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Modified by dc2rtek at 10:24 AM 9/30/2006

 

 

How often are you adding oil? How many miles are on the engine? No smaoke at all with the cat back on?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93EGB18C1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How often are you adding oil? How many miles are on the engine? No smaoke at all with the cat back on? </TD></TR></TABLE>

no smoke with cat on i guess the stuff inside the cat is blocking the smoke. i have 81,xxx miles on my car. And this is my 2nd time using Castrol Full Synthetic oil on my car.

 

I have a couple friends who use Valvoline MaxLife. It has a higher viscosity, and is less prone to burn.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93EGB18C1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a couple friends who use Valvoline MaxLife. It has a higher viscosity, and is less prone to burn.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hmmm im still deciding what next oil to use, but what size you recommend from that oil? 20w-50? 10w-40?

 

dont use oil as thick as 40weight..10 w 30 is the THICKEST id go on our engines

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lVlemphizStylez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont use oil as thick as 40weight..10 w 30 is the THICKEST id go on our engines</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, but your telling me 10w30 will work better on my car with 80,000 miles then 10w40?

 

well maybe your piston rings are bad...I was using castrol syntec 5w-30 then switched to 10w-40 and it did take a bit longer to burn than the 5w-30...But when i got on the car there sometimes was a bit of smoke...Anyways since my engine rebuild i dont burn any oil so far. I am still breaking it in, but i hope it doesnt burn....everyone tells me that if i use vtec a lot my oil will be consumed

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Baron55 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well maybe your piston rings are bad...I was using castrol syntec 5w-30 then switch to 10w-40 and it did take a bit longer to burn than the 5w-30...But when i got on the car there sometimes was a bit of smoke...Anyways since my engine rebuild i dont burn any oil so far. I am still breaking it in, but i hope it doesnt burn....Will vtec still burn up oil?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i doubt my piston rings are bad...hopefully there not....the 1st day i got my car my dad did oil change with some unknown brand oil and it didnt burn. after 3000 miles i put the 10w40 castrol oil and it didnt burn. after i installed test pipe and did oil change another 3000 miles to the castrol 10w40 it started happening after 500 miles.

 

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yeah, but your telling me 10w30 will work better on my car with 80,000 miles then 10w40?</TD></TR></TABLE>

dude it states it on the oil cap that it recommends 5w-30 or you could use 10w-30 for the summer.thats a pretty new motor to be runnin on some wrong oil and have a problem..WHY would you be burning oil if your engine is still 80,000 miles...probably you messed up your motor by putting that 10w-40 in thats too thick for honda's...

 

yes 10 w40 is too thick for most honda engines...your owners manual reccommends 5w30 or 10w30 for certain weather conditions

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lVlemphizStylez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes 10 w40 is too thick for most honda engines...your owners manual reccommends 5w30 or 10w30 for certain weather conditions</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok but i think thats for brand new cars so your telling me if i run thinner oil my car will run better? i mean im not possibly sure if its the oil thats burning my car or the piston rings.

 

i didnt say thinner oil would solve your problem...but im telling you 40weight is just going to cause added stress on moving parts and reduce your gas mileage...

and as far as 5w30 and 10w30 for brand new cars...i dunno about that...thats all i ever used on my b18b and my b18c..and none of those engines are brand new

and if you want to know if its your piston rings..do a compression test...wet and dry...if the cr goes up on the wet...yea its your rings..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lVlemphizStylez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i didnt say thinner oil would solve your problem...but im telling you 40weight is just going to cause added stress on moving parts and reduce your gas mileage...

and as far as 5w30 and 10w30 for brand new cars...i dunno about that...thats all i ever used on my b18b and my b18c..and none of those engines are brand new

and if you want to know if its your piston rings..do a compression test...wet and dry...if the cr goes up on the wet...yea its your rings..</TD></TR></TABLE>


where can i get a compression test done at? and from your opinion what kind of oil company and weight do you recommend or matter of fact if you own a dc2, what kind of oil/weight you use?

 

does burning oil make your car run lean?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2rtek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does burning oil make your car run lean?</TD></TR></TABLE>

if it did that would be news to me

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where can i get a compression test done at? and from your opinion what kind of oil company and weight do you recommend or matter of fact if you own a dc2, what kind of oil/weight you use?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you can buy the tester for about 20 bucks and do it ANYTIME you need to again in the future...or go to any mechanic shop and theyll charge you about 20 bucks to do it. I use 10w30 dino oil, no specific brand really, i just dont really mess with the synthetic stuff (own personal preference)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lVlemphizStylez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if it did that would be news to me

you can buy the tester for about 20 bucks and do it ANYTIME you need to again in the future...or go to any mechanic shop and theyll charge you about 20 bucks to do it. I use 10w30 dino oil, no specific brand really, i just dont really mess with the synthetic stuff (own personal preference)</TD></TR></TABLE>

since your using 10w30, how many miles on your motor?

 

my b18b had about 82,000 miles on it before i hydrolocked it (never burned any oil, it leaked by the oil drain plug, but didnt burn any), before that i used 10w30 on another b18b (turbo) and that had 110,000 before it got sold, and now i have a b18c (mileage unknown right now, they claim 30k but i think thats bs, its a swap, replaced the hydrolocked motor)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lVlemphizStylez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my b18b had about 82,000 miles on it before i hydrolocked it (never burned any oil, it leaked by the oil drain plug, but didnt burn any), before that i used 10w30 on another b18b (turbo) and that had 110,000 before it got sold, and now i have a b18c (mileage unknown right now, they claim 30k but i think thats bs, its a swap, replaced the hydrolocked motor)</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok..thanks for your time.

 

anyone else have anything in mind?

 

Give 10-W30 a try. Try different brands out. I'm running Royal Purple 10-W30 in my '00 LS with 90k miles. Only other I ran was Mobil-1 and it burned too quickly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AdamO &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Give 10-W30 a try. Try different brands out. I'm running Royal Purple 10-W30 in my '00 LS with 90k miles. Only other I ran was Mobil-1 and it burned too quickly. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i heard about mobil 1 burning quickly also, but i also heard royal purple is overrated and its junk. how is your car running with the royal purple?

 

you should try castrol gtx high mileage it give extra protection...thats the oil im running on right now and it seems to be the **** 10w30...very good try it out for your self just don't pick a brand and think that the brand sounds cool would be a good match for your car because everybody has a different style of driving.....

 

only high mileage use 10w40, other then that should be 5w30 or 10w30..

your probably have some other thing wrong beside the oil