it seems like i've been burning alot of oil lately, which is shitty because i just got the head redone after i had a bent valve not too long ago, i had the head milled and a new headgasket set, what the funny thing is, is that there is no smoke coming out of my exhaust at all. and i don't see an oil leak anywhere, does anyone know what the problem could be? i take long trips at least once a week, but its not too long its only about 100 or so miles all together (there and back) it has me stumped as hell, i use 10w 30(castrol sytec) oil btw, my car (92 hatch cx)has 210 000 miles on it, but just about everything has been replaced on the motor(d15b non vtec.). i'm open to all comments and suggestions. thanks in advance you guys always seem to help me out.

 

Is your oil black? My valve seals were bad and the oil was black and it burned an *** load of oil but didnt seem to smoke. Apparently the machine shop that put my valve seals on, had a problem with the machine they were using (whatever that is) cutting valve seals.

 

i'm not sure what you mean, where would i check if my oil was black or not? whats shitty though is the shop i had my engine done at said that the rings were fine, if they weren't, i'm not going to be a happy camper =[

 

Should pull out the spark plugs to see if their black with oil. That'll usual comfirm that your burning it

 

It's probably oil leaking past the rings. Your motor has a lot of miles and if I read correctly you only serviced your head. Just wondering, how did the shop determine that your rings are ok?

 

supposedly when they had the head off, not sure how correct that is though, anyway i can do the rings myself? and would it be the ring seals?

 

maybe try looking at ur distributer seal maybe thats the problem i have kinda the same problem

 

hmm, didn't think of that, i'll check it out

 

How much oil are we talking about?

 

just let me know if thats the problem i not sure but check n e wayz

 

probably a quart a week or more.

 

wow that is alot of oil loss.

i would definately get the rings checked.

and check your spark plugs as the guy stated above

 

i don't see anything wrong with my plugs other than a lil bit of crud from driving, i don't get it, theres no smell of burning oil or smoke or anythign i'm stumped as hell

 

did u check ur seal on the distrubuter

 

When u pull the dipstick out the oil on it would be black..like hella black

 

i got the same problem, my car has 130,000 miles. Burns oil like hell, smokes alot when you put you get into higher RPM, oil is VERY black. Unstable idle sometimes jumps and wants to stall.

if its the piston rings i might just start saving for a new motor. not too sure what it is tho

 

hmmm, yeah it is hella black..i checked

 

make sure you check the cam seal where the distributor goes. you could be losing alot of oil and not know it. i lost about a qt a week when mine was bad. other than that you could have bad valve seals or valve guides. when the guides get worn down oil can seap down through every time the valves open. could be a combination of things. i'm pretty sure i've got some bad seals or guides because i burn a little bit of oil at high rpms.

 

valve seals or guides, are they too much trouble to do yourself? and i'll check the cam seal btw thanks man

 

hey you're from louisville, rock, i'm there at least twice a week.

 

you could do it yourself with the right tools and a helms manual..but id just let a machine shop deal with it

 

yeha but a machine shop costs extra money i really don't have =|

 

change the engine gasket?

 

i think your rings are probly bad,probly get blow bye

 

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Yea but so do the tools you need to have to do it and the maual

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Which engine gasket would u be referring to?