. Always check when car is on a level surface and hasn't been run for 15 minutes.

You could put a cardboard box under your car after driving it for awile, like overnight, and see if there is any oil on it in the morning. You could also have somebody follow you down the highway as you accelerate quickly, looking for some smoke. Probably nothing to worry about tho. Oh ya, one more thing, some synthetic oils won't produce a visible smoke, but you can smell it, very distinctive.

 

ya....i think everything is ok...the only smoke that ever comes out...is when i warm the car up in the morning..after about 5mins...really clear white smokes kinda hovers around the exhust..its water...so other than that...also...does vtec engagement take away oil?

 

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the 2 most common causes of oil burning ..besides leaks of head gasket and other seals that externally leak...are valve guides and blowby from the rings...if you said your valve guides are wearing..the common symptom is when the car sits overnight it will smoke in the morning because of the leaking of oil when the guide sits after expanding and contracting...this happens all the time in shitty domestics...also if you have beat ur car untuned and have used nitrous or a turbo..over time it can cause the rings to wear and u will get blowby past the rings which will also burn oil..with synthetic it will be hard to notice except for the smell and occasionally a small buildup of greasy residue around the exhaust tip..but the combination of both will definitely cause ur oil level to drop on average about every 3 -4 weeks with daily driving ..sooner if u drive like me 6k shifts daily driving..but i built my motor for 6k daily shifts...so that might not be water in the morning

 

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the 2 most common causes of oil burning ..besides leaks of head gasket and other seals that externally leak...are valve guides and blowby from the rings...if you said your valve guides are wearing..the common symptom is when the car sits overnight it will smoke in the morning because of the leaking of oil when the guide sits after expanding and contracting...this happens all the time in shitty domestics...also if you have beat ur car untuned and have used nitrous or a turbo..over time it can cause the rings to wear and u will get blowby past the rings which will also burn oil..with synthetic it will be hard to notice except for the smell and occasionally a small buildup of greasy residue around the exhaust tip..but the combination of both will definitely cause ur oil level to drop on average about every 3 -4 weeks with daily driving ..sooner if u drive like me 6k shifts daily driving..but i built my motor for 6k daily shifts...so that might not be water in the morning </TD></TR></TABLE>ya...but its not rings..already went thourhg that...smoke coming out at 4500rpms, oil specs on my bumper, oil around the exhust lip...i fixed it when i replaced my bottom.....i checked what was some from the exhust when it smokes in the morn..deff. water..

 

downshift on the highway and step on the gas, if there is smoke, it's probably valve seals... maybe worn out guides.