My 2000 Prelude with 100,000 miles is using a lot of oil. Just bought it and within 3000 miles the oil light blinked on. Upon checking the oil it was almost no oil. We added oil and it seems to be using it up fast.There are no leaks and the engine is spotless. Also, no smoke out of the exhaust although there is soot in the tail pipe. Any ideas?

 

sounds like the car was just low on oil. if its not leaking, or burning then there is no way for it to just leave. the soot is just fuel. all ludes do it. they al run rich. you will also notice it if you put exhaust on the car

 

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Haha, if you say so... my car burns oil... but there are no visible leaks nor blue smoke other than when the engine starts up cold.

The soot is more likely from running rich. Preludes are known for burning oil, esp. when you hit vtec.

What exactly do you mean by fast? Fill it up to the second dot, and see how many miles it takes to lose a quart.

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ya your definatley burning it....almost every prelude does with that kind of mileage. just make sure you check your oil a lot.

 

mine also burns oil but only about 1/2 to 3/4 quart every 3000 miles that is not enought to warrant a low pressure light.

 

my 1999 Sh burns 1qrt oil about every 1k miles which is about normal especially if you are hitting vtec like a red headed step child.


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that cant be right. mine doesnt burn near that much and im in this thing all of the time. i dont know anyone else who burns that much unless they have a leak

 

no that sounds normal.
bought my lude like 4 months back.
had an oil change right before i purchased it.
my engine light went off a few weeks ago
cuz my engine wasn't getting enough oil pressure.

conclusion: ludes &lt;3 oil. a lot.

 

this might be newbie question, but how much oil should a high mileage car on average burn? I have a 135k lude that burns a little less than a quart every 3,000 miles.

 

ok ok ok who here has a quart of oil in thier car just incase? I do because its a normal prelude thing. V-tech burns oil somestimes it burns natualy, I don't know why. But Just deal with it.

 

They don't all burn oil. Mine (JDM H22a) never burned a drop in 2 years.

 

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Some might get **** about this but it's VTEC. I used to carry a quart of oil in my car, but I dont do it anymore becuase I check my oil very often and find that the bottle just fly/slides/clutters the car when I am driving.

 

lie. you lieing sum-of-a-bitch. you car does burn oil but its just not enough to make a difference. all h22's burn oil at vtec engagement.