did a search on here and couldnt find anything..

i heard this engine burns oil pretty fast, this weekend i drove about 300 miles (1 1/2 hours each way) i started out good on oil, about half way back home, i noticed i was pretty low on it.. i was driving around 80-90mph the whole time (regular traffic speed out here).. just wondering is that common oil usage. and if theres anything to "help" it

 

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bullshit.

 

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Your search for oil returned 17 results. Combined...
So back off you sick maniac!
Must be something wrong with the search.

 

1 quart every 3,000 miles is around normal for a high mileage ITR.
Thats about what I burn now with 100,000 miles.

 

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Your search for oil returned 17 results. Combined...
So back off you sick maniac!
Must be something wrong with the search.
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There is nothing wrong with it. They are just working to upgrade it and at the moment it doesn't easily search deep archives. To do that you'd need to use a specific users name for a post you remember.

I'm told that it will be fixed soon.

 

Also depends on how often/ how long you are in VTEC for..or am I wrong?

 

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thanks.. the search feature on here is one that i personally dont like using.

and yes uNF$@#! i did find results and i did look through the readme sections.. but nothing specific on what i was asking. but then again, maybe im just not as smart as you

 

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Yeah, but not as much as you think.
After 3 hours on the track, I think I burned around 1-1.5 quarts.

So just hitting vtec a lot on the street I dont think would make much of a difference.

 

yeah i hardly hit vtec.. i think i hit it once the entire trip. im going to watch the oil levels more closely now and see.

 

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Yes, burning oil is common in the ITR. On public roads, it can be one quart every 1-3K miles; some engines don't burn any. On the racetrack, it can be one quart every 100-200 track miles.

If you're saying that you were down by a quart after 150 miles, that sounds like an unusually high amount. If you're saying that you were down by half a quart after 450 miles, that's not so unusual.

 

it was the later i think. im going to watch it more closely over the next week or two and see.

 

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Yeah, but not as much as you think.
After 3 hours on the track, I think I burned around 1-1.5 quarts.

So just hitting vtec a lot on the street I dont think would make much of a difference.
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Yea after 16 hours worth of high speed highway driving I was down a quart - 1.5

 

yea keep up on that man. If there is a problem I would get it fixed before anything else goes wrong. Good luck man.

 

i read this here https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=748910 but wasnt quite sure
if you use a oil pressure gauge, will it tell you if the oil is alittle low, or will it tell you if its very low/almost gone?

 

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if you use a oil pressure gauge, will it tell you if the oil is alittle low, or will it tell you if its very low/almost gone?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You won't see much difference in oil level from a pressure gauge.

Just get out, pop the hood, and check the oil every time you get gas.

 

thats what ive been doing actually after someone else suggested it.

i wasnt sure about the guage though.. im NA so im thinking if i check the levels regularly i really dont need it

 

as long as you dont burn oil like rob and i. then your ok. im up to 1/2 quart per 20 min session on track.
&lt;-----------crossing his fingers about this valve seal replacement